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by StillsNMash
Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:54 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Are you getting heavy, Honey?
Replies: 7
Views: 1976

Re: Are you getting heavy, Honey?

Why are you trying to compare honey to water? Not honey to water, but honey weight to water weight. They are different as people have pointed out clearly. The volume of 12 pounds of honey is much different than the volume of 12 pounds of water. I got this now I think. Thanks guys for all your cando...
by StillsNMash
Thu Jun 11, 2020 3:01 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Are you getting heavy, Honey?
Replies: 7
Views: 1976

Re: Are you getting heavy, Honey?

+1 SCD, although I have seen recipes with water scaled to match the addition of "1 gallon of honey" etc. So, since one gallon of honey equals 12 pounds, you would have to weigh out 12 pounds of water, in a vessel that would contain 12 pounds of weighed water, no matter how many fluid ounc...
by StillsNMash
Thu Jun 11, 2020 6:11 am
Forum: Essential Oils
Topic: Mint
Replies: 28
Views: 5682

Re: Mint

While I'm waiting on my beer to ferment and the reparation of the lid to my pot still, I was outside trimming roses of sharon and the mint patch we have that is I don't know how old. The stalks were about 3 feet high received_954794601627378[1].jpeg , so I cultivated the stalks as much as possible a...
by StillsNMash
Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:02 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Are you getting heavy, Honey?
Replies: 7
Views: 1976

Are you getting heavy, Honey?

While not a question to ask a significant other, I am curious about the recipe's I've found containing honey and would appreciate a bit of clarification. Recipe's I've seen call for poundage of honey. Now, what I know from local beekeepers is that honey is measured differently than standard ounces o...
by StillsNMash
Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:22 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: I learned a good lesson today
Replies: 13
Views: 2083

Re: I learned a good lesson today

This is good insight for me as well. I'm brand new with a handful of strips and one spirit run under my belt. I'm trying to figure out how to blend my cuts from my first run and fairly confused. If you are having trouble making the cuts between obvious head, obvious hearts and obvious tails then ma...
by StillsNMash
Fri May 29, 2020 8:45 pm
Forum: Rum
Topic: Goslings ressurection
Replies: 8
Views: 2069

Re: Goslings ressurection

Thanks for the input guys! After i run these two birdwatchers i have breaking the still back in, im going to work on this. Already been swimming in the butter rum threads and reading all i can.

-Stills[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202005 ... b82f7b.jpg[/IMG]
by StillsNMash
Fri May 29, 2020 7:58 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe
Replies: 2178
Views: 1016796

Re: Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe

My starting SG for my 18L wash was 1.090 at 96F. When it finished it was 0.991 at 73F. It took just over 2 weeks to complete then i let it sit for this last week. Stripping now . . .
by StillsNMash
Thu May 28, 2020 6:59 pm
Forum: Rum
Topic: Goslings ressurection
Replies: 8
Views: 2069

Re: Goslings ressurection

Some yeasts are pretty famous for producing a lot of diacety(butter flavor)l, that might be a good place to start. I think they're mostly English ale yeasts. I've currently got some apple juice fermenting that just this morning started smelling very strongly of butter. I used us-04 yeast (dry Engli...
by StillsNMash
Thu May 28, 2020 12:19 pm
Forum: Rum
Topic: Goslings ressurection
Replies: 8
Views: 2069

Goslings ressurection

Getting back into the sport, I've resurrected my affinity to find a Goslings clone. I found out that Goslings is actually a combination of three different recipes of Caribbean rum, blended together and then sealed again in second hand charred oak bourbon barrels with black sealing wax which is where...
by StillsNMash
Thu May 28, 2020 12:05 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe
Replies: 2178
Views: 1016796

Re: Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe

garnern2 wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 11:33 am . . . baker’s yeast is nearly impossible to find around here during this time.
I've been watching our local walmart for weeks for yeast. there were two jars right after stock day and I snatched them both!
by StillsNMash
Wed May 27, 2020 7:11 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe
Replies: 2178
Views: 1016796

First Birdwatcher batch

Friends- wanted to chime in that I've finished the ferment of my first birdwatchers recipe, but scaled down to 18L. OG was 1.090 @ 96F and FG is 0.991 at 70F. From what I've read here, I get the impression I'm right on target. I have a second batch going right now, started the 20th, and should be do...
by StillsNMash
Wed May 27, 2020 1:03 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Planning a heavy RUMMMOMNOMNOM
Replies: 22
Views: 3403

Re: Planning a heavy RUMMMOMNOMNOM

With 8 years of aging, would you change anything in the original recipe? Frankly I don't think so, at least not for my first run. As a side note, I never did run the other half of the wash from back then, its still in about 7 sealed quart jars. Now, the conditions these have been through over the l...
by StillsNMash
Tue May 26, 2020 9:11 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Planning a heavy RUMMMOMNOMNOM
Replies: 22
Views: 3403

Re: Planning a heavy RUMMMOMNOMNOM

OK, So I am digging this out after 8 years for a REASON. I found a very small amount of this run back in the back holes of my liquor cabinet, in a recycled bottle I had used, where its sat, forgotten, since 2012. There's about 4 oz left, not enough to test the ABV or anything else. Wish I could. I d...
by StillsNMash
Fri May 22, 2020 5:59 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: plastic carboys
Replies: 15
Views: 2681

Re: plastic carboys

Heres my aquarium valve stopper. It feeds a line into a water jar to check progress. Yes, not as easy as the other bungs, but this was free. More $$ for goodies, even if $2.99. Lol.[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202005 ... b0b100.jpg[/IMG]
by StillsNMash
Fri May 22, 2020 5:51 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: A vinegar run is necessary but how do I get rid of the smell?
Replies: 19
Views: 4089

Re: A vinegar run is necessary but how do I get rid of the smell?

Is this a copper coil in a bucket? Before the new setup I was using a home-made copper coil in a lowes bucket. When I got some blue I put a cork/stopper in the bottom "output" hole and filled the coil with white vinegar and let it sit over night. Next morning put the setup in the laundry ...
by StillsNMash
Mon May 18, 2020 6:56 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon
Replies: 1043
Views: 280433

Re: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon

Durhommer wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 3:31 am A simple Google search will help you to find your new best friend
Yes, but that's so anti-social! ;P

Never heard of landscape fabric as "geotextile". The more ya know!
by StillsNMash
Mon May 18, 2020 1:01 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon
Replies: 1043
Views: 280433

Re: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon

Durhommer wrote:Use geotextile fabric
Whats this and where could it be procured?
by StillsNMash
Fri May 15, 2020 6:37 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: A vinegar run is necessary but how do I get rid of the smell?
Replies: 19
Views: 4089

Re: A vinegar run is necessary but how do I get rid of the smell?

Just broke my rig out of 8 years storage, consider myself a noob again. Did a water run today, then a vinegar water run [50/50 mix 80 oz total] then another water run. The pic is what i got out of the vinegar run. The water run subsequent was light blue at first, then clear. I was concetned about th...
by StillsNMash
Fri May 15, 2020 1:46 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: plastic carboys
Replies: 15
Views: 2681

Re: plastic carboys

I use thr lids, dril a little hole and use the 1 way air valves for aquariums. If the ferment is just right, it whistles! Hahha!
by StillsNMash
Thu May 14, 2020 4:23 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon
Replies: 1043
Views: 280433

Re: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon

Well, tried my first of NCHoochs recipe, but put in 2#sweetfeed in instead of the barley. Anyone done this? Suggeations for pressing the sweetfeed for the liquid? Was a failed run out the gate as i burned the corn on the hotplate i was using. Thought i could save, but at the behest of advice in anot...
by StillsNMash
Wed May 13, 2020 10:49 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: Field to glass experiment
Replies: 25
Views: 4317

Re: Field to glass experiment

Just moved onto my wifes family farm of 156 years. We have 20 acres we own, 18 of which are tilled. Since i am back into this hobby, and expanding into grains - predominantly managed sugar washes before - i have random access to corn piles that fall off the combine in the fields. So i can go out wit...
by StillsNMash
Wed May 13, 2020 5:30 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: MASH divided by . . . Hard times
Replies: 4
Views: 1114

Re: MASH divided by . . . Hard times



+1

My understanding is a "little burn't" is like "a little pregnant".
Good luck with the reboot.
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Yea, been there two. Lol. Thanks. Will repost if i have a real question next time.

Stills.
by StillsNMash
Tue May 12, 2020 7:06 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: MASH divided by . . . Hard times
Replies: 4
Views: 1114

Re: MASH divided by . . . Hard times

OK. Tossed . . . .

Reboot!

My birdwatchers recipe thats been fermenting a week seems to be doing okay.

This would have been ok had it not burned i guess. Thought maybe someone had a saving idea for stripping the burned smell.

Operator error.

Thanks @8ball.
Stills
by StillsNMash
Tue May 12, 2020 3:53 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: MASH divided by . . . Hard times
Replies: 4
Views: 1114

MASH divided by . . . Hard times

WARNING: LOTSA IGNORANCE. Trying my hand at doing my first corn mash; a slight modification of NCHooch's recipe. I started with 7# cracked corn and 2# sweet feed to 5 gallons water. I put 4 gallons water in a stainless pot started heating on a single electric burner. Yep, got distracted and started ...
by StillsNMash
Tue May 12, 2020 7:57 am
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Learning About Fruit Wood for Aging
Replies: 92
Views: 38905

Re: Learning About Fruit Wood for Aging

I also need to work on this. Have restarted my ventures since 2012. I have apple, pear, persimmon, black walnut [for the ex ;P ], white oak, locust, catalpa and various other woods I am curious about. I have a grove of persimmon trees, and the property, which has been in the family for 156 years, ha...
by StillsNMash
Tue May 12, 2020 5:45 am
Forum: Alcohol as Fuel
Topic: a real use for foreshots
Replies: 55
Views: 29148

Re: a real use for foreshots

I use the foreshots for a gun cleaner recipe instead of kerosene. I also use it for a recipe for penetrating oil I use on the gun bench as well.
by StillsNMash
Sun May 10, 2020 1:16 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 734628

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Waking the still i built in 2012, hadnt touched it since. Found half a batch i hadnt run thats been sealed since march of 2012. Started prowling this site again, finding out all my dictionary terms are a mashed mess. So im starting out as a noob again. In short, Washed everything, started a tnt reci...
by StillsNMash
Mon May 04, 2020 8:41 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Unknown antique jar device
Replies: 10
Views: 2094

Re: Unknown antique jar device

The closest thing i can come up with is it looks like a micro water heater wlement. The part in the jar is solid, but the tube on the lid is hollow like something fir in it, maybe similar to the electric skillets. GIS and other searches ive done have been fruitless.
by StillsNMash
Mon May 04, 2020 9:37 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Unknown antique jar device
Replies: 10
Views: 2094

Re: Unknown antique jar device

Reallly neat story. Would love a picture so we know what yer taking about.... Agh! Well, My photobucket sprung a leak and the bulb burned out in my flickr. Guess Imgur will have to do. Teach me to use my phone . . . Stills. http://i.imgur.com/9KUYgU8t.jpg http://i.imgur.com/oKqthiBt.jpg http://i.im...
by StillsNMash
Sat May 02, 2020 8:42 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Unknown antique jar device
Replies: 10
Views: 2094

Unknown antique jar device

I am thinking this jar had something to do with canning or making persimmon wine, but i have not been able to find anything on this device i found under the stairs in the basement of our old house. It seems to be missing some parts, and the lid is mostly rusted away. But the intriguing part is whats...