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Some reason I keep waking up with that song I will wait by mumford and sons.. It's the banjo and stuffed columns- thinking up new designs.. Then right before I wake up I'm always in prison and stuffed columns takes on a new meaning.. Maybe it's my dad telling me I need to go back to what I know.. I ...

Sure looks like something from the 70's..

The thing with small distilleries.. noticed anyway, it's hard to make it, least that's the way it is here.. There was one that opened up around 4 hours north of where I live and they had to buy all the equipment first, then it was inspected and finally they had a permit to make and sell their stuff....

Sad stuff..

:angel: Yes officer it's a water distiller Try the local mom and pops hardware stores too.. Some reason I always get the feeling there's some guy rubbing his hands together in China when in Home Depot or Lowes I didn't think of that but your probably right about the glass- better to avoid a mess.. T...

Yeah it's kind of a pain to make baijiu.. Like sake in a way, aiming for around 130 proof- You make the koji first which is a mold, grow it on short grain rice and stop it before it flowers.. Then mix it with soaked/steamed rice and let it sit.. The koji breaks down the new rice into sugar the yeast...

It's actually a work sink.. Around 20 gallons I'm guessing with a condensate pump Yeah the water will get pretty hot without some kind of active cooling running.. When running low wines through the fractionating still you almost need nothing to cool it down and can slow the flow down quite a bit (ke...

I've always wanted to go to Australia but my image of Elle Mcphersons walking around everywhere I'm sure is over exaggerated :lol: j/k Yeah pot still is pretty simple to run.. But cuts and mixing cuts is where you can read up some more.. The temperature will go up over the run- as the ethanol to wat...

Movers blanket here.. Works awesome.. Cheap too- cut it to size of your column and wrap, secure with twine.. The twine gives you a place to hang your digital thermometer too

Yeah I always thought my pops was kind of the exact opposite of me.. But then everyone says I'm just like him..


My wife likes my little ways though Have fun

Hey Lucent.. I had thought about this too when first started building Cornellius.. Actually building a pot still right now too :) But on the water cooling for the condensor.. I went with a shower head bought at a wholesale distributor- the kind that's got adjustment for massage and stuff.. It was li...

Bah that's no fun I can relate to the filter though.. My wife is such a sweetheart but sometimes I think to myself.. If I was single and there was no booze (this is while drinking of course)

Dads probably lookin down on me thinking what a idiot

You can buy Baijiu (40-50% sorghum alcohol) here for almost cheaper than water - 5 liters is 5 pounds! Only problem is that it is foul undrinkable stuff that sends you loopy. I'm making a batch from scratch here.. Around 130 proof is what shooting for but I need a bulk supply of koji, having troubl...

There's some good information there.. Learned a couple of things skimming through that thread.

All I can think of is you could link the post using tiny url.. I like to do that sometimes- it makes links look nicer

Got another 28 gallons of birdwatchers going this time with red star active dry yeast. It has a different smell to it than when using fresh cake yeast. Yeah lipdog what I noticed, it'll hit 1.01 fairly quick.. Like I start at 1.08 and about 9 days later it's 1.01.. Then it lowers around 0.002 a day ...

Hmm why would you want to do that? You'd be reading the cooled condensed end of things there.. It wouldn't mean much to put one there other than looks

Yeah.. 65ml of bourbon would be 7.6% if added to 250ml coke

Get the amount in ml of alcohol: 65 * 0.37 = 24.05 ml
Total (All) mixed: 250 + 65 = 315 ml

Get the percentage: 24.05 / 315 = 7.6 %

Re: Still problems. Kick it in the ass until you git product,,then turn it down a bit to a simmer. by Dnderhead Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:30 pm Forum: Novice Distillers Topic: Still problems. Replies: 14 Views: 289 xd I like that one.. That's pretty much how my brain works- I don't mess around anymore lif...

Just post on craigslist under willing to buy.. Ask for 20 bucks a keg and you'll meet guys at gas stations with winnebagos full of kegs.. My garage is full of kegs right now I haven't even cut them all out yet Be careful getting 55 gallon drums.. My buddy and I got burned buying drums that held appl...

If you pick 40 lemons at a time off your lemon tree in season.. You might be an italian stiller

About the filtering.. We use a 5 micron whole house filter and reverse osmosis under the sink for drinking water.. You can replace the whole house filter with a water softener if you have a lot of sand- like out in the desert.. My sister is on a well and they put on a water softener.. Seems to have ...

Hehe I can relate bush.. I took some of my stuff over to a get together and everyone wants some after trying it out in a 100 and 160 proof mix of apple pie.. I think what did it was the no hangover, I don't even remember what happened after the first cup :D I told them the secret is the mix of sugar...

I;m drunk right now had a great time thanks birdcwatcher and thanks to you guys on this forum.. I learned everything I need to make 193-191 hearts.. wew that 160 will knock you on your ass in a apple pir mix

I was wondering.. If I had 20L fermented ready to strip and 5L of low wine that's been sitting for around 10 days with 5 tsp of baking soda mixed in.. If I added that 5L of low wine to the mash would the acid react with the baking soda and create ammonia? Is it better to not mix the two or is this o...

And if a woman says she got a great deal at old navy.. That just means your out another hundred bucks

The thing is like with birdwatchers.. I don't really need to stir it up- It goes from 1.08-1.09 start to around 1.01 in 9 days usually.. then it slows and drops down around 0.025 a day till done I would rather not even open it up.. I clean the keg out really good and there is no contamination starti...

Yeah you can buy the stuff at the pool shop.. Couple gallons will run around 14 bucks.. The problem with hydrochloric as a flux is when it heats up- the gas it gives off will rust anything around that's able to rust.. It cleans rust off parts pretty good (when cold) but you should coat everything wi...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parasitx/the-beerbugtm-digital-hydrometer" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow I was looking at this earlier.. Looks like a good idea instead of opening and checking with the hydro- you can just set it and forget it 8) ...

The radiator part was pretty funny.. How was he selling it for so much? People are crazy if they were really buying it! You can buy 190 through the mail but it's around 30 bucks shipped to your door. I don't know the quality but it sure beats that price premium.. It's not even worth selling quarts- ...

That funny.. I remember my wife hit me once in the theater after I commented about the woman flying this space vehicle into mars in the theater- can't remember the movie title it was that one with the big grasshoppers running around :ebiggrin: .. I can't help it- saw a woman the other day back in an...