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by jaycap1030
Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:43 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: my shine is blue!?
Replies: 21
Views: 7941

Re: my shine is blue!?

for one the bread smell your getting is from your yeast you should try racking your wash then straining your wash before putting it in your still cheese cloth is best but a clean white -shirt would do fine to catch the bulk and for two aluminum is not the way to go at all stainless steel of copper a...
by jaycap1030
Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:11 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Pugi's Rum or "Pugirum"
Replies: 561
Views: 279569

Re: Pugi's Rum or "Pugirum"

after stripping your fermented wash you say to make the wash again and add your left over dunder and rum oil but do you let the second wash ferment or add no yeast but whats left in the fermenter and strip right away? that part confused me a little bit
by jaycap1030
Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:19 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: How can I tell my rum is fully fermented and ready to distil
Replies: 6
Views: 2314

Re: How can I tell my rum is fully fermented and ready to di

so i distilled yesterday and i think i collected some of the bad crap a the end so i distilled it again today after the first run i had about a liter and a half i got a full bottle at 60% and a half at about 45% after the second run I got about 3/4 of a liter at 80% I think I could have got a little...
by jaycap1030
Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:39 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: How can I tell my rum is fully fermented and ready to distil
Replies: 6
Views: 2314

Re: How can I tell my rum is fully fermented and ready to di

ok sounds good like i said i shook it up good and it bubbled like u said for a few mins 3 days later i still have a bubble or 2 ever 10-15 seconds. I'm aiming to distill this Saturday or Sunday I'll post here when it's done and let you know how it comes out. Thanks again for the advice.
by jaycap1030
Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:07 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: How can I tell my rum is fully fermented and ready to distil
Replies: 6
Views: 2314

Re: How can I tell my rum is fully fermented and ready to di

ok cool thanks I shuck it up a little yesterday and i's still going today i'm gonna give it another shake and see what happens if anything i'm going to take your advice and wait it out another week. Also I kinda made this recipe from seeing others, most that i find are for make 10+ gallons of wash a...
by jaycap1030
Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:24 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: How can I tell my rum is fully fermented and ready to distil
Replies: 6
Views: 2314

How can I tell my rum is fully fermented and ready to distil

I am a new at this. Using a pot still I tried Cornmeal shine first and it came out really bad and i'm more of a rum fan so I started a wash of that about a week ago 5lbs sugar 20oz of molasses 3.5 gals of water and about 8 Grams of Muntons Active Brewing Yeast. It's been about 8 days at around 74 De...