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Hey guys thanks for the replies it's working good now :) I have a question Odin said in the previous pages about an air still of 450 watts smearing well I am using one and it's 320 watts will this make a better drink or it being a air still mean it will be crap? Also I double distill will this make ...

Hey everyone I put this wash down 2 days ago today, it started fine it was 1.070 starting gravity and today it's only 1.060 now if I'm not wrong it's fermenting very slow ? So my question is what are some tips to keep it warm it's winter over here at the moment and it's gets about 15 over night than...

hey Im considering making my first pot still, but I need a fool proof plan or diagram to follow, because I don't want to stuff it up obviously, I know everyone uses copper because its more pure then stainless steel, so I would be planning on that now do you just buy it at bunnings or what? also for ...

thank you for the reply but what im asking is for example whats the different percents of each grain I know there all different, but the reason im asking is I will give you an example I want to make this "apparent" jim beam grain bill which is as follows, 75 percent corn, 10 percent barley...

I have a question, im trying to make a bourbon, I am going make 25 litre wash, but im not sure how much of each grain is normally needed for a 25 litre wash? I was wondering if someone could give me some guide lines on that? thank you

what does the infection do to the wash taste wise ? also could i still run generations on the lees from this wash or better of not ?

i have a question im making a bourbon whiskey recipe atm, everything was fine i was away for 8 days and came back to it having white spots on the top i want to know what it is mould or what? i got told it could be the corn souring but im not sure and i cant upload a photo of it is either.

ok I think to get far in this hobby I need to know what dunder and backset are, as im not sure and I did a search and it can be 2 things and I don't know which one it is either the stuff left in the bottom of the fermenter or the leftover wash in the still? can someone clarify which one it is please?

thanks for your recipe , feed grade is that blackstrap or "fancy molasses" ? and if I don't have dunder do I just fill the rest with water?

oh thanks I didn't know that, also I don't know if I can get panela in Australia so I dunno but I know they use caramelised sugar to colour but im guessing this will also sweeten it up

thanks do you have a recipe anywhere on this site I could have a look at? or if I cant get fancy molasses, to make it the same sweetness with black strap molasses would I need to probably adjust the sugar further ?

well sweet to taste sorry I should have specified further

hey I was wondering if there was a light rum recipe by this I guess I actually mean a potential sweet rum or sweeter then average rum straight of the still,? because I made the blackstrap molasses wash with no added sugar its come out I guess very molasses tasting with no sweetness to it and I want ...

thanks for the replies, I got my spirit done today but I have a question if anyone has done this wash aswell the spirit itself taste kinda like burnt, molasses taste or maybe its just a real bitter taste im not sure why and would like to know why if anyone can give me some suggestions that would be ...

thanks for the reply its fine now it took a little longer to get going that's all I think it was just the temperature was to low

so an update I have it in the still its heated up and starting dropping but I think theres a problem? its only dripping 3 drips maybe every 5 seconds and this is the first wash I have had in it that has done this so im comfused as to why ? anyone else had this problem? its not because its too thick ...

ok thanks yeah will do

well its 30 degrees but will the bubbles completely stop before its done sorry its probably a basic question but I haven't done rum wash so im not 100 percent sure what to look for

no mate that's fine haha its ok I didn't filter it as I was thinking it would probs strip some flavour from it so now I have it on some whiskey chips to colour it and flavour it further so its already a light golden colour in 1 day of chipping so im hoping it colours up nicely intructions are 10 gra...

update on the rum wash, the sg is still 1.030, so that's 3 days with the same sg and its bubbling very slow now so I think tomorrow or later today even it might have finished fermenting

ok update i have collected 500 mls off the stills, and im happy to say from tasting i get the taste of sweet caramel i don't think that's what it is suppose to taste like haha but its very nice regardless and that's just dipping my finger in to taste i cant wait to try a shot worth to get the full f...

hey all where too start? well I must say this is a low cost, fun and absolutely interesting recipe and its very simple, i love the smell this recipe gives off i am currently running it now so i cant comment on the taste myself yet but if its as good as everyone who has made it says it is then my tas...

umm I have no idea why its slow the sg is 1.030 same as a day and a half ago, still the pepsi, coke look like a fizz at the surface, umm temp I check yesterday is 30 degrees its in a garage, and I have a rye whiskey set up in there and that took off and was fine no probs finished a day ago, so I dun...

hey guys the rum wash is still bubbling very slightly like yesterday I measured the s.g just now at 2 and a half days its still 1.030 hasn't moved at all, same as yesterday hmmm I wonder if it will cease in 3 days as its been 2 and a half from start to finish.

ok thanks everyone for the comments and replies I appreciate the help greatly

yeah sorry silly me I ment 1.030 and well ihope it doesn't have a leak or crack because theres no bubbles in the airlock that's what made me think it wasn't really working then I took the lid off to have a look and it was and is bubbling but very slow like a can of coke or pepsi in a cup if you know...

sorry dunderhead, I didn't refresh this thread before I posted just now so if I just asked you the same thing you answered for me then sorry, yeah I will its 1.30 or whatever was started in previous posts but I will check it constantly too see if its dropping well its not stuck its still got some ac...

doogie what your describing is exactly what my wash is doing now so not all hope is lost then, how long did yours take to fully ferment? and 3.5 percent possible alchohol what would that be in mls, if the wash volume is 20ls? thank you

to be honest its the beer and wine hydrometer I got from a hbs, but I can use it to read spirits apparently the lady recons 990 is the correct sg for finished spirit give or take on temp ofcourse, well anyway I cant read it properly but its on the 30 or the "start" for the beer reading if ...

the wash is about 20 litres