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well after a little more reading i found the calc table in the parent site and i wasnt adding enough water to my small taste test, or aging over nite really changes things. this morn i was able to blend and bottle at 80 to 90prf, although i think i lost some of the flavor i liked from the hearts of ...

thanks for the replys i am noticeing some difference now and will try and seperate spent corn next time. i moved up to a 30 gl fermentor and ran off 4- 5 to 6 gl runs yesterday, got very simular results on each starting at 110 prf i got 9 16 oz glasses from each down to 45prf, i removed the first 16...

ive read all the pages in this post and most of the 116 pages in ujsm posting i find the two very simular my question is i put my cracked corn into cold water to start. its hard as a rock , at my second generation i dont really find spent corn its softer but not completely, im on my 3rd generation a...

i have pretty big bubbles, that wasnt my question really it was the statement of better a day early than a day late. my question was what happens a day late. thanks for the reply but now i have new question what is ment by secondary ferment? i tryed a search in mashin and fermentation got no results...

way back in this post golden pond wrote about dog heads forming and better to run day early than day late. my question is why what happens a day late? i have a batch of this in the bucket now on 3rd day as stated sounds like rice crispys in a bowl of milk, just dont want to miss something and be a d...

thanks beefbandit im happy for the input, i see lots of guys puttin coils inside the coloum , been wondering- i got a lot of 3/8 aluminum tubing around would i get any cooling if i made a wrap on the outside of the entire coloum and flowed cold water threw it, wouldnt touch the product at all no con...

im currently lookin for a 15gl kag to upgrade any brand better or worse/ i also have been doin a lot of searchin on types of stills and am a bit confused. my coloum is 12'' long 3''dia would there be any benifit to addin copper scrubbers/ maybe layers of scrubbers and glass marbles in the coloum? al...

thanks to steve2md. the reason i havent fermented on the grain is the weather i can bring my carboy in the house , well ive cleaned out spare bed room , bought a couple 10gl buckets and am trying one sweet feed and one golden pond indoors , already the ferment looks better different kinda bubbles we...

well by volume and taste im pulling 5 ta 6 oz at a time tasting and smellin, at about 1st qt i lose the hot taste of well solvent would be my best discription, hot nasty solvent that lingers after spittin it out, then i made 5 or 6 cuts of 5 or 6 oz is seperate glasses, none of em were really that g...

howdy all this is my first post for information have been trying the sweet feed reciepe and have run 4 5gl batchs so far. due to cold weather i havent been able to do exactly like reciepe in first post what i do is as follows i take 3gl water heat it to between 150 180 dg stir in about 4lb good quat...

still 002.jpg still 003.jpg well here she is my first still. after a couple clean out runs ive put 5 batches through so far. always perfect clear output with varing % out put notice small hole in top of coloum, this is 6'' long tube sealed at other end i can insert very accurate elect temp gauge i ...

got interested in this hobby some time ago , spent last couple months reading and trying to get some information built up, a month ago i built my first still. im on my 5th batch of mash now and have come along way so far. im running a 7 3/4gl keg with 5gl batches so far on a basic pot still, every q...