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since i had never tasted moonshine before, i went to the store and bought a bottle of moonshine from my local liquor store. tastes just like the stuff i made. disgusting. My moonshine experience is done lol. Was interesting, just not worth the time for me.

Gonna mix mine together to proof it down and make Apple Cinnamon out of it. Gonna try corn next

Whole batch taste like rubbing alcohol. Gross. Disappointed. Wonder what I did wrong. Started at 140 proof then the last one I collected was 70proof. Smells and tastes like the alcohol you would get for cuts and wounds

Just proofed second jar. 130 proof.

I'm about an hour into my first run with my pot still. things are going great! the temp is at 199.1 and I'm getting about 3 drops per second I'm also running my first ever. Tossed first 150ml. Proofed the first 200ml after that was was about 140 proof. Turned my heat even lower. Getting about the s...

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So my sweefeed mash has been sitting now for almost 4 full days. Air lock is still releasing co2 about every 4 seconds. Took the lid off and man it smelled like old sour beer and was a bubblin like simmering water on a stove. Didn't get a hydrometer reading when I started due to it not being deliver...

mine also seems to finish quicker when i use distillers yeast. If you have any you might want to try it that way. its my first run ever and using a pot still. I took a similar recipe from a youtube video and the guy at my local distiller's store recommended Liquor Quik Turbo Pure X-Press turbo yeas...

Im in cold climate and use an aquarium heater to keep things going. Its usually 4 5 days and its done w ferment and a day to really be clean. I dont have much luck siphoning so i scoop out carefully and strain for any small Pieces that i may pick up. The wife tried the appleshine mix last night and...

Thanks for the update Ridge! How long did you left ferment before you racked it off? Mine has been fermenting for 24 hrs going strong.

I just got back from the feed store and picked this up. It looks like it should work, but the only things that concern me are in the ingredients: Soybean Meal Vegetable Oil (last ingredient) Can anyone let me know if this will work or not? I made sure to at least get it without pellets! I used Hors...

Bought some sweet feed today. Plan on putting the mash together tonight. Feed smells good and I am pumped to run this. Will post results and pics in about a week.

And these stupid YouTube videos are killing us. They are getting as bad as the stupid moonshiner show. Idiots gotta have their 15 min of fame. So they gotta post a video on YouTube about shit they don't know anything about. :evil: Glad I ran into this website and veered away from youtube lol. I hav...

Distilled water for diluting spirits for drinking. Dechlorinated tap water would ne better for fermenting. Distilled water has had all the minerals taken out of it. Those minerals are beneficial to yeast health. Regular bottled water would be fine for fermenting too. And I can't beleave you couldn'...

I searched the forum on this topic and didn't yield any clear results. Before I discovered this forum I read and saw on youtube that people use distilled water in their mash. Does tap water or distilled water matter?

jholmz wrote:coffee filters fine blue it just removes particles not flavor

figured as much. appreciate it.

I would like to add to this discussion with a couple quick questions. I plan on running a sweet feed wash through my pot still this weekend. After it is done and all collected, would it hurt it to just run it through a coffee filter to remove any unwanted particles? Will it affect the flavor? Thanks...

[/quote]Tried and true recipe section here in these forums are only placed there after many have used it and its proven to BS a good recipe. So yes all of them are great recipes. Read through some of them and find one that sounds good to you. Is there a particular product you want to make? Whiskey, ...

It's a bad recipe. The reason he calls for higher temps. Is to try to get it to ferment quicker. Honey is a slow fermenter. A gallon of honey is not cheap. Would hate to make the and it turn out like crap. I would stick to a cheaper sugarhead until you get some good experience. The tried and true r...

a 30 yr. old still may or may not have lead solder. you could get a testing kit at a hardware store to check. if it does have lead you got 2 options; melt and remove old solder and replace with lead-free or build a new one. Thanks for the tip. I called my dad and he said that he remembers his dad m...

Hello folks, I'm 26 from Louisiana. I have recently taken an interest in shining. My grandfather passed a few months back and my father had his stainless steel pot still / condensing unit. Turns out he used to make sweet feed moonshine. I cleaned it up and polished it up and it looks good as new now...