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O.K Here's an update on the viscous washes. All have been tipped down the drain. Two stalled, Three went viscous (slimy), One looked O.K, but I did not want to risk it. Adding egg white did nothing. All the equipment is out in the yard being bleached. Lesson Learnt..... only use fresh yeast.

Thermophilic bacteria is a new one for me, I have just been reading about them, and the descriptions of the consequences are what I have got. especially the viscous gloopyness, Lysozyme enzyme is the recommended treatment, Its found in tears and egg white. I am going to throw away the two that are r...

TESTTABLE.PNG ]Hi, my birdwatchers has gone really viscous, its the consistency of egg white. its also very frothy and coming through through the bubbler. Some history, I generally make 6 25litre washes at a time. I aim for1.08 to 1.09 starting SG. Basic recipe is 6kgs white sugar, tsp epsom salts,...

Hi, I must agree that is a spectacular well wound condenser. I tried to make a single coil for my 2 inch still, and ended up with misshapen copper tube abstract art. So I went back to basics and made a triple cold finger design. The cold fingers are at 120 degrees and the longest is 23 cms. The tota...

Hi, i'm in north of England First post.....about a year ago I decided to try and make gin and thanks to this site I have managed to achieve this. First still was a Boka, but it wasnt tall enough and only gave 86%ABV so I extended to a nixon stone offset and get 95%ABV.. I started with turbo wash and...