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Hey if your looking for year round Vanilla beans in Canada try your local Bulk Barn. 4.99 for 2 beans and they carry them year round. Usually up at the counter in a small glass test tube.

Ya, I usually go buy it by the bundle then (I think 8-10 bags/bundle). I tell them I am a supervisor at a trucking firm, and all my short haul truckers go thru coffee like crackheads go thru coke ... I don't give them any excuse. Best part of living in Canada is we can buy what we want with out big...

Well I made the decision to make up the bottle of rum oaked with this stuff today. Rum was 4 months old as white and then aged 2 months on the oak chunk Diluted down to 50% ABV(100 proof). So here are my results: 1. Color - Dark Rum coloring not quite a commercial dark color but dark enough that its...

PlanetHax,

You can get that bulkhead fitting at any home hardware in Canada.. that's where I got mine. I think they were like 19 bucks


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Sorry to hear Odin, I feel your pain though. had 3 ligaments torn off in my shoulder and had to get them all reclamped on and 1/2 in of collar bone taken out to adjust for the shortness. Doc says I now have the shoulder of a 65yr old man (only 40). You might get lucky. I have been living with this f...

Finally got 1 500ml jar of syrup this week.. weather has been crap. Worst season in a long time. To add to that we are getting -10C this week coming and a snow hurricane on wed.. woot great fun!

best was to deal with Chuck holes is a .223 on a bench with a good scope.


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Cardinalbags wrote:Maybe you've hit on the secret recipe for Romulan ale???

Dammit man that could be it!

Not sure on what causes the greenish blue hue to it but mine is getting more gold as we speak. Bottled it on the 23rd of Feb. Just popped the top, Smell is delicious. Color is about Capt Morgan Dark rum in color. Taste is fabulous. Still a bit new to the taste but very very rum like. I am gonna let ...

hehe call it Blue Lightning


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I am using the same stuff.. it did turn a bit blueish-green at first but its been a few weeks or so since I put mine in and starting to see it turn a bit darker. Just gonna take some time to turn the right color I think.

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They are from about 2" square to about 1" by 3" in size in the bag I picked up. The ones I have taken out and looked at are all cut short ways across the stave by the looks of it.
Here is a link to the company's home site http://www.macleansoutdoor.com/products.html

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Was at Crappy Tire today(Canadian tire,hardware/tools/automotive parts place for none canucks) when I come to the newly set out BBQ section along with their smokers. So I am thinking well lets see what the prices are for smoker chips this year. As I glance through the section something magical catch...

Yeah sap is not running here yet unless you have a vacuum system. Plus its gonna be well below Zero again next week. Looking like mid march before I am gonna get started.

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Ok now that you have done a turbo have you done a tried and true recipe? If not give one a shot and then see the difference. I really do thing everyone should try one of both to see the difference. +1... Perhaps hitek redneck doesn't really know what good is and is just overly excited that he was e...

Sad to hear T-pee, but solid advice.

Old water bed heaters that you might be able to get your hands on for free work.. even comes with a temp adjust and everything.

yep i fully get that and am not trying to sound naive i just understood it to be not quite so relavent unless your really trying to get picky. in my mind if i try make a white rum or white spirit etc i heard you need to filter them a few times make them smooth and mellow to not have extra tastes. t...

Hey Vereid,

welcome to the forums. I think Maritimer is right that makes you the 4th of us but not 100%sure, I think there might be a 5th here too.


EDIT: too bad this hobby is so anti-social for gatherings. Be nice to talk to people in person sometimes

Ok now that you have done a turbo have you done a tried and true recipe? If not give one a shot and then see the difference. I really do thing everyone should try one of both to see the difference.

the SS gas line is corregated so it bends with out kinking. I know the thermal is not that of copper but it was just a thought that might save you a pain in the butt :) I understand about the lack of stuff to rerun.. got that same problem around here.. but spring is coming and so are the larger barr...

Rum_dog wrote:
Now if I could only wind a condinser coil to fit inside the 2" pipe I could make some real progress on my Boka. I suspect I should be working on a thumper instead.

You might be able to find a small enough SS gas line that might wind small enough.. not sure how small you can get that stuff.

First start with what recipe did you use? Just curious as I am a rum maker(term used loosely) also and mine seems to have a rum taste but not a store bought rum taste if you understand what I mean. Also are those % numbers before each jar you have listed the ABV% for each bottle? I see you had menti...

you gotta remember alcohol % and purity are 2 totally different things. 91.5% just means its 91.5% alcohol. The other 8.5% could be anything. The good part is now you have tried a turbo yeast type product. You know what it taste like and can learn from there. If your not going for a specific flavor ...

Rennet is made from the sphincter muscles of cattle (rennets). Yep and is used in cheese making. I started majoring mozzarella last year and the recipes all call for it. I never worry where things come from anymore.. you should see where Taurine (crap in red bull and other energy drinks) comes from...

What type of wash are you making? I did a run of sugar wash to clean my still(yuck) and then a few runs of wine to figure out what I was doing. Those wine runs never had anything in the distillate, however when I started rum I found black flecks started. I remember reading somewhere on here that you...

Honestly Guys and Gals I think we should encourage everyone that joins to try a turbo yeast just once and then try a Tried and Tested one after that. Its hard to tell someone that something can be better unless they make something both ways. I honestly tried a couple Turbos as I have posted before a...

Easiest way is get rid of the parrot and go by taste and smell and make your cuts that way.

its a Turbo. I tried the Rum one and made the mistake of thinking it would taste good. Wrong. there is a reason turbos need carbon and if you use it on the Distillers version you lose all your flavor but if you don't use the carbon then you gain a whole bunch that taste like crap. I wasted my money,...

has anyone tried alder and by alder I mean the gnarled looking stuff you see near wetlands or taking over old fields. have a pile of it here and thinking on trying it. Its good wood to use in the smoker so thought it might be good for fine spirits