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In my one and only grain scorch I found that after filtering 6 to 7 times it was "ok".
Not good, just ok.
Sorry!

NZChris wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:34 pm

I often save some fresh wash to add to the spirit run. Compared to that, the amount of wash that comes over in a bit of a puke is tiny.

Exactly this!

Tabucowboy wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:59 pm

All,

I had molasses coming through on my stripping run. My condenser handled it but what could have caused this?

Tabucowboy

How much?
A little? Just collect and rerun when you get it all stripped out.
A lot? Shut down, clean, add butter or oil as tubbsy said and start back up.

I made some Pineapple rum, it turned out pretty good. I added rum that I aged in oak for a good long while IIRC to a bunch of cut up pineapple in a big carboy and let it sit for 6 plus months. Then I filtered out the fruit and bottled the rum as Christmas gifts. No experience trying to actually ferm...

Welcome, you will want to follow the many fruity threads of our friend Cranky.
Cranky has done much with apples, and is a fellow NW member.

Good on you for taking in all the 'advice' and keeping a cool clear head. Bread yeast is great for making rum, it's made from molasses after all. It's not necessarily the best for making whiskey / whisky. Think beer, think ale, think of a style of whiskey that you want to emulate and find out what y...

Sheep Dip So interesting. The name clearly implies somebody is ruffling the feathers of status quo. The color seems a bit more robust compared to so many other scotches? Maybe just the lighting? Dunno? Would this be the bourbon drinkers scotch? Please explain the taste/mouth feel/ complexity. And h...

Welcome to the club!

That just reminded me, I did enjoy a couple bottles of Dalmore and Dalwhinnie a ways back.
Those were tasty!

I have a couple of the Laphroag bottles here that are mentioned above, quite good but the 10 Cask is a bit smokey even for me. My all time favorite bottle for character of spirit was that Auchentoshan 21 Sherry cask finished, that was memorable. Had a few of the 21 gun salute bottles that are so cra...

Welcome to another PNW member!
I plan to do plums next season, I have a back yard full of them!

I'm gonna do the water soak on it tonight I have never needed to soak a Gibbs barrel overnight, you would lose some of that oaky goodness to that water. In my five gal barrels Iput about a half gal of hot water in seal the bung and just slosh it around looking for any leeks, if any they do quickly ...

Oldvine Zin wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:02 pm

+1 for the Gibbs barrel, I have quite a few of their barrels and have been happy with all of them.

stay safe
OVZ

I've been happy with what's come out of them!

So I just got a level 4 char barrel.is this what I can expect from the it when I drain it I have experienced more of this sediment in the larger barrels. Makes sense, more inside area so more bits left behind. There were some larger pieces but those are easily discarded, the dregs can be filtered a...

Also I should just point out a smaller barrel "ages faster". There's an inner area to volume calculation somewhere here on HD that shows how much slower the larger barrels are at aging. I have used 5 gallon, 8 gallon and 15 gallon. It takes one hell of a lot of still time to fill a 15 gallon barrel,...

The wisdom that comes from aging in a proper barrel is priceless.
Cranky you view the loss from unsealed jars to be acceptable because you have experienced the loss from a proper barrel.
You also know to view this as a good thing, because the alchemy that must happen requires that sacrifice.

When you say "Full size" are you referring to a 55 gallon barrel?
Why do you want to age in such a large barrel?

CopperFiend wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:30 pm

Ideal! Do you think the blackness was suspended charcoal bits? What did it look like on the filter?

That's exactly what it was, the filter had a lot of tiny silty looking charcoal in it.

I went out and got the final bit of rum from the bottom of the barrel today. Black nasty looking stuff, but great smell. I have had some white rum in carboys since 2018 so I wanted that to have a turn in this barrel. Here's what I got out: IMAG6257.jpg Like I said, black as the devil's heart. So I r...

I'll let Bushman explain Solera aging. It was a shit-ton of work to fill a 15 gallon once used Bourbon barrel with Panela rum. Then of course I took some out at a year, more at a year and a half, even more at 2 years. The stuff that was left at 3 years was truly amazing, I do buy some 18 to 25 year ...

Think of what it will take to save bottles for 3 years, 5 years, 10 years. :thumbup: :thumbup: Just keep making more and save some for aging. just saying from experience. Stay safe OVZ I really need to fix my stillin' shed. I'm falling behind, only drinking store bought when I drink anything and th...

Glad I decided to watch all of these. In this one they are picking the fruit, I recognized it because I have 60 - 75 of those trees growing on the back of my property. I never knew I had a gold mine growing back there, 30 years and I have not taken advantage of what is just growing like weeds. Now I...

Think of what it will take to save bottles for 3 years, 5 years, 10 years.

Deplorable wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:55 pm

Nerdy, were did you get that wrapper?

I bought them on Amazon.
They shrink under hot water.

Me too!
You have to go through a lot of bags of Panela to have a bottle left from 2016.
At least this is true in the case of OVZ and myself.

Oldvine Zin wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:25 pm

Just drained a 1 gal barrel of some rum I made back in 2016, what is said about time and patience is so true 4year pan1.JPG
4 years and 10 days old
4year pan3.JPG
stay safe
OVZ

Aha! I found one!

Corsaire wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:39 pm

I actually prefer spent barrels in some cases.
I like the aging effect without the oaking.
Of course your taste might be different.

I haven't used any of mine enough times for them to be "spent".
One I put scorched bourbon into I'd call ruined, but not spent.

OVZ I know that's good, man that really looks good.
Haven't kept any of my 2016, wish I had - maybe I need to get up on a ladder and check the back of my shelf.

SG I hope things are better for you. I have to admit I did not notice when this post first came up, since I was in the midst of the fight against the viral inquisition at that time. For myself and those in my family we are not immune to alcoholism. I am fortunate that my wife abhors alcohol, can't s...

Apparently my lungs are all good, I'm off the meds to see if anything crops up again.
You guys keep on being safe out there!