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acfixer69, I get the same thing. I cant access the calc page or any other links. Hopefully they can get it fixed soon.

Mine done the same this morning and even recorded the abv from the parrot while I was eating.

Yea I was afraid I may have gotten it to puke early and as the run went on it cleared up a bit more. I'll try another batch of grain and strip it then combine the two of them and run it again. I thought about adding a thumper to keep it from burping. So it may look like I need to in the future... Al...

So i made a mash off a recipe i had seen in tried and true forum. I followed everything up and fg was at .998, so i let it set for a couple extra days to let the yeast fall. I just ran it this morning and it done something i have never seen it do. I have ran 1 cleaning run with viniger, and 2 bird w...

Well I decided to give it a try since I already had a pump laying around. I have a large cooler with the pump in it and its working great. Had it going for over 2 hours now and only thing ive had to do is regulate the pump flow. Believe I will have to do this for a while just until I can get a large...

No, I was not going to use ice water. I was wanting to use a cooler or trashcan as a water tank. Have a pond pump in the cooler where the water is and have a line run into the bottom of the 5 gal bucket and a overflow line run out the top back into the cooler to let it cool back down. The still is a...

After finishing my still and doing a cleaning run I found out I need a more efficient way to cool the worm. I have been reading about the pond pumps everyone is using for the lidbig condenser. I was thinking about using a pond pump with a cooler setbeside or across from my worm to feed water in the ...

T-Pee wrote:

07rangerfx4 wrote:Looks good!
I wish I could find 1" pipe and fittings around here without ordering it online...

No Home Depot?

tp

Largest pipe they have onhand is 3/4. I have been there several times just to make sure I didnt overlook it.

Looks good!



I wish I could find 1" pipe and fittings around here without ordering it online...

rad14701 wrote:Get the wash temperature up to 75F/24C - 85F/30C if it isn't already... Few yeasts like cooler temperatures, especially bakers yeast...

Its setting right on 78F.

HA I had 2oz written in my damn notebook...


I'll reword my previous post.... I wrote everything down to a T......

Ill have to grab some more tomorrow....

Everything is spot on, its just slow. I followed the recipe to a T. I used my mixing spoon to aerate it making allot of bubbles and then pitched the yeast. Nothing different than when I make beer all the time. The only thing I done differently this time was use a different yeast. Im used to using Re...

Ok so i decided to make a 5gal batch birdwatcher sugar run and im still waiting in fermintation. I started it last week with a SG of 1.090. I just checked it and its at 1.060. Im using this as a sac run and was hoping it would have already worked off by now. I only used one packet of Fleischman's ac...

You need to slow down and read the parent site. Then read the newbie section. The only reason I could pickup as fast as I did was because I had been brewing beer for the past 5 years. Here is some reading that is a must in my opnion before you start doing anything. http://homedistiller.org/wash/ferm...

Do a search for the everlasting gasket. Do not use silicone.

Have you been taking your gravity readings?

Also not trying to sound like a prick but I believe you need to do allot more reading in the recipe forum and try one that is proven. Get good at it then move onto something new.

Wonder how long it will be before morons snort it...

Well I found my biggest problem, the old and I mean OLD 1100 watt hp that I have just isnt enough. It took a dump roughly 3/4 the way through my run. my cleaning run was done with a propane burner in the garage. I have been looking at small propane burners and was wanting to kno if anyone has used o...

Yes im making cuts, collecting in jars ive had for years. The only problem ive had was the temp, everything else has worked great.

Thank you! I had been looking for some reading like that on explaining why I wasnt getting anything. Thanks for your help, done some reading on that and a lil adjustment on the hp and bam!

thanks again jedneck

Hey yall,

New to the site but ive been brewing beer for over 3 years and have decided to venture into the better of the types. Hehe

Just wanted to stop by and say hello!

Well im new to distilling but not to making beer or anything. I decided to try the sweet feed mash. I got it all ready and let it firmint for 5 days til the SG was 1.000 Now im trying it out with my first run on this new setup i have which is a pot type. I have no idea what i have done wrong. I got ...