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by barefoot
Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:00 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: How long will mash last?
Replies: 1
Views: 503

How long will mash last?

I have 2 6.5 gallon buckets full of sugar/water/turbo yeast that have been sitting for close to 6 months. I actually forgot about them while making sweet feed and corn mashes. Do you think it is still good or should I throw it away? I haven't opened the lids yet. They have been air tight with airloc...
by barefoot
Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:18 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: uncle jesse's simple sour mash method
Replies: 4789
Views: 1184689

Re: uncle jesse's simple sour mash method

Just finished my second run of Ujssm. Took all collection on first run and used it for the feints for second run. I'm using a 30" tall pot tower with some copper packing. I collected 6+ quarts today on second run. Straight off the still this stuff tastes awesome and smells great. started coming...
by barefoot
Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:14 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: sweetfeed whisky
Replies: 4233
Views: 766718

Re: sweetfeed whisky

No cuts = bad likker.....I understand that. It wasn't about making cuts. The entire collection had a sweet funky smell to it. I don't believe it was the tailes, I didn't collect that much likker. I had to much heat to fast and foamed up. Just curious if that made the run smell funky or something els...
by barefoot
Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:30 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: sweetfeed whisky
Replies: 4233
Views: 766718

Re: sweetfeed whisky

I just ran my first batch of sweet feed last week. I had a 5 gallon wash into a pot still tower on my keg. I threw out te first 250ml, then collected 2 750ml after. I was getting extremely tired and shut it down. Been a long week if being sick. The taste on the collection is ok, but the smell is rea...
by barefoot
Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:49 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Hello from Stl
Replies: 3
Views: 650

Hello from Stl

Hello from St. Louis,MO area. Just entering the hobby of distilling. I'm interested in trying many different receipes, and finding the one or two i really like and sticking with them. My setup is a 15.5 keg with a mile high 2"cross tower. Looking forward to getting a lot of useful information f...