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For anyone who was interested i thought id report back on my results I ran half the mash 24 hours after primary fermentation before it had cleared and ran the 2nd half of the mash yesterday about 4-5 days are primary fermentation was done and the yeast had settled to the bottom. There was a definite...

I drain my fermenters into a second bucket which has a drain valve located 2 inches from the bottom and allow to settle for at least 2 days or when I can get them to the still. Then drain them into the boiler and what is at the bottom of the bucket is not something I want in my still. Boiling off d...

Wel, my still came with a little copper worm set up but i didnt think there was enough copper contact happening there so bought a seperate copper column rig which needed a new fitting welded into the lid of the still. This was TIG welded by a friend for me, i told him it needed to be lead free weldi...

Thanks for all the replies Im using a 25litre stainless steel pressure cooking pot to which ive fitted a 2 foot copper column, which has 6 copper scrubbers inside it. I generally get about 65%vol on a stripping run, then around 83% on the double. The mash is currently in 3 separate fermentation buck...

Hi all, Sorry been a while since ive posted. Been busy brewing up mashes and experimenting. Am on an experimental new recipe at present and have near on 6o litres of mash about 3 days into fermentation. Usually ive been waiting two or three weeks till i get total seperation of yeast and mash then si...

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Diacetyl it is then ... wonder if there is some way to cultivate it on purpose to add to mash ?

Jimbo wrote:Well, I just took a swig off that bottle. Sittin on oak since 12/10/12. Taste wasnt horrible, but my lips smell like baby shit and oak. No pineapple happenin.

Hahahahahha

In all honestly i have no idea what it was, i thought that any smells like vomit, shit piss or bodily fluids were bad and it was a chuck it away scenario... however posted on here and was advised to wait it out and see. Sure enough the smell changed to a pineapple from vomit ... the room where i dis...

I also just managed a batch which has a really strong lovely smell of butter scotch....although it doesnt taste of it. It was a corn mash which smelled like vomit, i nearly threw it away but got advice on here and told that itwas most likely a friendly butryic acid infection so kept it going .. afte...

Great idea i hadnt thought of using that to make a sugar wash for a first run. I was just gonna run it with viniger and then water? I was sceptical about the O.G reading as my previous washes all turned out around 1.075, however put it down to the extra time that the mash was left with the malt left...

Im not in a hurry honest, as it goes as im waiting for a new reflux coloumn which i really wanted to run this mash through, however its going to take another 7-10 days to arrive so waiting is good for me. I just might have to move it to an outhouse before the mrs complains about the whole house smel...

Hi NZChris !

Really ??? thats awesome news thanks should i wait for a few more days for the smell to subside before i run it through the still ??

I was sure i was screwed !

Hello everyone, I think i have a problem. I currently have 25 litres of corn mash which has been fermenting for a week however it now has a smell of vomit. A week ago i started mashing on the saturday and ran out of time to squeeze it all through a mesh and get it into the fermenter, so left it cove...

Thanks for all the advice..i will look up those threads and do a bit more research then try again!

Im sure you are right, i am still trying to learn when to make cuts. Hopefully im getting better at it each time i do a run. I still have a few gallons of apple wine so i might have another go tomorrow and then if i can get some good hearts mix that with what i made this evening to add some flavour ...

well in the end i lumped all the heads, hearts and tails (what i could tell anyway) together in a pair of mason jars, added bicarb and salt and shook them up and left them for a little while. Then ran that through the still at a slow steady pace making the cuts again. It has actaully come out ok no,...

Hi, Yes i was making cuts as i would for a corn mash. I threw the first 100ml (running 3 gallons at a time). Then started collecting heads, however the smell of the first 200-300ml was so awful i threw that too. Then it started to improve a bit and i collected what i percieved to be the hearts and t...

Evening chaps, i am in the process of a little experiment. Basically i had a few gallons of apple wine i made last fall sitting around which i hadnt drunk. I recently learned that apple brandy is made from distilling fruit / apple wine so thought i would have a go at running it through my still. Wel...

Fantastic thanks Shine Runnah !

Does anyone know where i can order one peice mason jar lids ?

Also does anyone know if its possible to get 750ml jars? i can only find 1/2 litre and quart jars

A UK source would be amazing, but i appreciate that is unlikely

any help much appreciated

thanks

Evening gents, I have a question im hoping you can answer. I recently ordered a new copper reflux column to improve very basic pot still. However it seems like the delivery time will be between 10-17 days according to Ebay. I have just started my largest ever batch of corn mash yesterday which is no...

Hello to you all, just a quick post to introduce myself ! im posting as Evillemon and i live in the Uk... I am totally new to home distilling but have done some cider and beer brewing in the past.

thanks