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- Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:04 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: My first wash - why didn't it work?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4251
Re: My first wash - why didn't it work?
pitched it with two tablespoons of Turbo yeast. When using turbos you're supposed to use the lot - a turbo is not just yeast - it contains everything else such as nutrients acids and buffering agents so the yeast can ferment the amount of sugar in the amount of water specified on the packet. Deviat...
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:06 am
- Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
- Topic: I just met my match
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3167
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:57 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: My first wash - why didn't it work?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4251
What sort of hydrometer are you using - an alcometer which read in A/V or a brewing hydrometer which measures the specific gravity / potential alcohol A/V or sugar content? If you're using an alcometer on a wash - forget it - they're designed for use on distilled spirits and are accurate at the high...
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:00 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: ready for my first wash
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1991
Try a few batches of sugar wash or even a turbo while your UJSM is fermenting - dont worry about producing a drinkable product initially - learn to drive the still. Get to know the way the temperatures and A/V readings change throughout the run - collect in small bottles and do taste tests the next ...
- Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:18 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Gasket material
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1937
Another thought - If your copper flanges are thick enough and not likely to suffer from a bit of heat - coat both surfaces with graphite - wind a coil of the soft solder of your choice over the area where you want the gasket - bolt it up and carefully heat up the whole thing until the solder melts a...
- Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:00 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Gasket material
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1937
If sheet copper is too hard to conform to the flange surfaces it may be possible to cast a gasket out of the lead free soft solder you'd be prepared to use in a still's construction. You could cast it against one of the flange surfaces and scrape the other surface (using bearing blue) until it confo...
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:38 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: How are you Aussies handling the winter?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4873
I'm on the Nth coast NSW and have had 3 fermenters of sugar wash sitting here in my caravan for a couple of weeks doing practically nothing - one bubble every few minutes. As I'm not on mains power most of the solutions mentioned here are unavailable to me - I'd better start collecting shit to make ...
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:17 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: diy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1329
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:07 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: halo
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8523
Re: halo
goose eye wrote:rock steady
Good to hear - my halo fell off years ago!
- Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:56 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Safe Copper Cleaning Solution.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5493
Re: yeh
Uncle Jesse wrote:, think statue of liberty
How many stills would that make?
- Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:19 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: different woods
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6611
Any Aussies out there tried australian wood? - Oak is a bit hard to come by at a reasonable price here. I'd imagine eucalypts would taste terrible if not poisonous. Casuarinas would also be a bit suss. Black bean seeds are poisonous to cattle. Wattle seeds and gum are bush tucker so might be worth a...
- Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:09 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Fixing a vinagary mash
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1235
- Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:03 am
- Forum: Materials Safety
- Topic: found it
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13974
As Home Distiller says, glass can be cleaned and reused which is much better environmentally than recycling after a single use. When the bottles are no longer in good enough condition to be cleaned and reused they can be recycled. The melted glass is usually of high quality and can be used to make ...
- Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:25 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: SANKEY BEER KEG?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10693
hoochinoo wrote:They (http://www.kegs.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow) want $100USD for plain keg with the top cut out for you. Is that a good price? Seems a bit too much.
The local scrappie here will sell stainless for about $3/kg making a keg about $40.
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:56 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: How much?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1170
Re: How much?
clearlydrunk wrote: My missus reckons I drink to much.
I'll drink to anything - I probably also drink too much!
- Wed May 16, 2007 2:21 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: First run...wow Im addicted
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3025
I know it seems harsh....but the first run is generally a clean up run. I'd be ditching the first lot. As with the carbon question, if your going to flavour it up, I wouldn't bother with carbon. If making gin/vodka than yes, carbon is recommended. Dont ditch it - dilute and redistill - you need pra...
- Wed May 16, 2007 2:09 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Leaky Still (My First Pot Still)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 10404
- Wed May 16, 2007 2:02 am
- Forum: Related Electric Accessories
- Topic: 1st run with immersion elements. Brown/black coating?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2988
Re: 1st run with immersion elements. Brown/black coating?
aj wrote: one 3000W (@240) element, one 1500W(@120) element,
Are the both the same element?
- Wed May 16, 2007 1:58 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: 1st Time Distiller, Requires Guidance.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2806
Hey LOGGONON I dont mean to be rude but your posts are really hard to read. We're on a forum here which is slow enough to speak english, (whatever variety you're familiar with - I write the Australian version) Some of us oldies dont understand 'chatroom' or 'textmessage'. I'm having trouble understa...
- Wed May 16, 2007 1:42 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Types Of Metals.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2185
Tin is supposed to be OK, but you never hear about it much though it's still used as a coating in steel food containers. I don't think it's used like it was many years ago. I've seen copper kettles with hand made lids made of tinned steel sheet, and home made tin lyne arms too. Tin is lovely stuff ...
- Wed May 16, 2007 1:30 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Trouble with copper scrubbers.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4856
Re: Trouble with copper scrubbers.
hoochinoo wrote:Folks,
Can I used ceramic tiles broken into pieces?
Not an answer to your question but a question triggered by your question - Would glass fibre work as packing? You'd have to get the real thing - not insulation bats which are glass fibre coated with plastic.
- Wed May 16, 2007 1:23 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: How to clean or desinfect my new still
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6672
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:59 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: to pack, or not to pack. That is the question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4960
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:56 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: strawberry panty-dropper
- Replies: 747
- Views: 277969
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:51 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Pot's Grape wash
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11020
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:44 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Need good rum
- Replies: 94
- Views: 57612
Re: cost of molasses
I can get molasses at $150/ton, at 79.5 brix. That's 7.5 cents/lb before being diluted to 25 brix or lower for fermentation. that's the problem here, It's very easy to get some tons, but i haven't been able to find 20 l at a decent price, yet i hope A 20L drum costs $22 here (the land downunder) an...
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:40 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: horse turd whiskey
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5080
It was just miracle grow,for the corn,and a heat source for malting.I dont think anybody put turds in the ferment. wineo I saw a movie once where the Yanks were hiding from the Germans and could steal a vehicle and food and sugar but had no fuel so one of their number quickly set up a brewing and d...
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:31 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Mushroom liquer
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7276
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:23 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Malting Oats
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8421
I've never malted oats. Rye was a piece of cake. I malted several pounds and distilled it with no ill effects. I think a lot of this stuff is simply old wives tales. Those old wives knew a thing or two - IIRC ergot had some medicinal uses particularly with childbirth - probably not in the same dosa...
- Wed May 16, 2007 12:08 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: methanol collection
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2297
Re: methanol collection
Ok let's say that we make several batches of booze of any kind and keep all the foreshots together, until we have a enough of them to fill the boiler. if we have an efficient reflux still and run this all foreshots batch, at very low heat and very low head temperature, collecting at very slow drips...