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Have anyone here tried to macerate some apple pieces into the distillate? Aging with appkes to enhance the flavor?

Re-Up! So from what i understand,even if the wash is (apple cider) is ferment dry, i can keep it on the shelves for a dew weeks before running it? So its not like a normal wash wich have to be run very fast or it will turn bad.
That would be good cuz mine is almost dry and cant run it until oct 1-2!

Thx for the replies guys! I age on wood american white oak toasted and charred the tpee way) Seems like i need to learn how to drive my still properly ;) I always draw the foreshots even on stripping runs. Thx for the advice on tails, ill go by taste too. The thing is, i never really drank white whi...

Ferments did well, everything did good. If i look back at what i did wrong is: A: running the heads too fast so it smeared. B: scared of going deep into the tails because it smelled yummy but didnt include them by fear of messing up my batch . First time doing cuts so i went maybe a bit too much con...

I did 3 strip for à 5 gal spirit at 40. It was a pencil lead stream the whole run. I should of had run my heads a bit slower i think. Well next year since the water at my country house is closed for the winter. Im sad i love this hobby too much . Ill try to brew beer at home to compensate !

Finally done everything! The yield seems very low (3 quart jars from a 5 gal at 40% run potstill) Still im happy with the result. Maybe the yield was very low because i really dont like the smell of heads so if u had just à bit of the chemical smell i tossed the jar. I was scared of tails too didnt ...

Hey guys! I just finished my first Spirit run ever and it did go pretty well :) I did Odin's CFW. Stripped 30 gal then silures the low wines to 35% abv. (Gave me a 5 gal) I run a 15.5 keg pot still with a 36" length 2" column and a 1,5" over 1" liebig (36 long) I separated the cu...

Found it, refractometers aint good once ferment is started! Thanks !

Maybe its my réfractometer reading that is bad since i broke my hydrometer it was the first time using one.
Ill try to buy a new hydrometer tomorrow.
Or else ill run it anyway and lose a lot of potential
Cuz i need to do it this weekend

Never made a yeast bomb, ill do next time the only thing i did was following the recipe of odin.
Since my set up is at my country house and i dont plan returning anytime soon should i just repitch a couple of tablespoon of yeast (1 or 2) or it will make the taste bad?

Thanks shadylane, i must of had express myself bad (im french ) but i meant the past 2 ferments.. Which i already stripped. I just made a brand new batch with the same recipe. Only thing i did different was not putting the lemon.
If i add baking soda wouldnt that maybe do something?

Sorry for the missing infos.. OG was 1,070 Yeast is fleischmann bakers yeast Temp in the room is 25 degrees Cant tell the pH now cuz my strip dont have a wide range.ill need a meter thats why i make the assumption that it is pH cuz everything was doing well except that when i changes from lemon to p...

I have 3 six gallons of odin's CFW and the wash seems dead since there is no bubbling and activity at all , sent off after like 4 days and then stalled at 1.025. All my other ones where doing good finished dry. I did just one thing different.. I didnt put the lemon but pH stabiliser 5.2 instead. So ...

On a 15.5 gal keg, would making a Spirit run with 5 gal of low wines work ? Why charging it full? Could this induce more smearing?

There's a couple of speed limits when driving a potstill. One is when the pot pukes from boiling too hard and the other is when the condenser starts blowing vapor. Potstilling is similar to driving a car, it's best to drive half as fast as it can go. Puking is when the mash make it to the condensor...

Question i had but didnt make the test yet, If i wanna make a ´faux´ bourbon using sugar heads, If i stripped a 100% cornflakes batch, And then i do a cereal wheat/oat ferment, strip it, and mix both batches together, would it turn the same as of i did a 50% corn 25 oat, 25 wheat ferment? Do flavors...

Yeah i plan to strip another 10 gal then do a spirit run with all that.

Hey guys ! Been succesfully running my first wash this weekend it was 10 gallons Of Odins cfw. I stripped til i reached 20% for a total wash of 45abv. The thing is that i had to run it this weekend but it was still bubbling slightly. I started at 1.070 and ran it at 1.005 aprox. Im on a pot still wi...

S-Cackalacky wrote: I ferment in 5 gallon buckets - usually 4 buckets at a time. With the AG style stuff I've been running lately, I boil enough water for one bucket - 4 gallons in my 5 gallon pot still, dump it on my grains (8 lbs) in a five gallon bucket, and repeat the process for each of the ot...

Hi guys, tried to google and search the forum quite hard to get the answee for this but, i have a 15 gal potstill and i intend to do a Odin Cornflakes as my first wash. Thing is, i just have access to a couple(4) 5 gal fermenters from the brew shop. (Anyway, they are easier to move around) Do you ha...

How would you guys proceed if i just have access to 5 gal fermenters ( i have 2 for the moment)
Should i just cook batch by batch?
Since the fermenter holds 5 gallons, i should reduce the recupe for 4 gallons because of foaming?
Then just do another 4 gal recipe for the other bucket?

Hi guys wanna try this recipe! However i just have access to 5 gallons fermenters, now i have two with the possibility to buy extra ones. I have a 9 gallons BOP and a 11 gallons cooler I tried to read the 23 pages of this topic and maybe i missed it but how you guys proceed that way? Would it be eas...

How to know if my sac run was enough? Its pretty hard to see in the condenser if its 100% clean.. I did 45 min vinegar and 3 gallon in my 15 gal keg. Was commin out blue at first then clean. During the sac run it was clean like water and just smellin what i was distilling (cheap wine) so i guess it ...

Nice info on the parrot because my reflex was to think that it actually reduces de chances of smearing as u have and 'live' reading of whats commin' out of the still . Again, its all going to be more a 'senses' thing than actual data reading. Btw, i searched for infos for my reading of %ABV before a...

Thanks for your explanation SS now its getting clearer, i knew the thermometer was not the way to go but at the same time i read a book called 'making 100% pure corn whiskey' and they advise having one for the beginners, probably just more confusing than anything else. The parrot will help me unders...

That, i think (Think) i got it. But still, u need to keep steady temp or else ull just extract a tiny bit of what u could have.(if i runned at Max like 35000 btu) U guys base yourselves on the stream and taste (obviously).

Ok thanks, i knew the thermometer wouldnt be the best thing.. I just needed à little guidance. I have à parrot build on the way it should help. Ill check for the cranky post didnt saw it..

Thanks guys ! Your answers been a good help, ill try to not use the thermometer next time and run it this way, im just having a hard time figuring how to know if the input heat is alright and im not boiling water (tailish stuff) already after à couple of minutes. Guess its experience thx!

Hey guys ! Been finally testing my potstill (Yeah!). Did this at my country house while the sun was out :). I did the cleaning run (rinsed with water, then run the water/vinegar solution for quite bit) While the vinegar run was running i checked for leaks, tested my 1.5 inch over 1 inch liebig 36'' ...

Maybe this is a dumb question but this method applies to corn only and not flaked maize since the flaked is already cooked? I can just use the 150F for 2hrs in mash tun method?