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Good afternoon fruit and berry freaks! I ran across 2 bushels of homegrown blackberries and we want want some shine made from them. I plan on following taters recipe here. Just looking for input or experience that folks have had with blackberries. The bushels are rinsed and frozen. Should I run them...

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Sounds interesting bet would be even better at 8-9% max. B I'm sure it would. However, i went a few extra points on ABV because I am making this for flavoring, like panty dropper etc etc. In my previous sugar washes it seems as if that bite disappears when you load it full of sugar, as long as you ...

In comparison to Jimbo's Gumballhead, I thought I would make a cornball off the spent grains from my first AG. Holy smokes does it make an easy and very tasty drank. For those interested, I used booners casual corn in a ten gallon recipe. After pressing the grains, I threw them right back in the fer...

Sounds interesting however, why did put in all the work to mash it in to just make it a sugar head?


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20 pages later I have it figured out! Great thread!

That's a shame ... corn meal and liquid enzymes, using the "no boil" protocol, is about as easy as it gets for all-grain. Only way to go with meal or pulverized corn. Your worries will be gone. Your starting gravity will get better over time. Insulate and retain that heat if your doing a ...

If you use cracked corn you should 3lb per gallon. Pulverized or milled you can get by with 2 lb per gallon.

How are you insulating you fermentation vessel?

Shoe me some pics of yours and I'll show you some pics of mine........

Race to the gutter and go....

Really though, show us some pics.

shadylane wrote:For information on how to use the enzymes.
Search for youtube videos posted by Sherman Owen and/or Pintoshine

There are PDFs on the website. Download each one and read. I learned a lot by doing so. Cheers!

To insulate is the key. I used yoga mats to get them off the concrete. Wrapped in sleeping bags these AG, US-05 ferments hold 67 degrees in a room that is 50 degrees.

No problem with $$$$ or delivery. Good cust. serv. http://www.enzymash.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow Approved by FMH. That's where I ordered from. Super quick, good packaging and shipping, I got them three days from order placement. Should be...

Bigbob wrote:Well water is fine to use, go for it!

Test your well water for iron. If it is iron free your good to go. My well water is extremely hard which is good. Full of limestone/calcium which is good for yeast. I have experimented with all kinds of water. Well water is the best in my opinion.

Pond pump in knee high pantyhose. 300 gallon per hour. 5 gallon per minute. 10 gallon mash.....poof. In the still. That pump don't move enough liquid or have enough turbulence to disturb a settled yeast bed.

I'm a huge fan of US-05. Ferments very clean. After airing out, I'm not sure the fores even smell that bad. Very little esters. It's pricy but to me it's worth every penny.

Thicker sludge will stay hotter than a thinned soup??? I don't think it makes a difference. How should a thin mash loose the heat faster? Viscosity versus evaporation? Would a thicker liquid evaporate less? A thinner liquid may steam and evaporate more? I dont know shit about this. My gears are tur...

Thicker sludge will stay hotter than a thinned soup??? I don't think it makes a difference. How should a thin mash loose the heat faster? Viscosity versus evaporation? Would a thicker liquid evaporate less? A thinner liquid may steam and evaporate more? I dont know shit about this. My gears are tur...

der wo wrote:So you gelatinized the corn a bit hotter. Sounds good.

Just thinking out loud, wondering about letting it stay thick for an hour or so before adding high temp enzyme. Thicker sludge will stay hotter than a thinned soup??? Kick me if I am wrong here. Think it would work?

I started a second 10 gallon batch this morning. GL enzyme has been working for 3 hrs and I am getting a 1.065 reading on my refractometer. A little better reading than my first batch. Same recipe? 2lbs and 10gal? Then it is perfect! Did you do anything different? With the recipe, no. I did change ...

OK. Good, that you did not try it with cracked corn... I read somewhere where Jimbo states if using cracked corn use 3lbs per gallon. Corn Meal at 2lb. I'm blessed with the pulverized corn from my local feed store. I started a second 10 gallon batch this morning. GL enzyme has been working for 3 hr...

GrassHopper wrote:Congrats on your first attempt at AG. I just finished doing my first AG Booners as well. Came out nice with safale 05 for yeast.
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So you mashed 20lbs corn to all in all 10gal? This should result in 1.068. Did you gelatinize? I did the best I could with maintaining heat. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160313/f94e37d1a44ab6d686859dc7248e9de0.jpg Hopefully this pic comes through. I boiled water in my milk can with element and...

Greetings fellow HD addicts, I've been at this now for a little of over two years making sugar heads like UJSM (along with my own variations like corn, sweet feed and oats) with an ABV of 10% & bakers or Dady. I have become extremely comfortable with processes so it was time to step out of the z...

I really like that SD & EG have their own forums built around their products. I could probably find that to be very helpful I am sure.

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Didn't know they were so close to me in MO.

Well, choosing a flute is important as I have been running a 2"potstill on a 13 gal milk can for 3 years. I feel like I have that down pat and want to step up when it comes to a column. I have read quite a bit and I am sure that I could read more. I'm am not rushing a purchase. Every time I tur...

There are plenty of users here and about that can confirm there is an adequate amount of copper in the vapor path. But SD also offers copper tees and copper dephlegs for those who may feel comfortable with more copper in the vapor path. I really do not subscribe to copper being on the downside of t...

I can only can speak to my appeals, but I am throwing down my tax return for a Still Dragon Dash. I respect the product and the people behind it. The dash series is a good value as a prospective buyer, plus they have a forum full of support and brilliant minds. They also have a solid return policy....

I believe that they higher your sugar content, the less flavor will carry over. The higher the sugar content, the more heads you will have. I have experimented both ways and the mouth feel and flavor is better when I use less sugar.

Missouri here! Wooohooo! And welcome!

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