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Yeah dude, fermentation can kick up all sorts of weird ass stuff. It doesn't mean its bad. The sniff test is always my go to on that kind of thing. Look for mold / vinegar / vomit type smells. And agree about the band if its on the fermenter especially. Good luck :) Its a layer of dark and it dosnt...

Started with 10 lbs of cranberrys and 10 lbs of oranges, froze them both, removed peels from oranges and put in blender to pulp, also pulped cranberries added water heated to 90 deg and into the fermentor. Inverted 25 lbs of suger and dumped that into fermenter. Made a starter then pitched 230 grams...

After fermenting a Cranberry Orange wash for a week, I let it settel out for another week. When I look at the plastic fermentor I could see a darker band at the top (2-inch) and the settelment at the bottom. I opened it and it looked like rootbeer with some minor floaters on top. Is this wash garbag...

Thought Id try someting new with a cranberry orange run. Started with 10 lbs of cranberrys and 10 lbs of oranges, froze them both, removed peels from oranges and put in blender to pulp, also pulped cranberries added water and heated to 90 deg and into the fermentor. Inverted 25 lbs of suger and dump...

Thanks Rad. thought that would be the case but you never know

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Thank you big bob. This is the post that got me interested in trying this. I let mine airout for a few days then added some oakchips for a few days then added in vanella bean, those suckers are expensive! letting it age now then I'll proof it down to about 100

Skid20, how has this turned out for you? There was a topic on canned peaches here and is pretty lengthy and has a bag of mixed reviews, I'm just curious on how yours turned out and if it's worth the effort and money to do? Turned out great! a bit of a hassel screening out the wash though. Had anoth...

Shadylane the peaches were in lite suryp so I added in a bit of suger. I'll check that post Bigbob. On another note, I made a cardel sin and overfilled my fermentor which resulted in pured peaches and yest all over my ferment room. The wife came in the house and said "Um smells like someone one...

Your probably right, Truckinbutch, I was trying to maximize the yield. What do think about adding 10lbs of Sugar?

I came into 25 1gal cans of peaches and thought Id try my hand at some peach Brandy. Ive read quite abit on here about fresh peaches and suger adds and such but nothing on canned peaches. My thought was to dump the peaches and syurp into my 1 of my 40 gal fermenters and grind them up using my consta...

I'm fermenting a new Irish whisky grain bill (store Bought) but am using some lessons learned from my first attempt. I preheated the water this time to 150 deg before adding in the grain. This seemed to help the liquefaction of the corn. Ran the temp up to 180 added enzymes and held. Iodine tested a...

Thanks for the education, much appreciated

I have a reflux still as I mentioned above and was very conservitive with my cuts to avoid smearing as I am new to grains. I will be adding these back in these back in to my next all grain mash in the fermenter now. By the way Derwo my fractometer has an SG scale along with a Brix scale. Why is it n...

the starting SG was 1.045 like I said in the beginning. The FG was 1.013. I started the process in a 15 gal cooker with an auto stir system I put together, I added 5gal of water and preheated to 100 deg, slowly added grains while mixing the whole time. brought the temp up to 175/180 and held it for ...

My mash started at 1.045 and ended at 1.014. Not quite 8 abv but close enough. If you measured this with a hydrometer, you only have 4%. I use a refractometer Derwo and get 5.4% using the conversion calculator you pointed me to. I ran it this weekend and pulled about a 1/2 gal out of it. I have it ...

Came across this stainless steel cooker the other day and holds about 25 gallon for $50.. Thinking about cleaning it up, putting a ball valve on it and using it to cook corn.

My mash started at 1.045 and ended at 1.014. Not quite 8 abv but close enough. If you measured this with a hydrometer, you only have 4%. I use a refractometer Derwo and get 5.4% using the conversion calculator you pointed me to. I ran it this weekend and pulled about a 1/2 gal out of it. I have it ...

No Skow, Im not adjusting, but with your explanation I see why I should. My mash started at 1.045 and ended at 1.014. Not quite 8 abv but close enough. I don't think the starches were fully converted. By what I have read it should gel, mine never got to what I would call gell, but more a thick water...

Hey Swidish Pride, what is the relavance of a starting and ending SG other than determining what the ABV is? Ive seen some reciepes where it wants you to adjust to a starting SG but I dont undersatnd why thtas neccessary. Thnaks

http://www.moonshinestill.com/shop/ingredients/spirit-craft-truebrew-ingredient-kit-100-corn-base this one? very pricey for sure, but it's all a learning curve right? Does not really say quantity of barley malt, would you say it's 50-50 barley corn? That's what I figured, learn the process and then...

Also much of the Irish whiskey is tripple distilled. Was law.. might still be? B Nah there is some double stilled stuff, and even some that's peated :shock: Still waiting to see what's Irish in this Whiskey, is the OP Irish or more to the bill than Corn? Its corn and barly SP. It is a prepackaged k...

Thanks to all, I do intend on giving it all the time it needs, at least until I dont see any surface activity. I use a reflux and should get the multiple distallations in one pass. Be the first time making cuts using grains and am real interested in seeing what the taste differance is as it goes fro...

A sacrifical using corn?

Need a little help here. I’m doing my first Whisky run after successfully completing 4 BW's. I mashed in before memorial weekend and set my fermenter in a temp controlled rm set to 78 degrees with a starting SG of 1.045. Did not get to see the yeast activity in the mash after pitching because I was ...

With my link OG 1.090 and FG 1.040 measured with a refractometer result in a "real" FG of 1.012 and 11.04%abv. With your link this calculation is a bit more complicated, but at the end I get similar results. I have to add, my FGs with bw 0.985-0.990 are bw with added nutrients. Without ad...

What are you using for a corn mash? Try the "ass press". Search for it... ss edit - since I'm such a nice guy, I dug up a link to S-C's discussion: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=58545&start=30#p7363819 That will work for next time, but I failed to think ahead...

What are you using for a corn mash? Ive tride everthing from panty hose (pissed wife off) too collanders and it if the mesh is small enough to hold pack the corn paste, it dosnt pass the liquid easily and if is passes the liquid I get too much paste. Id fermente it with out put at some point im goin...

I am not sure, if everything is right. Two things: -Was there enough sugar for OG 1.090? -None of my washes ever reached such a low FG. The lowest was 0.980. A SG 1.090 bw finishes normally 0.988-0.990. Edit: FG 0.969 would mean, you have minimum 25.7%! (a mixture of water with 25.7%abv has 0.969) ...

Ok, found a calculater online and its a big differance. What I thought was a 7% abv is really over 16% abv. Mystery solved Part II: FG Brix WRI Alcohol Present: Original Gravity: Brix WRI Plato SG (1.xxx) FG - (Brix WRI): Wort Correction Factor: OG - Corrected: 21.57 °P, 1.090 FG - Corrected: -8.19 ...

Mine has a Brix scale and an SG scale. So, are you saying I should take the FG number and use an adjustement to find the true FG?