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I tried them tonight and wow, so much smoother and 90% of the tap. Unfortunately my pics are to big to upload, description is, they are made from stainless, 4 times distilled in one run, what do you pros think of this method, have you tried it?

I love the feed back on this topic, I have learned a lot in the past year and understand much more about Angel hairs and exchange of oxygen. I tried using the same methods but have warmed the jars slowly in pots of water up to 90 degrees and been using 1/8 oak lids with extremely small slots that sw...

Thanks for the input guys, I'm using a 12.5 gallon pot, I am in the process of getting Pyrex glass incase in stainless steel 1/2 gallon thumpers set up now, I have had great luck so far but won't chance any longer, but will for sure keep using 3.

I've been using 3 thumpers for the past while, made from 1.8 litre mason jars, some have said that all you need is one, I disagree! I find that this 3 not only increases my % but also seems to make my recipe all that much smoother. Please give your imput. img20160511_055349.png img20160511_055349.png

I did finish this batch off and it turned out into a good sour mash whiskey.

Yes that is correct.

I should also mention, usually this recipe is dark brown not light in color, also when I put the back wash in it was well over 190 degrees so I'm sure it cooked it.

Yes here are some pics, sorry for the bubbles I had recently added hot water and sugar. But this is what it looked like before minus the bubbles.

I left 5 gallons of back wash and new sweetfeed ingredients in my mash barrel for 2 weeks waiting to get money together for sugar and such, it has a weird smell and has turned creamy in color. Should I continue to finish this ferment? It almost smells like it fermented. Has this happened to anyone e...

I left 5 gallons of back wash and new sweetfeed ingredients in my mash barrel for 2 weeks waiting to get money together for sugar and such, it has a weird smell and has turned creamy in color. Should I continue to finish this ferment? It almost smells like it fermented.

Dam fine work!!!!
Wow guys that's a work of art.

Thanks skipper. Thanks for the feeding. Haha

Ops, hit the submit button by mistake, I was wondering if it was possible to subtract adding sugar by adding more feed and using the enzymes, so your saying it's possible, what would be a good starting gravity?

Yes pfshine that exactly what I'm using, I also do a non cook method where I boil my water and then add it to the feed with a 4% backwash, I let this cool then add more hot water up to 30 gallon, on 5he last heat up I wait till my temp is at 155 and add the alpha amylase and sugar then when it reach...

I'm not up on exactly what you are telling me to do, but I am researching gelatinization, I really love the flavor and smoothness of sweetfeed whiskey, so would be very happy to achieve this without the use of sugar. Are you saying that I have to malt the corn and grind it up some how?

Is it possible to use alpha amylase and gluco amylase in a sweetfeed mix to the point that you do not need to add sugar?

I'm thinking I can cut that piece out of the bottom and wild a patch over over it and if that cap doesn't unscrew I will cut a hole big enough for a rubber stopper to use as a fill hole and clean out also I can drill a hole and insert my meat thermometer down through the rubber stopper. I wish I cou...

Recently did a non cook sweetfeed recipe and I am extremely happy with the results. Thanks to you all for your knowledge.

Hello I am buck, I love this site!! I'm an old school boy trying to learn new school techniques, welcome feedback and your shared knowledge. Cheers

I am from n.s. too.

Has anyone used an old school 12.5 gallon hoff-stevens beer keg as a pot still? Not sure but it looks like someone started to convert it as it has a adapter for 3/8 compression fitting. Not sure if that is a cap that will unscrew or not as I don't have a pipe wrench or pliers big enough to get it to...

I get the whole nuclear whiskey thing, j just don't understand why people think it's better to heat it fast as compared to a slow even rate.

Fg was a little higher than I would like to see but it seemed to add a hint of sweet taste to the distillate. Perhaps I will try a lower starting gravity next time and see if I get the same whiskey that I have come to love. I do appreciate your feed back guys.

I just use a 1/2 inch hose weighted on one end and on the output end I use cheese cloth I attach it with an elastic, I syphon slow and it doesn't stir the mash up.

I wasn't 100% sure where to post this but I do know that I read some questions about aquarium heaters here somewhere and wanted to share my solution, I don't really like the idea of the heater directly in my mash so I did a little MacGyver work, hope this helps, I can tell you it works great to keep...

I don't have my note book here and I have been working with a differnt recipe lately, but j do belive I recall 1.160

I just came back to check this and realized I put 8kg instead of 6kg, it's 6kg guys, guess I should have prof read this and checked for replies, yes I use a hydrometer and the sg ( specific gravity ) is where I like it to be, I use rocket 20% abv yeast. Cheers guys and sorry about the typo. Hope thi...

I have been making this recipe for a long time, for a 5 gallon batch I use 4 inches of sweet feed in the bottom of a five gallon bucket, I dump that into a 5 gallon stainless steel pot, I add 2.5 gallons of the 5 gallons of water, boil the water to 150°f keep it there, stir it frequently so it doesn...

Thanks guys truly enjoyed reading those articles.

Thank you for your replies, I don't take criticism very well I suppose. Lol, just to answer a few questions or reply to commets, I myself do not just leave it by the heat, I put it by the heat to warm it up slowly then I put it directly on the heat, I open it up every once in a while to let some of ...