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- Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:07 pm
- Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
- Topic: Jackson Crossflow Condenser
- Replies: 58
- Views: 51733
Re: Jackson Crossflow Condenser
Per air cooling: I've been having a little trouble keeping my 55gal drum of water cold for an entire vm run now that it is ~100 degrees outside here, about 15-20F hotter inside my tin-sheathed shop. For my last 16 hr run I just took an old shit doublewound coil coldfinger and put my cooling water th...
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:56 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: VM first run notes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 962
Re: VM first run notes
Patchwork: I find that after an excruciatingly slow heads removal I can pull azeotrope really fast. Yeah, about a liter every 20 minutes. 2in x 49in column, 12in double wound condenser. Other than that, pretty standard, I gleaned the design from the many posts , it works just like its supposed to. P...
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:34 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: VM first run notes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 962
VM first run notes
Just ran my new column for the first time, tell me what yall think. 2x1x2 tee to a 1" gate valve to a 3/4 in 1" leibig. Here are the numbers: Vm column run 1 5 gal ecj low wines @ +-40%abv started 4:30 4:56 temperature spike begin foreshots collection 6pm 7pm foreshots done 8:16 cut heads,...
Re: Cachaca
Just got a hold of a 50lb bag of evaporated cane juice from the local bakers supply. 1.08 to .095 in about a week. I am not after Cachaca, but just messin' around with rum. Point is, I'm stripping it right now and the low wines taste like no other rum I've tried. Incredible. It'll be Agricole in the...
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:48 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Should I put it in the still or in the compost?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 610
Should I put it in the still or in the compost?
It's always hard this time of year. Right now we are experiencing the lowest temperatures ever recorded in this part of the world. So, it was an unseasonable warm day when I mashed 27#'s malt rye, 11#'s 2-row malt, and 3#'s cracked corn. My usual rye grain bill. I had a good conversion, it came out ...
- Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:04 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Corn and methanol
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4101
Re: Corn and methanol
Did the spirit run last night. That shit came out good! Like chewin on creamed corn. Harsh taste was confined to the first 1l heads. Drinkable and smooth at 155 proof. Watered to 80 proof it is great... can't wait to see how it tastes after a few months on wood. Wierd how during the strip the heads ...
- Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:29 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Corn and methanol
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4101
Re: Corn and methanol
Always heard of it as kind of a "cheat". I'll give it a shot though.
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:13 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Corn and methanol
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4101
Re: Corn and methanol
Alright Goose. I am ready to be educated. What is beading oil and how do I use it?
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:45 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Corn and methanol
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4101
Re: Corn and methanol
Already got enough caveties.
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:03 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Corn and methanol
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4101
Re: Corn and methanol
Okay, got around to the rest of the batch. It came out normal and the low wines taste great. So this got me thinking: I ferment on the grain in a 55g stainless drum. This time I let the batch sit for a few days after ebulation has stoped in the fermenter before running it. Then dipped a 5gal bucket ...
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:12 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Corn and methanol
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4101
Re: Corn and methanol
Yeah, Dunder. This is how I usually treat my corn, as well. This stuff just had such a painful burn to it that I initially thought that I had poisoned myself. I'm just afraid of tainting the rest of my low wines with this stuff, but I guess I could run em seperately. Hmm, hawke. Time to poke around ...
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:28 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Corn and methanol
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4101
Corn and methanol
Just finished run one of three in a 36gal all grain cracked corn mash. Everything started okay, but a little headsy, and as the run progressed there was this really harsh chemical burning flavor that was persistent down to 18%. Needless to say, I spit on this one and I separated this from my normal ...
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:40 am
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: Blackstrap Molasses + Enzymes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3035
Re: Blackstrap Molasses + Enzymes
Pocket digital refractometer. Ahh, the benefits of working in The Industry.
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:53 am
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: Blackstrap Molasses + Enzymes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3035
Re: Blackstrap Molasses + Enzymes
Aren't there nonfermentab;e sugars in the molasses? When my wash is fermented out it still has a brix of 7-10. That means there are sugars in it that the yeast can't get at... because they are not sucrose or glucose. So using something like the glucoamylase might break these into fermentables. Right?
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:59 am
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: Blackstrap Molasses + Enzymes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3035
Blackstrap Molasses + Enzymes
An experimental wash for me, trying to break the 10-11% barrier that I usually get from my molasses rum washes. As I understand it, the molasses I use is about 35-38% fermentable sugar. The yeast I use is standard superstart distiller's yeast (18-20% abv tolerence), but my washes always end up in th...
- Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:33 am
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: Mullti still Distillery
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2084
Re: Mullti still Distillery
If the top of the column is open to the air or if there is an air gap between the top of the boiler and the "lyne arm" how will you build the pressure to drive the thumper? kingearwig There is no air gap. I just was too lazy to try to draw a tri clover clamp. Oops! As for the column, it w...
- Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:17 am
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: Mullti still Distillery
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2084
Re: Mullti still Distillery
Alternatively, I was thinking of having the line from the VM be 1.5" or 1" all the way to the condenser, giving me a beginning reflux ratio of 4:3 or 2:1, bot of which are acceptable, I think.
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:06 pm
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: Mullti still Distillery
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2084
Mullti still Distillery
First off, I didn't know quite where to post this so Mods, If you think it belongs somewhere else, feel free to move it. So, Being a little upset with my current pot and LM setups for various reasons, I've decided to integrate them into one large, built-in system. I have almost all of the parts to b...
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:38 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Hi, Y'all
- Replies: 2
- Views: 701
Hi, Y'all
Hi. Been lurking on this site for quite some time now. I am here to get some advice and to give it, too, from my limited knowledge. I currently have a boring ol' pot still in which I make absinthe and rye whiskey, and a LM column for making neutrals. I use 15.5 gal kegs for fermenters, and for the b...
- Sat May 09, 2009 12:58 pm
- Forum: Absinthe
- Topic: Absinthe recipe
- Replies: 285
- Views: 200319
nontraditional coloring process.
Okay, so I've been reading this and the other absinthe thread, and am now two batches deep. I have been using a tweaked version of nigels recipe with more green anise, less star, and spearmint. I macerate the herbs and 5.5l 180 for at least 24 hrs at 90-100 degrees farenheit, strain, and distill. I ...
- Thu May 07, 2009 1:57 pm
- Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
- Topic: Octuple parrallel compound coil
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4530
Re: Octuple parrallel compound coil
Nope, not me... I'm just some low level peon...
- Wed May 06, 2009 10:25 am
- Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
- Topic: Octuple parrallel compound coil
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4530
Re: Octuple parrallel compound coil
Okay, so I am a hobby 'stiller, this picture is from work (yes, a DSP, please don't blow it up), cant go into any more details than that. At home I run just a 15.5 gallon pot with a much simpler condenser, and a 2in LM nixon stone column. I was just blown away when I saw this thing in person, though...
- Mon May 04, 2009 10:15 am
- Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
- Topic: Octuple parrallel compound coil
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4530
Octuple parrallel compound coil
First of all: Hi and thanks. I've been lurking for a while and y'all have been a great help over the years. What do y'all think of this condenser? It goes on top of a 900 gallon pot and is glycol cooled. Note the 2in outlet to reduce pressure. This baby can rip. Theoretically. http://i709.photobucke...