Home Distiller

Got 2 gal sitting on oak sticks, and I have to say, even 2 weeks in the jar, this whiskey sets it's self apart. Very smooth, and now I'm 2 months later, and it is getting even better. Trying to leave it on the shelf for a 1 or 2 year review, but it's irresistible to unscrew the lid, smell, and taste...

How much water did you put in? Water weighs 8.34 lb/gal. If you used, say, 4 gal water and 10 lbs peaches,,, That's 10 lbs peaches to 33 lbs water, Or 1:3 Now, you hope to collect 10% of that from a 10% mash. If you keep the best part of the run, that's about 2/3 of 10% of a 1:3 mix. For this reason...

+1 to 501outlaw. Ethanol is hygroscopic, it absorbs water. 70% of your body is water. Similar side effects are felt from dehydration, sun poisoning, heat stroke,etc. I however, carry a native american gene that gifted me with "asian blush". I break out in hives if I drink a lot of cheap bo...

My piece of 2" copper came from a plumbers yard by his shed. Where it layed in the dirt, it turned orange from moisture.
A quick wash with a mild acid solution, (~5%muriatic), had it shining like new in minutes.

Here's a side note... If you live in an apartment in an urban area, don't discharge hot water onto the roof or gutter. Alot of police hellicopters run FLIR, or, Forward Looking Infra Red. That heat signature would look like a neon arrow pointing to your activity! Even out in the country at my buddie...

Your discharge should be 90-120 degrees-F. Ethanol boils at 173°F, so you will be exchanging heat at less than that or you would produce ethanol steam. Ever made spaghetti, and dumped the 212°F water down the drain??? The pipes are designed to take it. 140° is probably your hot water heater's limits...

Crazy question, but why not just dump a bit of pineapple juice in the fermenter or add a few drops to a jar? Seems more plesant than a ruined dish smelling of vommit, and a pissed off spouse. Lol (In the 1960's the U.S. spent $ millions to develope a pen that would write in zero gravity... The Russi...

I like to relax and enjoy my hobby, and it's usually getting late when I'm wrapping up. I like to chill with some clasic country (none of that shiny Caddillac pick-up shit they play on the radio today), bluegrass, or start with Ray Charles and let youtube or pandora roam through motown a bit. Lettin...

Capture+_2019-09-24-21-48-40~3.png I drilled the inlet and outlet in my 2"SG, so that 1/4" copper tubing fit snugly in the hole and soldered. To that, I have slip on fittings to 1/4" plastic tubing. Home depot sells an adapter that screws on a standard spiggot, and has a 1/4" co...

Yep, it's slow. I'm currently running a 5500watt element on 120v so I'm actually only running 1375watts. It takes an hour to heat 10 gal of mash, 30 min to climb the collumn, and 30 min of equalibrium. 2.5 hrs before I start collecting. I have plans for 240v in the near future. Looks like the wife i...

+1 on Expat's comment.

Coolant flow rate (as long as it condensed the vapor) never seemed to effect my 2" Boka as much as take-off rate. Start pulling too fast, and temp would shoot up instantly. I normally ran coolant rate to where it came out shower temp ~110° or so.

I'm still thinking about reversing my mortgage and using that money for enlarging my pen!s and extending my cars warranty... Seems all the rage lately!

(Although I really don't need to, because I'm going to get rich anyway by using a simple trick casinos know about, but cant stop me from doing.) Lol

Inspirational recipie !
I love it. Can't wait to hear how it tastes.
Keep us updated.

I was recently at the golf course, and the beer cart girls had a cooler of the house special. "Mom's Mix". It was so damned smooth and refreshing, we switched off from beer. It's green tea, lemon crystal light, and vodka. Sorta like a spiked Arnold Palmer, but light and with no after taste...

NZ Chiris got me there... I'm used to making neutral/vodka. Yes, by all means dilute with a mash, it will add to the flavor. BUT, whatever you do, dilute when you distill. Nothing above 40% (80pf) in the still, EVER. You probably won't blow yourself up on the first few go-arounds with boiling on a h...

"Should I run still till its almost dry with the second run, or is there an average poof reading I should stop at"..... !!!Caution!!! You missed a step! You should NEVER heat low wines or a stripping run without first DILLUTING BELOW 40% (0r 80 abv.) IT IS FLAMABLE! Dillute to 35% with dis...

You said you were soldering, so dis-similar metals aren't such a problem. Just be sure to use Silver Solder and an approriate flux.

We'll miss ya Kiwi.
Stop in and have a poke around from time to time!

Great post, and good lookin out for the neighbors!
I'm a little too north for that drive, but it sounds like one hell of a deal!

I'd put about 100lb in the deepfreezer for future beer making.

My 2nd place favorite episode was when Tom and Tickle were in a dark field, hiding jars of shine in hay bales... As a car approaches, he whispers, "duck down".... But the camera man never clicks off the 500watt light on his shoulder. Lol 1st place goes to when Tom has to "supe his car...

It's hard to find ANYTHING packaged in glass these days, that we can re-use. Hell, even liquor has gone to plastic 1/2 gallon and 750ml bottles! I recently went as far as to purchase a half gallon of Manechevwitz wine for the glass jug. It's hard to trust jugs online that may be from China and conta...

Fostering a hive is a great hoby to have considering honey bees are on the decline. The local farmers and orchards will love you for it. Plant a patch of clover to make em happy. Also, say goodbye to allergies. Regularly consuming local honey helps curb allergies because it's made from the same poll...

Checker - " that's a lot of sugar, what are you going to do with it all?" Me - "making a batch of pot gummy bears" Checker - "cool!" OVZ No shit Oldvine, one time my wife sent me out for tampons. I was in line, alone, with a box of tampons on the belt at the register.....

https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=70545 I started a thread on this a while back... Trust me, the feds aren't parking a mobile command center outside and placing an agent, highly skilled in interrogation, at your local Walmart. Immagine the hours of paperwork, warrant requests,...

I never even entertained the THOUGHT of following anything on FB, that I would mind the FBI, ATF, State, or Local P.D. knowing about. Too many news stories of people sharing what they do on social media, and ending up in the crime blotter. What's worse is having real info in your profile, and a list...

DO NOT get a Sealy. I bought one for $800 years ago, and after a month, it had a rut in the middle. It damned near crippled me. You can't flip it over because of the pillow top. I suffered for 2 years and finally bought a bed and mattress from IKEA for like $300. My back was instantly better and I n...

I gave up brake clean a long time ago in my shop. I use denatured alcohol in a spray bottle instead. It evaporates quickly, the vapors are less toxic, and cancer concerns from skin contact are less. Plus, it's cheaper by volume and who doesn't like the smell of strong hooch while working? Make sure ...

Durhommer wrote:Was wondering I'm experimenting with sugar washes I want to do a 4 gallon run so what I want to do is use 5 lb cornmeal 5 lb sugar 14g yeast(bakers) 5 gal water

Add 2 gal COLD water to cornmeal and stir... It prevents clumps! Then stir in 3 gal boiling water.
Saves TONS of stirring and time!

240, or 241. Whatever it takes. My 8-gallon is running 1500-watt @ 120v and takes 2+ hours. What, pray tell, did it take for yours to boil? Jealous, Pesty. Very obscure reference to Michael Keatons line in 'Mister Mom'. I caught it, Fizzix lol. Well played! "Yea, 240...241... Whatever it takes...