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- Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:16 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Aging outside
- Replies: 15
- Views: 855
Aging outside
Man, it’s been a long time since I’ve been on here. Moving the farm to a different state, retiring, and starting a new career… Life is hectic sometimes. So I wanted to get some input on aging barrels outside. I’m located in Texas in the middle part of the state and I am curious as to if it’s possibl...
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:11 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Ferment/distil in boiler
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5865
Ferment/distil in boiler
I figured the agitator would keep the grains moving enough, that when stripping on the grain, it would be moving sufficiently add to avoid scorching, on a natural gas burner. I’m going to bet that you will get an inferior product by distilling on grain unless you use steam or double jacketed. Just ...
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:57 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Ferment/distil in boiler
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5865
Re: Ferment/distil in boiler
I don’t mean to irritate you by obliquely answering your question again but I’m just not sure if you would scorch with the agitator. I have a friend who owns a distillery and from what I know agitators are more for allowing you to apply better power to a mash in large scale set ups. I felt compelled...
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:05 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Ferment/distil in boiler
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5865
Ferment/distil in boiler
It’s interesting to hear how everyone works out their stuff around here. Here’s my process and it might save you a whole lot of money because those agitators are expensive. Wives too. I run ferments in 30 gallon barrels. My process is pretty much the same for neutrals and whiskeys. A few years ago I...
- Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:06 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: HBB leftovers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 599
HBB leftovers
Not really sure where to put this post. I was thinking HBB thread but it didn't really feel right then I thought about Jimbo's wheated bourbon and gumballhead but "no" again. So I'll put it here and know it might be moved. I've been using HBB as one of my staples for years now and barrelin...
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:40 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Conversion problems with a tried and true
- Replies: 5
- Views: 714
Re: Conversion problems with a tried and true
Thanks for the advice. I woke up this morning and found it in three days my mouth dropped to .997 so it appears that I did some thing correct in this last batch. I also have a little space heater in the laundry room turned distillery that I kept around 83° forThe duration of the fermentation. Thanks...
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:10 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Conversion problems with a tried and true
- Replies: 5
- Views: 714
Conversion problems with a tried and true
Mornin... I started stilling about eight years ago and have had great success with the tried and true recipes here as well as a few modifications of my own. I still all grains and neutrals in a three inch pot and thumper as well as a four inch flute (15.5 gal and 26 gal boilers on hand). In addition...
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:10 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Home Distiller T-shirts
- Replies: 110
- Views: 20426
Re: Home Distiller T-shirts
Absolutely
Re: Gin Mare
Damn. Not sure how I missed that. Maybe I need some more sleep. Thanks NZNZChris wrote:What I've said already.
Re: Gin Mare
I don’t have a gin basket but would love to try this out. I have about five gallons of 70% set aside for gin experiments. What quantities would you use to macerate this out?
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Floaters in my final product
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1100
Re: Floaters in my final product
45% for the rye...43% for the bourbonbluefish_dist wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:22 pm Fusel oils coming out of suspension. What is your bottle proof? I always bottled at 94 proof to help avoid this. I did have some bottled at 80 get a little. A quick shake clears it up.
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 4:59 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Floaters in my final product
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1100
Floaters in my final product
[align=][/align] So this is the second time this is happened. A few years ago I finished my first barrel aged rye, aged two years in a barrel. I poured it out of the barrel through wire mesh to get the big chunks out and then filtered everything through coffee filters and achieved clean Product. It ...
- Wed May 20, 2020 5:49 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: How to obtain a fuel permit (if living in apartment)?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 688
Re: How to obtain a fuel permit (if living in apartment)?
I had that same idea years ago. I even got the paperwork started. I made some inquiries and a Lady, who was very nice, from the liquor control board called me and told me that I needed a serial number on my still. I told her that I didn’t have one and she said that I could just put one on it and the...
- Fri May 15, 2020 10:16 pm
- Forum: My First .....
- Topic: First Pot Still Build
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1593
Re: First Pot Still Build
Those are pretty tough to bend back level once bent out. When I made my keg boiler I went a bit overboard. Check out my boiler build in my early posts. I have never regretted putting an 8” triclamp fitting on the top of my keg and buying an 8”-2” reducer. It also gives me headspace for foaming. If I...
- Thu May 14, 2020 9:04 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Hello from the Pacific Northwest
- Replies: 1
- Views: 429
Re: Hello from the Pacific Northwest
Hi SS. Welcome to the forum. I will say that with a pot and a thumper I can make a damn fine gin. I run a sugar wash twice through my pot and thumper, make tight cuts, and I get a very clean likker out of it. I know a lot of people say it is not a neutral and it really isn’t but the flavor is great ...
- Fri May 08, 2020 11:17 pm
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: Poetry
- Replies: 1
- Views: 804
Poetry
Anyone else here into poetry or philosophy? I vascilate between Tennyson and Kipling. Every time I read Tennyson I swear he’s my favorite and then I will read Kipling and I will change my mind-back-and-forth it goes. It’s been that way for years. Every once in a while I’ll get a blue hair and think ...
- Wed May 06, 2020 3:11 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: First Still Advice
- Replies: 78
- Views: 7530
Re: First Still Advice
‘cept, I suggest saving up a little longer and getting this one: https://milehidistilling.com/product/8-gallon-still-with-2-inch-dual-purpose-tower/ You’ll outgrow a 3 gallon boiler in a heartbeat. ss I second this recommendation if you’re not going to build. You can reflux a bit with it and am eig...
- Tue May 05, 2020 9:30 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: First Still Advice
- Replies: 78
- Views: 7530
Re: First Still Advice
Hey J, That is basically identical to the first still that I ever had. I can tell you that you will quickly become frustrated with trying to keep the condenser level adjusted. You also have to add some valves and some sort of circulation component to keep that water flowing through the condenser. I ...
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:48 am
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: Knives
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1852
Knives
B74D36AB-C2DB-4BF0-8465-275FE3DF19C8.jpeg Finished a set of three knives. Blades were purchased. In the photo on the top the two toned handle knife turned out pretty nice where I made the blade out of a ferriers rasp but I’ve found I enjoy premade blade steel much better. 4418776A-7992-4669-9725-77...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:28 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Rickhouse build
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2807
Rickhouse build
Hey. I haven't posted in a long time...life got in the way. But I'm back and have some time available now. Glad to see, er read, that you all are doing well. I recently cracked open my first Still Life Rye that I had aging in a three gallon barrel. Two years! Man did it take discipline to leave it i...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:57 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: [in progress] Tried And True Recipe Book pdf
- Replies: 65
- Views: 16754
Re: [in progress] Tried And True Recipe Book pdf
I've been searching around but gone for a while. Is there a current (US measurement) version of the T&T recipe book? Still on my TODO-list, been busy with a bunch of other stuff lately. My motivation took a bit of a dive with the realization that i'll have to re-claculate many recipes, scale th...
- Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:30 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: [in progress] Tried And True Recipe Book pdf
- Replies: 65
- Views: 16754
Re: [in progress] Tried And True Recipe Book pdf
I've been searching around but gone for a while. Is there a current (US measurement) version of the T&T recipe book?
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:09 pm
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: what is this infection?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1340
Re: what is this infection?
it's alive!!!..... and growing...
- Sat Jul 28, 2018 2:04 pm
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: what is this infection?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1340
what is this infection?
So about 5 gallons of rum Dunder from my last Butter Rum. I covered it with a little cheese cloth and let it sit in the garage. Now there's some sort of marble-sized white things floating in it. Does anyone know what this maybe or if this might be a beneficial infection? The smell is still as strong...
- Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:58 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Jimbo's easy 1/2barrel Wheated Bourbon and Gumballhead
- Replies: 531
- Views: 149314
Re: Jimbo's easy 1/2barrel Wheated Bourbon and Gumballhead
I ran this recipe a while back using flaked Maize in a one-to-one substitute and it turned out greatschool wrote:If I wanted to do this with flaked maize instead of cracked corn, is it just a 1:1 substitution? Thanks.
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 4:03 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Watermelon shine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2659
Re: Watermelon shine
well hell. back to the drawing board I guessCopperhead road wrote:I don’t think you will get good flavour carryover with using limited fruit and sugar.
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 1:00 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Watermelon shine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2659
Re: Watermelon shine
maybe next time I'll up the watermelon. money is the issue thereTater wrote:More like sugar shine with lil watermelon.
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:52 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Watermelon shine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2659
Watermelon shine
So I figured I'd give a go with a watermelon shine recipe. From what I found I can get just under a gallon of liquid per watermelon. here goes... 10 gallon wash 10 large watermelons 2 lbs raisins white sugar (roughly 10 lbs) I cut the watermelons in half and then used a long knife to cut the peel of...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:43 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Thumper design n rules
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2489
Re: Thumper design n rules
I run a 15 gallon keg boiler and a 5 gallon keg Thumper. I also have another 15 gallon keg that can be run as a thumper for large stripping runs.. having run them both normally I run the thumper that is one third the size of my boiler but it is on the small side and I use it for convenience. The sup...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:51 pm
- Forum: Rum
- Topic: Butter Rum
- Replies: 394
- Views: 57272
Re: Butter Rum
OK did my stripping run and let it air out for a few days. Butter bomb indeed! Time to rerun it a second time for cuts but the only concern I have is that I have about 1 gallon - 5 litres - from this run and it won't cover my element in my keg Suggestions? When running my last gin I had success put...