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I'm trying a something new . Its a 40l mash. I shoot for 1.09 about %10 SG 500 gm cornflakes 900 gm of honey frosted flakes 8 kg sugrar id 4k whit superfine sugar a d 4k brown Two packets E1118 yeast. 6 gm of flack seed yeast nutrient Follow up :thumbup: I collected about 20 lt of low low wine's fo...

This is now a go to mash. I'm now checking the sales in the cereal section. :thumbup: :thumbup: I'm trying a something new . Its a 40l mash. I shoot for 1.09 about %10 SG 500 gm cornflakes 900 gm of honey frosted flakes 8 kg sugrar id 4k whit superfine sugar a d 4k brown Two packets E1118 yeast. 6 g...

I am wanting to buy a pot still can someone advise best on to buy, been reading and searching for 6 months and steal not sure thanks for any help The best still is the one you have and the way you run it. Here's a simple modular way to get started. #1 find or get a keg :thumbup: :thumbup: . If you ...

Hi all, I have made a 20l batch of cornflakes whisky and left it to sit for a couple of weeks. Very exciting! It has now finished fermenting but the cornflakes are sitting up to the 9l level in the fermenter. Any tips on how to rack it - can I squash the cornflakes down before racking with a long s...

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Like fizzix (+1) I have a BH still, and I found that my diffuser plate helps a lot. It more stable while on my hot plate. I feel that it reduces any hot spots that may come from the hot plate. I also feel it help regulate temperature more effectively.

Good day to you all. If you on a budget then I recommend to get 2 or 3 cases of Qt jars with measurement msrks on them. Then you can fill them to your desired amount and use them how ever you need. I run an 8 gallon boiler with 6 gallons of wash/low wines. I do collect down to 20% and I normally hav...

Welcome.
There's a few of us PNW on here.
+1 Fixxit & billgriss
There a lot of good info and people to share there knowledge with you. I'll pass on the advice that was given to me you read ,read, and read some more. It has paid off 10 fold.

Good day to all. I'd be up for a meet up.I'm in the Tacoma area and willing too drive a little bit for a meet up and maybe a little tasting.

Hello and welcome from south of Seattle. There's more than a few of us PNW's here. There's a ton good info here with good people will to share the knowledge. My advice is read, read, and read some more (that's the advice that was given to me when I started). Start with a simple recipe like sweet fee...

My advice would be sit on your hands and don't buy anything until you do more research. You need to know what you want to make before deciding on what type of still you need Rum, Brandy, Whisky ? Vodka , Neutral ? Gin or other flavored drinks ? All require different methods and in many cases differ...

Gobbler There's more then you think, of us from the PNW. I'm on the wet side of WA. Welcome When I started these helped me out a ton. https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=46 Then Go on to https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=15 Then start with an easy recipe out of https://home...

Welcome From the wet side of WA. There's a bunch of us here from the PNW.

Good day to all. I started my first gen of UJSSM this week. I took the backset from the stripping run of th 25l CF (cornflake). That had a SG 1.074. I ran it down to 30% before stopping. I then added 7lb sugar to a little more the 5l of backset. I fill my 25l fermenter to the 5l mark with cracked co...

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Welcome jarhead from the PNW.

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Welcome from the PNW
+1 Fizzix

Fizzix Thanks for sharing and answering the questions. I'm with ya on the copper get as much as we can. I use 2 10' rolls of mesh I use 1 in the upper 1 in the lower. I switch to an internal heating element. I now have better control over the hear. On my next run I'm going to try the reflux for 30 m...

Do you notice the more or less amount heads when your making a whiskey /quote] I only run this in pot still mode. I run my faints in pot still more. Ive always uses both columns On two runs that I can remember where I've had less heads in it As for most of the time(95%), I'm at jar 11 before I feel...

Pikey Yes that's the bad boy. I'm running it as a pot still. I tried several time to make a neutral with VERY poor results. After 12-16 hr runs with only a qt or so of drinkable product I gave up on making neutrals. Its easy for me to do a faints run (3 or 4 times distilled) then it is to do a sugar...

I have the 24" liebig condenser. At the top of the column.

Good day to you all. Set up Brewhauas PSII HC still 8 gallon boiler with a 49" 2 piece column. I put in 2 copper rolls in the column. With no water going to the the 3 cooling tubes at the top. Heat A 110 2000 watt internal element with a speed controll. Also a 110 1500 watt hotplate. I use to h...

Welcome from the wet side. As a novice I'll pass on the info that has help me out. If you haven't read the Novice distiller reading lounge [https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=46 ] use the "Google search" on the forum to search for answers to questions. Your making corn likker ...

Good day to you all If this has been covered in a different thread please let me know, as I didn't find my answer. When I googled it. :ebiggrin: Da Set up :clap: 3 x 25 liter fermented. All are using the all the same ingredients from same lot of grain and same city water that has been aired out for ...

TY I'll give it a try. 8m planning on nuking some, and then putting some away for a few months as well.

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I've not had good luck with doing any generation. Do you keep what left of the yeast cake and start with fresh flakes?or do make fresh and use the some % of backseat? I would like to know what others are doing before I start experimenting.

I'm getting ready to start my second Gen. I Wanted to check to see if it was just backseat.
Thanks

Good day all

I've read most of this post and I did find or missed the answer to my question. Do you use the yeast cake on gen 2+or is it just backseat an all new ingredients?

I do thank everyone for sharing. I give thank you to you, :wave: the readers. :clap: Steel I'll have to give your method a try. 1 Do you use a parrot 2 do us a carboy to collect in or how are you doing your collection? I'm thinking I'll be taking 50 ml or so. A little sometimes out of each jar and s...

Pikey I'm looking to see if I can improve my process in making a whiskey and neutral as I've not made anything else yet. By charging the next stripping or spirit run(s) am I just adding more heads and stuff we don't really want to next run. Or am I adding that, plus others things that can benefit as...