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- Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:33 pm
- Forum: My First .....
- Topic: My first still built from a Guinness keg... naming suggestions welcome!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1473
Re: My first still built from a Guinness keg... naming suggestions welcome!
how have you connected the coupler? i'm not sure a keg coupler makes a great stillhead to be honest. not that i haven't wondered if there was an easy way myself, but there are a couple of big issues with using it without a fair bit of modification
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 3:45 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Why do you distill ? Cost or Quality ?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5727
Re: Why do you distill ? Cost or Quality ?
for pretty almost all of the reasons mentioned above. tradition, independence, craft, parties. but to extend, it's a lot about making something that truly matches my tastes that i can't buy anywhere. can be simple or complex.. round here finding white heartcut pure barleymalt unaged (so slightly swe...
- Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:07 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Whisky Mash Problems (Gravity Not Dropping Enough?)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3084
Re: Whisky Mash Problems (Gravity Not Dropping Enough?)
pH is unlikely to be an issue in an all malt mash like that. i would have said a high mash temperature is a likely culprit, but you didn't boil the wort, so did you let the temperature fall natually before pitching the yeast? i do wonder why you added simple sugar to the yeast, when you are trying t...
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:28 pm
- Forum: Related Electric Accessories
- Topic: Heater from china - but electricity in europe. Please help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1588
Re: Heater from china - but electricity in europe. Please help
sounds like between your sparky friend and the data you got you got this under control. i'd caution anyone in future to not give advice on something like this they admit they don't really know about, as connecting this up wrong - especially whacking them all to hot wires if its designed with a neutr...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:58 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: GENERAL Mashing Questions
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3936
Re: GENERAL Mashing Questions
Most of the interviews with commercial distilleries say they mash at 72-75c for an hour. Which now just confuses me. just on that one point, i don't know what distilleries you've seen interviewed but you may find that they are referring to the temperature of the "water", not the actual ma...
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:23 pm
- Forum: Related Electric Accessories
- Topic: Dual Temp Controller placement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1277
Re: Dual Temp Controller placement
like ac says, it does depend a bit on the equipment you have. probe, size/shape of fermenter, heating/cooling method, type of wash. as far as pointing you in the right direction.. anything fermentation related will naturally be covered a lot more extensively on the big homebrew forums, so they are w...
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:52 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Favorite "drink right away" wash
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3373
Re: Favorite "drink right away" wash
hey twisted. the rum is an all molly wash with feed grade stuff, fermented with american ale yeast as that always seems to come out nicely clean for me. stripped it all then ran half on a pot and yup half on the ccvm with 500mm packing, taking off around 90-92% i think it was. both pretty tight cut ...
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:39 pm
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: Stripping run cuts
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6116
Re: Stripping run cuts
good answers, and the article itself is a good read. here's the thing though, it just gives the complicated science (which to be fair is already on the forum) behind all the standard advice given on these forums. things like "chuck the feints in the next strip" etc. always nice to know why...
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:17 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Favorite "drink right away" wash
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3373
Re: Favorite "drink right away" wash
The still, how it's run and cuts are just as important as the recipe :wink: or perhaps even more important to an extent. i've been drinking rum i refluxxed over 90% and cut tiiight after a couple of days and it's been really nice. sure, it still took a couple of months to become something truly spe...
- Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:47 pm
- Forum: Grains
- Topic: To Boil Or Not to Boil ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2569
Re: To Boil Or Not to Boil ?
personally i'd just keep sparging, saving the boiling for in the still. that would bring the overall SG lower than the 1,078 you're seeing, at a volume large enough to do two stripping runs. gives the benefit of easier ferment for the yeast. i usually have an SG of 1,055 to 1,060 for whatever thats ...
- Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:41 pm
- Forum: Rum
- Topic: Getting Ready to Fill the Barrel with Rum
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9808
Re: Getting Ready to Fill the Barrel with Rum
probably worth at least bearing in mind that there may be slightly different interpretations of what is considered heads and what is hearts, among home distillers. and even more so when comparing to commercial enterprises. though if in doubt i'd probably go cautious with a project that a lot of work...
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:47 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Why is oxydation ina barrel good but in a bottle bad?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6498
Re: Why is oxydation ina barrel good but in a bottle bad?
How much of the ageing is due to oxidation And how much is due to ventilation :lol: this was actually my first thought before i even read down. i age everythng in glass, trying to get repeatable procedures, so it's something i regularly think about. i'm fairly comfortable with my spirit getting oxi...
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:19 am
- Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
- Topic: Collecting from CSST
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1361
Re: Collecting from CSST
just play around with the position of the condensor.. rotate it one way or the other; push it in and out; raise the angle upwards more towards 45. something will work
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:00 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: The Blue Gin
- Replies: 56
- Views: 8916
Re: The Blue Gin
well damn that's fun!
chris what strength of tea is needed for diluting the gin and making the ice cubes?
chris what strength of tea is needed for diluting the gin and making the ice cubes?
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:55 am
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: UK Shiners... Allinson Bakers Yeast
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3262
Re: UK Shiners... Allinson Bakers Yeast
always got a couple of tins of the yellow stuff as backup. certainly ferments fine, though i've not experimented too much with it. what sorts pitch rate you guys using? for some reason i've ended at a third of a tin (say 40g) per 15l roughly. not sure why but it seems reasonable ferment.
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:41 am
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: SevenFifty.com:Distillers Use Yeast to Influence Character
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1075
Re: SevenFifty.com:Distillers Use Yeast to Influence Charact
gonna be interesting to see the effects when distillers really run with this. i"ve messed around a lot with yeasts in rum washes, with great results. picking it out of the distillate for me has been harder but i'm still messing around with processes and have no direct comparisms. one day.. wild...
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:35 am
- Forum: Drinks and Drinking
- Topic: Favorite Summer Cocktails?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11182
Re: Favorite Summer Cocktails?
bit late to the party here, but i'ma shout out for the cuban daiquiri and recommend blending some fresh grapefruit juice with the lime. i usually make with some kinda brown sugar too.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:04 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: How crucial is the amount of input yeast?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2774
Re: How crucial is the amount of input yeast?
scale is kinda important here.. if i am fermenting a 145l wash at odin's 0,7 grams a litre then does anyone really expect 1,5g to make a difference if i round it down to 100g? does anyone really expect most people to be that exact? conversely.. From my experience it makes no real difference if you f...
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:27 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: cleaning fusels
- Replies: 1
- Views: 479
cleaning fusels
hey.. does anyone have a good method to remove fusel oils and all that from low wine storage containers? PBW then scrubbing with a bottlebrush have done a decent job on the glass demijohns i've used, but isn't really a practical method on a large stainless keg. normally a bit of dirt is not a concer...
- Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:44 pm
- Forum: My First .....
- Topic: Balrog get brewing a mash.
- Replies: 98
- Views: 9632
Re: Balrog get brewing a mash.
yall dancing down the treacherous path to rule 5 here, magical as it seems on a midsummers night.. perhaps the unifying cry should not be of ballots but barrels ! best of luck with all your travails from a fellow dweller in this beautiful domain. the safest path through the forest is the one trodden...
- Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:35 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
- Replies: 735
- Views: 231295
Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
great read that SBB, nice clear writeup and cool to see some other ideas. near as what i'm doing for rum washes too, so tried / proven, don't need no convincing here! :thumbup: be interested if ya know what sort of sugar content you other allmolly guys are getting in your molly (or alcohol in the wa...
- Sun May 20, 2018 9:21 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: A Tale of Two Barrels (and some jars)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 12832
Re: A Tale of Two Barrels (and some jars)
great writeup MCH! i'm curious if there was an obvious distinction between the jar method and barrel method other than flavours. i'm thinking things like angel's share and smoothing, etc. i've read about the benefits of spirits "breathing" in a barrel occasionally but in practise did you f...
- Fri May 04, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: Making inverted sugar
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9015
Re: Making inverted sugar
(+1) - I don't even bother dissolving the sugar - just tip it in straight from the packet - That was good enough for many years of winemaking, so I figure it's good enough for a wash. The yeast eats it up fine. I've not done this with sugar, but when I make mead I only dissolve a small amount of ho...
- Fri May 04, 2018 1:33 pm
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: Brewers yeast as nutriment for rum wash
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1289
Re: Brewers yeast as nutriment for rum wash
i've only seen it as an addition to other nutrients rather than suggested as an all encompassing nutrient hit. can anyone confirm if it has everything that a sugar wash would need? molly washes obviously would start with more nutrients compared to sugar washes, can dead yeast provide all of the rest?
- Fri May 04, 2018 1:27 pm
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: EC-1118, Nottingham and Safale US-05 = SLOW; Floral
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3623
Re: EC-1118, Nottingham and Safale US-05 = SLOW; Floral
This confirms baker's yeast being the most efficient and flavor-free . Perfect for 90% of what we do . speak for yourself mate!! :twisted: but seriously.. as a yeastfreak i always love to read posts with experiences and comparisms so thanks for sharing! so far i actually have found us05 to be a lot...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:41 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Another Rookie Mistake
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3599
Re: Another Rookie Mistake
i've been using 1-2mm depending on what i'm using it for. i just size closest to what i'm trying to replace, going slightly under to allow for wraps of gas ptfe tape to help seal. bought on ebay as usual!
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:03 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Another Rookie Mistake
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3599
Re: Another Rookie Mistake
if you're really concerned about the ptfe gaskets leaking (if maybe using cheap triclamp flanges) a wrap of ptfe tape around the flange face or gasket is an option. i cut ptfe lid liners out of sheets. it's interesting that ptfe is not totally vapour tight in the long run - the angel's still visit. ...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 2:01 am
- Forum: Rum
- Topic: Cane molass sold as fertilizer in Europe
- Replies: 103
- Views: 10950
Re: Cane molass sold as fertilizer in Europe
i was more interested in others successes i'd read with panela rum as giving different rum flavours than looking for a specifically light rum with it but this information is interesting thanks. if something can give a different result i'll happily pay for the quality or experience, but if i can do s...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 1:04 am
- Forum: Rum
- Topic: Cane molass sold as fertilizer in Europe
- Replies: 103
- Views: 10950
Re: Cane molass sold as fertilizer in Europe
for the UK check the online feed stores. can get 50 litres 44,3% cane molly delivered for sixty quid which is at least comparable price with that amazon stuff. has made me some extremely decent rum cut 50-50 with sugar, and some interesting double distilled allmolly (taken off at 92%) that is still ...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:22 pm
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: How to stop barrel from leaking
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4977
Re: How to stop barrel from leaking
if storing in a coolish climate i found coconut oil a decent alternative to beeswax..