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Going to make this over the next two weeks. Took a year or two away from production to concentrate on other projects and looks like a really nice recipe - the plan is to long age for the first time in my life. Hey there’s always hope. I’m currently trying to do the same… Currently, I’m fermenting m...

Going to make this over the next two weeks. Took a year or two away from production to concentrate on other projects and looks like a really nice recipe - the plan is to long age for the first time in my life. Hey there’s always hope.

Just made this dinner tonight as I wanted to cook shrimp but didn’t want to BBQ outside. Turned out really good but added a little more salt after as to cut the lemon flavor a bit. Lemon Garlic Shrimp Kabob INGREDIENTS: * 1 1/2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined * 4 lemons, thinly sliced and...

Welcome Chessboss. This place is a great resource of information. Started out with a similar setup to you and soon after went the DIY route.

Mine have a hole, cast SS, never done much more than hand tighten them, the weight of the condenser (weight supported shotgun) takes up any possible slack or possibility for leakage during heating, if there even is any.

From memory on all my bits, about €300. I’ve a 50L keg pot with a hefty shotgun condenser. Most ferment stuff I bought second hand and the still/condenser itself was made for free.

That’s not being over cautious at all. In Hazloc or ATEX installations this could be dealt with by use of “increased safety” principles. Get a shaky live or hot wire that touches or arcs the still and you have a potential bang. Best case is that it shorts to earth and trips with no consequences. In ...

You would need enough stripping runs to ensure when diluted that your element is covered after your potential yield is removed. Also consider diluting with fresh wash to add a little more flavour rather than diluting with water. Edit after NzChris comment below. For my whiskeys I do 3 strips and sto...

Once your area is properly vented the risk is minimised and minimised further by the fact that there should be no leaks. Any vapour escape from cooling problems would be quickly identified and still shut down. Ethanol vapour is also heavier than air so it will sink to the ground rather than up to an...

Third strip today I had 60% full and the puke started again. Went to half power (2kW) and let it run for 30 minutes (experimenting in between with partial and full load) and after the 30 minutes a normal strip. Somebody might have already mentioned it. But what was your gravity SG and FG? I have ru...

I've done barley. Loved it. I'm sure others have also.

https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtop ... 15&t=80179

I've left up to a month and got no infection but temps here are on the low side which night help. Great for clearing.

Great post Mars, and I must add a great question asked also.

Third strip today I had 60% full and the puke started again. Not learning yet are we.. If you have lots of malt or if didn't clear or allow to clear.. yeah she'll behave the way it is.. and if you want to push it, then an anti foam will help.. Mars I'd call what I did learning and as I love learnin...

Interesting replies. My first real puke was my graduation from school. And unlike some I never really learned my lesson for many years! I got a little sense as I aged though and the medicine from this hobby helps. Pure. Third strip today I had 60% full and the puke started again. Went to half power ...

That happens to me when I heat up too fast Heated up at full 4kW power. What I always did for sugar runs but clearly all grain is different. When I switched to half power it was fine. I wonder once almost at temp if I switched to half power and let run for a while until things settle down then up i...

Not sure if a puke or flood but stripping my 1st all grain today it came out of the condenser like a river. I'd had the pot about 75% full. Left the runoff for the next strip and put in a knob of butter and all went well. Second strip almost ready to start dripping as we speak.

NZChris wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 1:42 pm I usually aim for four strips, doing three the first day and a strip and spirit run the next.

Similar enough to this . Previous ferments were 2 strips (30l low wines) one day and a top up with the leftover wash (5-10l) to complete the spirit run in a 50 L keg the next.

Good to know! I have been trying to decide between a shotgun or liebig, I currently have a worm and flake on a 6 gallon copper pot, everything made from scratch and it works fairly well, but I do need to circulate the water towards the middle of the run, not a big deal, makes a bit of a mess, need ...

Just my take on this ..shotguns condensers where hardly ever used or seen before people started building Flutes / Bubblers. It seems to me that because they looked good cosmetically hanging off the side of a flute that people kept putting them on. ( In short, eye candy) The Shotgun craze then sprea...

It's more than big enough to knock down 6Kw of steam And steam is harder to condense than alcohol vapor I also have a liebig of about the same length that's 1" inside a 1-1/2 jacket. Both are similar in knock down power but I'd recommend the liebig over the shotgun. Can I ask why you prefer th...

I used 125 g per 70l ferment (normally on a sugar head I'd pitch 250 for the same amount and take 2 weeks plus at summer at 18C ish temperatures). Maybe time to relax on the yeast, last check this morning on temp was about 20c.

My first all grain. Have about 140 litres (35g) of 100% malt barley and about 15% peat. Fermenting off the grain and reusing the spent grain in a UJSSM style sugarhead with maybe 6th gen backset from previous runs. All grain has a sg of 1.066 and sugarhead 1.070. That's the way to go pulling the su...

My first all grain. Have about 140 litres (35g) of 100% malt barley and about 15% peat. Fermenting off the grain and reusing the spent grain in a UJSSM style sugarhead with maybe 6th gen backset from previous runs. All grain has a sg of 1.066 and sugarhead 1.070.

2 liter every 15 minutes is amazing to me I've a 2" x 24" shotgun with 5 1/2" tubes and with 4kW power and maybe 1/2 liter per minute cooling I'm getting 1 litre ever 10 minutes on a strip and it's coming nowhere close to its full potential. I'm restricted by my power supply only. Lo...

I'd posted this a few months back in a different subsection but this might be a better place for it When positioning my lower element on an old Budweiser keg I went 10mm to low and broke the original weld seam. Never noticed until I filled it up to test and seen the leak. I'd researched enough but n...

Am I the only one who cringed when you mentioned you used flour to put out a fire? Flour is combustible, so please don't do it again. https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/tools-and-techniques/question150.htm Nope, you are not. Got lucky this time. If you think an ethonol bang is bad try a combustible ...

NZChris wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:06 pm Wanker

This made me laugh so hard. Not because of said gentleman but because it's a word I haven't heard in ages! Ah I'm a simple fellow.

It seems like a list of things not to do. Exactly what I thought. Unless I'm mistaken everything I was told went against everything I have learned. I've no idea if my product would be acceptable to those on the forum, however I love it. Knocks the socks off bottom shelf spirits. Didn't ask him wher...

Picking up some brewing things today for my new venture of cider off an online advert, I spotted a condensor and we got chatting. I nodded and agreed (for politeness) as everything I learned from here was wrong. Running a homemade reflux I think (I'm pot so not sure) Turbo yeast No heat input contro...