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by Zeotropic
Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Whiskey
Topic: Hydrogen Peroxide for Aging
Replies: 35
Views: 3018

Re: Hydrogen Peroxide for Aging

Similar experiment from 2017 for reference: https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66586 Cheers! -jonny I just read that thread and it was interesting. I am not too nervous about putting H2O2 in my drinks since I used to drink a few drops of food grade 25% H2O2 in water periodically as a h...
by Zeotropic
Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:03 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 698
Views: 192444

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

Well I made my cuts as best I could and put it on some white oak. I am looking forward to finding out what double pot stilled all molasses rum tastes like in a year or three. It seems pretty good now but obviously quite rough. I have definitely had worse from the liquor store. This recipe made it ea...
by Zeotropic
Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:20 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 737893

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

I am doing the spirit run on my first batch of all molasses rum. It smells really good.
by Zeotropic
Sat Nov 19, 2022 7:33 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 698
Views: 192444

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

So far 9.5 hours (3 pots full) in and the last pot is heating up so I should be done some time after 1:00 am and it is looking like I am going to end up with over 4 gallons of low wines from somewhere around 18 gallons of wash (is that the right term for fermented molasses?) at around 28%.
by Zeotropic
Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 698
Views: 192444

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

Well just over 9 months later I'm finally running the stripping run on this. 😳 It smells wonderful. Damn Zeotropic :lol: I’ll be stripping a portion next week and then the rest the week after. Will be at 3-4 weeks. Here I thought I was doing great by letting it sit for a good long while to finish b...
by Zeotropic
Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:22 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 698
Views: 192444

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

Zeotropic wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:10 pm I just started my first batch of this tonight. I used 5 gallons of bait molasses. I can't wait to see what the cuts are like since this will be my first rum.
Thanks for the recipe SBB.
Well just over 9 months later I'm finally running the stripping run on this. 😳 It smells wonderful.
by Zeotropic
Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:23 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Baileys/Punkins Muck
Replies: 81
Views: 40763

Re: Baileys/Punkins Muck

I just made some of this with double the chocolate syrup and I used home made vanilla extract and booners casual corn white whiskey that was aged in glass for over a year. It was really good! My wife loved it. I can't wait to see how it tastes after a day or two.
by Zeotropic
Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:51 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Anybody get any good deals lately?
Replies: 2882
Views: 274631

Re: Anybody get any good deals lately?

I got around 6' of old scrap 1 1/2" copper drain pipe from a job for free. Its old and nasty but I couldn't bear to throw it out. I don't know what I will use it for just yet.
by Zeotropic
Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:10 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 698
Views: 192444

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

I just started my first batch of this tonight. I used 5 gallons of bait molasses. I can't wait to see what the cuts are like since this will be my first rum.
Thanks for the recipe SBB.
by Zeotropic
Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:20 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 698
Views: 192444

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

I can't wait to try this. I just have to pick up one more gallon of molasses before I can get it started.
by Zeotropic
Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:44 pm
Forum: Boilers
Topic: conical fermenter as a boiler
Replies: 24
Views: 3154

Re: conical fermenter as a boiler

I really don't know.
I wouldn't expect a problem but I just don't know.
by Zeotropic
Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:21 pm
Forum: Drinks and Drinking
Topic: What is everyone drinking?
Replies: 2004
Views: 213768

Re: What is everyone drinking?

I am sipping some of my version of booners that the cuts came out funny and ended up 45% so I said what the heck and aged it that way. My step dad wrote the label and forgot to put the date so I don't know how long it has been aging but it is sure getting good. I honestly didn't know if it would be ...
by Zeotropic
Mon Aug 16, 2021 11:20 am
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: My Modular still.
Replies: 12
Views: 1741

Re: My Modular still.

I thought it would be a great idea to use a weldless bung and braze it on but it had far too much thermal mass and the joint cracks when it cools. Back to the drawing board. Looks like I need to order another standard ferule for the element. This picture is before cleaning up the flux. IMG_20210816_...
by Zeotropic
Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:01 pm
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: My Modular still.
Replies: 12
Views: 1741

Re: My Modular still.

How did you cut your hole and can you give a bit of info on the brazing for those that don't "braze all the time". I am thinking most of the heat has to be on the ferrule, perhaps even heat from the inside? step by step would be appreciated. I used a Dremel with the cute little cutting wh...
by Zeotropic
Sun Aug 08, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: My Modular still.
Replies: 12
Views: 1741

Re: My Modular still.

I got a voltage regulator because I am going electric.
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by Zeotropic
Sun Aug 08, 2021 3:34 pm
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: My Modular still.
Replies: 12
Views: 1741

Re: My Modular still.

It has been very slow progress. Actually no progress for quite a while. I finally got some 45% silver braze and the first couple pieces to start building. I had never used 45% silver braze although I braze all the time. It is the most amazing stuff I have ever used. This is all I have for today but ...
by Zeotropic
Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:59 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Anybody get any good deals lately?
Replies: 2882
Views: 274631

Re: Anybody get any good deals lately?

I got 8 new gallon jars for $60 and put some of the whiskey I had aging in mason jars in two of them.
I am switching to glass with cork stoppers.
No more mason jars for me.
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by Zeotropic
Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:55 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: Sweet Corn is a Lie.
Replies: 36
Views: 8205

Re: Sweet Corn is a Lie.

I probably missed your post somewhere else about the final product but how was it? Any tasting notes? Unfortunately, I’ll never know. I think I labeled the bottles “honey” or maybe “sweet” for sweet corn, and then later got them mixed up with either Honey Bear Bourbon, or some stuff I made from swe...
by Zeotropic
Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:16 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: Sweet Corn is a Lie.
Replies: 36
Views: 8205

Re: Sweet Corn is a Lie.

Ha, I actually feel a little bit bad about the title of this thread now that the fermentation is under way and smelling/tasting so dang good. Sweet corn isn't a lie, it is what it is. I'll be going back to my tried and true dried field corn when it comes time to (hopefully someday) fill a 5 gallon ...
by Zeotropic
Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:03 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Anybody get any good deals lately?
Replies: 2882
Views: 274631

Re: Anybody get any good deals lately?

I traded some work for a keg.
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by Zeotropic
Sun May 23, 2021 9:44 pm
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: Soldering - too tight of a joint?
Replies: 41
Views: 4234

Re: Soldering - too tight of a joint?

Thoughts on shims in soldering? I’ve got 2” DWV copper and the SS ferrules I got are noticeably small (they’d be much better sized for L or M copper). I’ve made 1/2” wide shims to match the collar on my ferrule and can squeeze the parts together by hand. With the proper flux and adequate solder, wi...
by Zeotropic
Sun May 23, 2021 9:41 pm
Forum: Drinks and Drinking
Topic: What is everyone drinking?
Replies: 2004
Views: 213768

Re: What is everyone drinking?

SaltyStaves wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 7:59 pm rum1_5YO.jpg

My first rum is 5 years old today. Still a bit tailsy, but vastly improved since last I sampled it.
That looks good and I like the bottle.
I was sipping some commercial burbon tonight.
I really need to find some molasses to make an all molasses rum.
by Zeotropic
Mon May 17, 2021 9:06 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Booner's Casual All Corn
Replies: 634
Views: 159716

Re: Booner's Casual All Corn

I didn't have much luck with this recipe until I added some acid to the mash. My water starts out with a pH of about 7.9 according to the water dept and is very hard. to about 12 gal of water, I added about 2 or 3 gal of backset. My pH paper is apparently about worthless, because that didn't look l...
by Zeotropic
Mon May 03, 2021 7:47 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Mashing with Infected Backset
Replies: 7
Views: 1360

Re: Mashing with Infected Backset

Well that batch turned out great and I can't say I could tell any difference for sure but it sure is nice. I saved one bottle of the nicest hearts white and cut a bit wider for aging and the white is already good. I put it in a corked bottle to age a bit and I am looking forward to tasting it in a f...
by Zeotropic
Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:06 am
Forum: Drinks and Drinking
Topic: What is everyone drinking?
Replies: 2004
Views: 213768

Re: What is everyone drinking?

I am drinking tea this morning. Black tea with lots of milk.
by Zeotropic
Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:25 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 737893

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

I am finally doing a spirit run on some all corn whiskey that I used some infected backset in. So far it smells promising.
by Zeotropic
Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:37 pm
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: Condenser water cooler.
Replies: 59
Views: 4888

Re: Condenser water cooler.

One day I will finish what I started because I am getting tired of the mud puddle when I am not using the water for mashing. Why the hell would you have a mud puddle? An overflow port at the top of the flake stand hooked to a garden hose which drains away from the still site would take care of that...
by Zeotropic
Mon Apr 19, 2021 9:33 pm
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: Condenser water cooler.
Replies: 59
Views: 4888

Re: Condenser water cooler.

One day I will finish what I started because I am getting tired of the mud puddle when I am not using the water for mashing.
by Zeotropic
Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:55 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 737893

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

I got right about 6 gallons of low wines @ about 30%abv from 20 gallons of all corn which is a large improvement over my previous yield of around 4 gallons from the same amount of mash.
by Zeotropic
Sun Apr 18, 2021 4:08 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 737893

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

I am stripping 20 gallons of all corn and it is smelling good but lacks the wonderful corn smell of my first batch. I need to get better corn.