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- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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%.
- 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...
- 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
Well just over 9 months later I'm finally running the stripping run on this. It smells wonderful.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Thanks for the recipe SBB.
- 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.
- 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.
I wouldn't expect a problem but I just don't know.
- 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 ...
- 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_...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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.
I am switching to glass with cork stoppers.
No more mason jars for me.
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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?
That looks good and I like the bottle.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.
I was sipping some commercial burbon tonight.
I really need to find some molasses to make an all molasses rum.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.