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by rubberduck71
Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:50 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 737466

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Helped a buddy do a 4-plater rum run. 13 gal transformed into ~8L of hearts + another couple L of feints.
by rubberduck71
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:28 pm
Forum: Whiskey
Topic: Wheated bourbon
Replies: 43
Views: 1277

Re: Wheated bourbon

The mop wringer was a game changer for me. I can squeeze 40 gallons in about 45mins. I just give it a week or so to clear after squeezing and it goes in for the stripping run pretty clear already. I'm out of "spare space" in my brewing lab. I have consigned myself to the fact that I'll be...
by rubberduck71
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Yellow Label Angel Yeast & Rum Yeast
Replies: 17
Views: 901

Re: Yellow Label Angel Yeast & Rum Yeast

Dancing4dan wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:21 pm Are all sugars in molasses fermentable?
I'll answer, honestly being half ignorant on it, but molasses definitely has unfermentables. I'm not sure the impact of using Gluco amylase or YLAY (as far as being able to convert what is otherwise unfermentable and/or end product's taste).
by rubberduck71
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: How long wil low wines keep?
Replies: 16
Views: 1954

Re: How long wil low wines keep?

It very well could be clumping oils. I tried getting the best pictures I could. It’s hard to get a clean shot of some tiny black spots floating around in the Carboy geeze :sarcasm: :wink: It all smells fine. Infection is welcome in many parts of the hobby, I’m not too worried about running it. C'mo...
by rubberduck71
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Yellow Label Angel Yeast & Rum Yeast
Replies: 17
Views: 901

Re: Yellow Label Angel Yeast & Rum Yeast

FWIW: I use YLAY exclusively for A/G mashing now... mostly because I'm lazy! You CAN do sugarheads on it!!! I would add that using it for rum is a "waste?" Since rum is basically a sugar wash, DADY will do ya fine (and their are others yeasts with ester characteristics). Save the YLAY for ...
by rubberduck71
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Liquid Malt Extract Experiment
Replies: 52
Views: 2228

Re: Liquid Malt Extract Experiment

P.S. Rubberduck, your thread on LME was also one that I read before beginning this adventure. I found your description very useful and I hope by following Still Stirrin's suggestion I can avoid some of the massive puke you experienced. Learning to tame the puke is all part of the learning curve. Th...
by rubberduck71
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Liquid Malt Extract Experiment
Replies: 52
Views: 2228

Re: Liquid Malt Extract Experiment

I will update after I run, hopefully, I can keep Vesuvius under control. Any thoughts or ideas on running this, or improving the bill, or future blending are appreciated. Have a great night! RB Regarding "fun with LME," check out this thread: https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?...
by rubberduck71
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Jimbo's easy 1/2barrel Wheated Bourbon and Gumballhead
Replies: 531
Views: 149286

Re: Jimbo's easy 1/2barrel Wheated Bourbon and Gumballhead

It’s really coming on now and has a nice flavor of the parent base without the sugar bite and has a much more rounded flavor. It has really transitioned and is very illustrative of what some time and oak bring to the table. It’s also demonstrating the value of doing a sugarhead on a spent mash. Eve...
by rubberduck71
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest
Replies: 14
Views: 594

Re: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest

Orders less than a pallet are accepted if pick-up is local at Stout Tanks. I checked again today and the checkout system allows it. So if you can pick up in Portland it's an option. After the sale ends then grains will be handled by GW Kent (Michigan I believe). GW Kent sells those reasonably price...
by rubberduck71
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest
Replies: 14
Views: 594

Re: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest

greggn wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:22 am Great prices but did anyone read the fine print ?

>>Offer valid on FULL PALLETS ONLY, which is @ 40 bags
Holy crap -- missed that part! :shock:
by rubberduck71
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest
Replies: 14
Views: 594

MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest

I just got an email on this 75% off malted grain sale @ Stout Kettles in Portland, OR: https://conical-fermenter.com/malt-liquidation-sale/

It's not in my neighborhood, but if it helps you save some $$$, getcha some!
by rubberduck71
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: What Not To Use/Do
Topic: How to or not sell a still
Replies: 8
Views: 712

Re: How to or not sell a still

As I understand it, it's not illegal to have a still, or buy/sell one. Clawhammer, Brewhaus, MileHi, etc... would have all gotten busted.

I bought a used Brewhaus rig on Ebay after the seller asked this same question on Reddit. There were a few watchers, but no one besides me bid on it.
by rubberduck71
Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SCD's Crow Bourbon
Replies: 207
Views: 33854

Re: SCD's Crow Bourbon

I used a half gallon in a 23 gallon mash. My water comes in at 7.0 consistently. I really don't do any worse conversion wise when I don't use backset. So Deplorable, if I read your post correctly, you're adding a smidge of backset from previous same recipe to the boiler charge? Is that on stripping...
by rubberduck71
Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Boilers
Topic: Stilling in a BrewZilla 35l?
Replies: 28
Views: 4176

Re: Stilling in a BrewZilla 35l?

AWESOME! Thank you! What "setting" or temp does the digiboil need to be at during the run? Just full blast? As mentioned by Howie above, just set it to "max" or in the Digiboil's case 212F. Vapors will come off starting ~170-180F in the boiler. For my rig, the head temp is usual...
by rubberduck71
Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: Boilers
Topic: Stilling in a BrewZilla 35l?
Replies: 28
Views: 4176

Re: Stilling in a BrewZilla 35l?

Duck, I have a quick question about your setup. Could I Start my spirit run by Turning on Both Elements to heat up the mash faster. Then right before its at 150 turn off the 500w element and just use the power controller to run that element? Also, is there a certain "setting" i need to us...
by rubberduck71
Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 737466

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Helped a buddy with a "new to him" rig for a rum run. ~11 gal of "shoofly wine" [wink, wink] through 4" column with 3 plates. 6 hrs to assemble, leak check, heat up, & complete. ~11x500 ml of 75-85% ABV + 2.3 L of tails. Airing out for 2 days & then will help him mak...
by rubberduck71
Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:27 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Hello from Ding Dong
Replies: 7
Views: 289

Re: Hello from Ding Dong

Welcome to the rabbit hole!

If you're from a certain age bracket (and humor mindset) you'll get this reference:
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by rubberduck71
Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: YLAY rice drop in pH
Replies: 17
Views: 797

Re: YLAY rice drop in pH

Sorry, i searched but couldn't find the answer I did 7.5# short grain rice that i chopped in a blender (no mill). I made as much powder / flour as i could without letting all the magic smoke out of the blender. Added 4gal hot tap water pH 6.8 and pitched yellow lable (starter for liquor) Angel Yeas...
by rubberduck71
Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 737466

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

I also brew quite a bit of beer, and usually just dump the grains out back for the deer. Do you get decent flavor out of the 2nd use of grains using them this way? This is just my 2nd batch doing this, but I don't see it being much different than doing a sugarhead on a whiskey wash (other than smal...
by rubberduck71
Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 737466

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Brewed up a partial mash Franziskaner kit since I had an empty keg slot since Xmas. It's in my 6 gal Torpedo Keg pressure fermenter. Did a sugarhead on the 'spent' grains to make a small batch of whiskey! I have a just over a liter of product oaking on this same process from the Blue Moon clone I di...
by rubberduck71
Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: All Bran Recipe
Replies: 2021
Views: 387139

Re: All Bran Recipe

Wildcats wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:36 pm Got a 60lt ferment going. One box of all bran , one box of raisins bran and 22 lb of sugar, dap, Red Star. Will strip then spirit run. Gonna age this one on new white oak. Cheer's
Not that it'll hurt anything, but why the DAP? The nutrients needed will come from the all bran.
by rubberduck71
Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Honey Bear Bourbon
Replies: 1197
Views: 192347

Re: Honey Bear Bourbon

Bradster68 wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:37 am Iv got various things to sip on,so.... hopefully I can stay out of this till it reaches a nice age like that 🍻
That's what sugarheads are for!!! I'm sipping on my 6 month old S.H. HBB & it's fantastic. Meanwhile the A/G sits undisturbed...
by rubberduck71
Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Stills and still building information
Topic: Advice for my first still setup
Replies: 42
Views: 3515

Re: Advice for my first still setup

Fyi for Steelers_stiller - if you follow this recommendation above be aware that each of those 1500w elements will need to run on a separate circuit. If you run other appliances on any of those circuits, you will want to turn them off while stilling. If your shed is like mine you don’t have easy ac...
by rubberduck71
Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:39 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Thumper?
Replies: 624
Views: 265180

Re: Thumper?

:roll: I was stripping washes that size with a 15 gallon keg boiler and same for the thumper. I now run a 26 gallon milk can boiler that still meets the accepted size. I'd rather do one big final distillation than many small ones. I'm with you on the time savings. Multi-plated columns with dephlag ...
by rubberduck71
Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:30 am
Forum: Stills and still building information
Topic: Advice for my first still setup
Replies: 42
Views: 3515

Re: Advice for my first still setup

There's another thread around here talking about those Kent kegs. No negative reviews, but you will definitely need to be careful on length of elements and/or consider ones that "curve" so they don't touch. Also, if you're already dropping the $$$, go 3" or 4" column. That keg co...
by rubberduck71
Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: Walmart Deer Corn - Beware
Replies: 7
Views: 818

Re: Walmart Deer Corn - Beware

If anyone has north GA recommendations I’d love to hear them. You close to Stapleton, GA ? https://augusta.craigslist.org/grd/d/stapleton-corn/7698051323.html Thank you. That’s probably a little further from me than the TSC, but probably better corn. Will check that out. Do you have a local brewing...
by rubberduck71
Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Open talk, brandy/whisky still rig brainstorming
Replies: 13
Views: 1936

Re: Open talk, brandy/whisky still rig brainstorming

2-3 plates are good for rums/whiskey/tequila if time savings for one-and-done runs is what's most important to you. I have a buddy with a 4"x6 plate rig, & we run 3 plates for flavored stuff. It's aging well. I cannot say for certain it's better or worse than double distillation. We haven't...
by rubberduck71
Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Thumper contents
Replies: 11
Views: 2086

Re: Thumper contents

+1 to advice above. How full is the thumper at the end of your run? And is the wash completely done (i.e. 1.000 SG or less)? If you're running low & slow, energy into the boiler may not be the problem, but residual sugars may be??? I run a double thumper set up: 20% ABV (feints + wash) in 1st, 4...
by rubberduck71
Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Boilers
Topic: Buy vs Convert keg
Replies: 49
Views: 2524

Re: Buy vs Convert keg

Yes seems like a good price, I guess less than half what I paid though I wanted the extra watts. The electrical connection looks a little different. I like being able to disconnect my cord at the element and not sure these will work that way. What did you use to close off the Racking Arm port? The ...
by rubberduck71
Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: General Stilling questions
Topic: Thumper question
Replies: 17
Views: 1161

Re: Thumper question

You can do one-and-dones if you have a thumper. Not quite a true 2x distillation, but if you run it correctly & make strict cuts, you end up with a very good product.