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by Deplorable
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Newbie question; best use for corn mash leftover after squeezing
Replies: 5
Views: 59

Re: Newbie question; best use for corn mash leftover after squeezing

You can make a sugarhead, or feed em to the hogs, or compost them.
by Deplorable
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: General Stilling questions
Topic: ? on tails
Replies: 23
Views: 380

Re: ? on tails

sadie33 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:51 pm
Bolverk wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:51 am I tend to stop at 5-10% coming off the still.
that's where I usually stop. I went down to 4% and still not cloudy. I guess maybe a tint. Oh well.
That's a sign of a happy ferment if you ask me
by Deplorable
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Random Pics
Replies: 66
Views: 4283

Re: Random Pics

For those of you making mezcal / tequila... AgaveBat.jpg These bats are apparently threatened by the excessive demand for agave, which leads to plants being cut down before they mature enough to flower. Which means the bat gets no food. There are apparently responsible growers who leave a percentag...
by Deplorable
Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: Whiskey
Topic: Wheated bourbon
Replies: 43
Views: 1275

Re: Wheated bourbon

The Booze Pipe wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:20 pm I just purchased a 26 gallon milk can for striping. Can it be modified to strip on steam?
Can you buy an agitator for it?
by Deplorable
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:14 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: My first..... I dunno what this is, any help?
Replies: 4
Views: 197

Re: My first..... I dunno what this is, any help?

The infection (if it is one) would come on the grain. But that doesn't look like an infection to me. It just looks like the co2 is bubbling up through the grain cap.
by Deplorable
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:01 am
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Filling a second 5 gallon barrel
Replies: 6
Views: 2324

Re: Filling a second 5 gallon barrel

I did a 2nd fill barrel mill of 50/50 2 row pale and Marris Otter that I left for 18 months, and it was phenomenal. (Still hoarding a half gallon of it) You must really like Vanilla if you're thinking of adding beans to a 2nd fill barrel. I still got plenty of Vanilla on my 3rd fill of that barrel w...
by Deplorable
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SCD's Crow Bourbon
Replies: 207
Views: 33773

Re: SCD's Crow Bourbon

Wait till you have them try the CROW after a year or two of proper aging. IMHO, CROW is better than HBB. It's just a tad more work and Oats make the mash a suck to squeeze and clear.
by Deplorable
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:43 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Any ideas for old Malted Barley?
Replies: 12
Views: 373

Re: Any ideas for old Malted Barley?

I'd use it, with enzymes of course, and I'd make a single malt with it. Age it for at least a year on oak. If it didn't show promise, I'd turn it into vodka.
by Deplorable
Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 735016

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Finally made time to strip a ferment of 75/13/12 bourbon for a Badmo fill. I'm just about through the first boiler charge. The weather is getting warmer, and I have a lot to do outside this spring. Hopefully I can get in at least one more fermentation of HBB to age for a year on sticks on its way to...
by Deplorable
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Marble magic and a theory yet to be proven
Replies: 64
Views: 2309

Re: Marble magic and a theory yet to be proven

I've been toying with the idea of trying 10mm marbles in my 2" column, but haven't pulled the trigger. I need to figure out how many I need to fill 43 inches.
by Deplorable
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: 2" to 3" boiler adaptor
Replies: 17
Views: 470

Re: 2" to 3" boiler adaptor

I currently have a 2.5" column and use a 2.5" - 2" conical reducer to mate if to the keg top. It doesn't appear to cause me issues at all. But if you're going to a 3" column, 42" length is going to be a much bigger concern than a slightly narrow opening at the base. If I wa...
by Deplorable
Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:50 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First spirit run of first all Grain bourbon
Replies: 8
Views: 469

Re: First spirit run of first all Grain bourbon

Congrats on your first all grain spirit run. Nice work. Quick question, did you determine the hearts cut by abv or taste and smell? Your numbers don’t seem too crazy, but I suspect that you’ve cut a bit on the wide side if everything under 80%abv automatically went in the hearts cut. On the contrar...
by Deplorable
Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New to the community from the PNW.
Replies: 7
Views: 240

Re: New to the community from the PNW.

Welcome. There is a healthy contingent of PNW enthusiasts here making some really good products, with a wealth if knowledge. Sounds like you've got a lot of reading to do. Grab a scratch pad, and start taking notes. You can start acquiring all of the other necessary items while you wait on your stil...
by Deplorable
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Easy Large Batch Mashing
Replies: 385
Views: 128739

Re: Easy Large Batch Mashing

My boiler sits on the work bench. I drain boiling water straight into my drum while I mix in the corn.
I start with about 10 pounds of corn in the bottom of the barrel before I open the drain on the boiler.
I gell my 32 pound of corn in 20 gallons of water.
by Deplorable
Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: American Single Malt
Replies: 4
Views: 642

Re: American Single Malt

I did a pale, and C-75 caramel that's currently in two different badmo barrels with a little under a liter in glass on new charred American oak. Time will tell, but the mashes smelled fantastic. Its only been a couple months since they got put up, and I dont expect to get into them for a couple of y...
by Deplorable
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Whiskey
Topic: Wheated bourbon
Replies: 43
Views: 1275

Re: Wheated bourbon

Booze, if it makes you feel any better, my average OG is about 1.065 at just under 2.2 pounds of grain per gallon of water. Using the Gluco, you should finish at 1 or below. If it gets down to .990 you'll end up a 9% wash for the still. The bourbon I just squeezed started at 1.063 and finished at .9...
by Deplorable
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Easy Large Batch Mashing
Replies: 385
Views: 128739

Re: Easy Large Batch Mashing

Thanks for the math higgins. :thumbup: Booze Pipe, the gluco will help by continuing to converts starches to sugar during fermentation. I assume you are mashing in the 50 gallon kettle over a flame. How is it that you cant reach temps over 165F? If I pour 212 degree water into dry corn meal in a pol...
by Deplorable
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest
Replies: 14
Views: 593

Re: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest

squigglefunk wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:52 am malted grains do actually expire
Yes, but liquid enzymes will do the work.
by Deplorable
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Easy Large Batch Mashing
Replies: 385
Views: 128739

Re: Easy Large Batch Mashing

You can always ease into it if you're unsure, and start off with say 70# of grain in 35 gallons of water and see how much room you have left in your 50 gallon pot.
by Deplorable
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Easy Large Batch Mashing
Replies: 385
Views: 128739

Re: Easy Large Batch Mashing

So I’m not sure how I under-thought this, but I purchased a 50 gallon stainless steel pot for 40 gallon ferments. But it’s definitely too small! After getting into this, I now realize to ferment on the grain, the grain bed takes about 18 gallons of volume. 25# of medium grind cornmeal is equal to 4...
by Deplorable
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest
Replies: 14
Views: 593

Re: MASSIVE grain sale - Pacific Northwest

Saltbush Bill wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:18 am Sounds like a good opportunity for a group buy to me.
You know...
with a PNW meet up just around the corner, this isn't a bad idea.
by Deplorable
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Texas protecting its citizens
Replies: 13
Views: 944

Re: Texas protecting its citizens

Anonymous Tips Has the world changed, or are there just more 'Rat Finks' running around these days? Two threads about liquor or still bust, in HD's forum this morning. One in Johnson City, Tennessee and the other confusingly in Johnson County, Texas. Then the Texas story was linked to another bust ...
by Deplorable
Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Texas protecting its citizens
Replies: 13
Views: 944

Re: Texas protecting its citizens

The world is full of Karens and Kens who are itchin to turn folks in for not seeing the world through their lens, or because they don't have the cognitive ability to tell the difference between personal liberty, and an unjust law.
by Deplorable
Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Tennessee Seizure
Replies: 5
Views: 368

Re: Tennessee Seizure

These are reminders that not everyone views the world through the same lens.
Nobody needs to know how many firearms you own, all your hobbies, your religion, or political views.
The world is full of Karens and Kens itchin to snitch because you don't view the world through their lens.
by Deplorable
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:15 am
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Tennessee Seizure
Replies: 5
Views: 368

Re: Tennessee Seizure

Don't sell, don't tell.
The neighbor might be your friend today, but tomorrow he could be your worst fucking nightmare
by Deplorable
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:08 am
Forum: Meet & Mingle & Events
Topic: PNW Meet and drink 2023
Replies: 155
Views: 12899

Re: PNW Meet and drink 2023

The Booze Pipe wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:34 am If the group decides to do this in June, I would likely be able to make it! Although it sounds like a bit of a drive. What are the accommodations again? Camping, hotel, motel?
There is a small RV park, and a couple hotels in town.
RV park has no sewer dump.
by Deplorable
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:41 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Why CCVM?
Replies: 38
Views: 1321

Re: Why CCVM?

For me, it was the fastest, least expensive way to neutral. I only use it once or twice a year to run my whiskey feints. I don't drink much vodka or make a lot of stuff that requires high proof spirits, so why spend the money to build something more? If you have a stick of copper and you're making a...
by Deplorable
Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: getting ready for my first spirit run with new still...any advice..
Replies: 78
Views: 2096

Re: getting ready for my first spirit run with new still...any advice..

When I get home to my laptop, I can send you a link to a TTB PDF document that will give you the full calibration table by °F and ABV for a P&T hydrometer calibrated for 60°F. I find it very helpful because I admittably suck at math. It's quite a lengthy table. That would be great, thanks! I st...
by Deplorable
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: getting ready for my first spirit run with new still...any advice..
Replies: 78
Views: 2096

Re: getting ready for my first spirit run with new still...any advice..

When I get home to my laptop, I can send you a link to a TTB PDF document that will give you the full calibration table by °F and ABV for a P&T hydrometer calibrated for 60°F. I find it very helpful because I admittably suck at math. It's quite a lengthy table.