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Drank about 4 fingers worth of my corn/sweetpotatoe/oat whiskey. Its sitting now at 90 proof. I put s bit of water into it. It's less than a week off the pipe and is my 1st attempt at a all grain whiskey ( other than booners I refluxed). Definitely not harsh at all I an can detect the sweet potatoe ...

Or, you could do an artificial version of seasoning that doesn't take a couple of years. I do this for raw wood chips and raw, pre-cut sticks. I put the chips or sticks in a 1 gallon container of water and let it soak for about a week. I then remove them to a drying screen and allow them to dry for...

I used some in a whiskey that has yet to be separated. Used canned and fresh....

I'm curious for an update.

1st attempt at AG

12 cracked corn
2lb rolled oats
10lbs sweet potatoes ( some canned some fresh)

In 10 gallons.

Og was 1.030. My mashing may have sucked, used high temp enzymes.

I'm stuck with it but gonna see how it goes.

Just got in how to brew book, and will be refining my process.

It's dead Jim. I checked and i saw more dead bugs than actual sweetfeed. Looks like they ate themselves to death. The Corn and oats were molded, no bugs thou. I learned a lesson. If your gonna be stupid gotta be tough. Wont leave grains outside again ever. Next time a close to airtight container

Put some sweetfeed outside last year in a big covered recycling bin that was not airtight Also some cracked corn/oats. ( unopened)

Sweetfeed has all kinds of bugs in top
Give it a shot or throw it out?

Its wet outside so I didn't investigate much, I'll see how bad it is tommrow

Redluxed to 190 and proofed down to 80. It taste like vodka, albeit sweet, it smells like vodka but I have to drink alot! To get s buzz. Wiered. Let the lady folk taste it to make a lemon drop and got good reviews but she said she also didnt feel anything. Have 3 literes making SPD. Another batch I ...

Yall are great. If it doesn't clear up I'll re-run it.

Distillate was crystal clear. Got cloudy when I proofed down. Probably the jar.. taste great and clean.

Proofed down a jar after in a different jar...still clear. So I blame the jar.

Good afternoon. Started my 1st reflux again today. Did two stripping runs of Birdwatchers and ended up with 1.5 gallons of low wines.... I forgot the Abv. But I know I added about 3.5 gallons to bring the proof down before refluxing. 1st off. I learned a valuable lesson.......if using Firehouse subs...

Did my 2nd strip run. Looks like I have about about 1.5gallons of low wines. Getting to impatient to wait for another stripping run on a new bsch ( I know, patient mans game) I plan on refluxing it. My question is should I let the low wines air out for a few days before spirit3eun? Or eff it and let...

Ran my 1st Birdwatchers a few days ago with my new controller from Stilldragon. I initially came here and pulled the trigger because of George, so naturally I had a PID. I've read all the the threads and took heed to what everyone says. Anywho. Man...the speed at which my still was pumping out produ...

Did you grind the corn? Finer grind increases efficiency. If it was heated to gelatinization temp, no need to reheat and you may have denatured the amylase since it wasn't hi temp. How warm when you added amylase? Corn was not ground up. I used a 10gallon cooler as a mashtun with a spigot and poure...

Experimented with Cracked corn and powdered Amalsyze (high temp stuff is on order) 10lbs in what ended up 7 gallons with a gravity of 1.030......I know its low. I'll mention that I started the project late in the evening so yeah things were not efficent. I was sleeping with Temps dropped to 155F ish...

Just mixed my 1st sweetfeed. Waiting for it to cool down a tad.

I'm in day 16 of my 1st two attempts at Birdeatchers. Checked my gravity a few mins ago and thankfully it will be done tommrow. It's fairly close to 1.000. SG was 1.090 ( I know a bit high) I used 2 separate 5g buckets: one with Fleishmans the other with Red Star. Fleishemans seems to be further ahe...

Will definitely keep a notebook

I even ran into my 1st problem. But I know this is a long game and I'm all in.

Thank you very much. I figure I can fumble thru this. It's amazing we have way more information available at our finger tips then the generations before us. 8Gallon pot with combo combination tower. Weill stick to vodkas untill I hone everything in. Then move on to Ag vodka. Will make some UJSSM or ...

Hi all, first off I want to say that I have been lurking here for about 3 months solid and another year on and off. And between this site, Jessie,Geoege,Randy and others on youtube I think I have a firm foundation on which I plan to build. I have read the necessary reading and even purchased a book ...