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used 50 ltrs of water (10 gals ish)
as have a 60 ltr still and like a bit of head room
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RD01

thanks to all

hi
just been offered a job load of frozen sweet corn .
i have a steam juicer and had an idea to run the corn in it then press the corn to get anything left inside
has anyone done this ?
and do you think it would work ?

thanks
RD01

hi again what a treat ran it and got just under 4 ltr at about 40% ABV of nice smelling and tasting low wines ran down to 10% ABV just to get as much as i could and to think was ready to dump the lot , thanks to you all got another 4 ltrs to add to the 10 ltrs of corn i have already got to do the sp...

thanks all
let you know what i get

start sg was about 1.04 but did not write it down but recall its was going to make about 5% ish
fg is just over 1.01 Temp a bit high about 26c
so looking on a beer chart would say its done
think I am going to run it and see what I get

Hi All did a grain bill of 10kg flaked corn 3 kg malted barley and some h temp amzy corn in bucket hot 60c lots of mixing barley cooked at 65c about 40mins all added to fermenter with 10g high temp amzs mixed every so often stood over night mixed again with a drill mixer popped in a hand full of bre...

thank you Sorry found a tread that says no one likes mason jay thumpers on here so sorry for that have ran it with apple pie mix in two jars with a little cin and a bit of honey just to see if I get more flavor has worked well I get the honey and a bit more apple , will leave it to stand for a few m...

Hi all please can you give me some advise , done an apple brandy pull of two gals at about 50% abv stood for a week now ready to do the spirit run using my three jar line on a 2" copper col pot still Q 1 should I use some of the back set (old mash) in the still and add my low wines Q 2 what sho...

put it all back in ran it again with some copper in the slight glass
not to bad now with a little strawberry at the end
let it stand for a time see how it finnishes

thanks
rd01

great
thank you all
note on the loss of spirit that makes sense now after leaving some run in for 12 months and only got a small amount out was thinking i had a leak but could not find any makes on the barrel .

thank you all again
RD01

thanks its a new still to me so just playing with it to get to know it 80c temp was at the top of the column was using the new power controler at that temp got nice flow from condenser i was thinking it was the bread yeast cus not used with fruit before but good point more strawberrys less sugar ten...

Hi Just done a strawberry shine 15 kg straws 5 kg sugar bit lemon juice 30 ltrs water bread yeast all went well fermented off in two weeks showed done on hyd way past the green line have done stripping run got a bit of a taste to it (wife think metalic ) i think aniseed not much straw flavor was pot...

so thats a goer then thank you

Hi to all stillers just after any advice/ help from anyone about conditioning my small oak barrels (2 ltrs and 3ltrs med char ) here goes if I was to fill one with sherry and let it stand for a few months then refill with something else like bourbon (at 60%) would it pull more notes in to the bourbo...

After looking at your picture and taking the time to view all the bits and bobs
I can only say MEGA well done thats a thing of beauty I shall take a few mins to myself in a dark room

Thank you
Great post

Hi Crazy Welcome to the Uk , sorry the UK is shut today due to bad weather but will re open shortly (thats normal here in the UK bit of snow and everything stops hope no bad guys work this out and buy a couple of snow makers they would take over the UK in a week ) but anyway nice set up , i run a t5...

looks good happy stilling

Hi Gents With ref to the molasses it took me an age to find it in the UK in 25kg tubs but find it I did from a catering company BAKO of london and south east look them up was a good price also do loads of other stuff for making a wash not sure if you can buy direct from catering companies in the USA...

Hi JPL
Sorry no the name came from my dog as she looks like a big rat and kills anything that moves

good looking still
enjoy
RD01

thanks

do you leave them in when pot stilling or just use the liquil
seems to be going real well the skins are moving up and down bit like a larva lamp
thanks
RD01

Hi All Had a bumper crop of grapes this year so pressed them a and made some wine just to see if i could but after pressing I had a large pile of grape skins and plup (grapes are seedless ) had a look on interweb to see what i could do with them and grapper came up so not wanting to waste anything i...

looks good
time for a happy dance

LWTCS just remember the old
I would like be there during its commissioning to check alls well and short any minor issues if any arise

thanks to all lots to think about

RD01

i am going to run the 5 gal i got then do the spirit run
leave it to air for a day or so then go for it the barrels are only small 3lt oak med charr

thanks
RD01

Hi Sporacle yer I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to the lower stuff tend to put the stuff below 40% in a jar and put in my next run (so have a jar of real low stuff to put in my next run) will take the next run right down and mix it all together for my spirit run adding backset to the boiler for t...

thank you backset is what I was thinking of sorry for not being clear I have got it in my head that I read somewhere that if you put some backset in with your low wines it can carry over more flavor in your spirit run have checked my notes last night and have done this with a rum i did sometime ago ...

sorry nice jars

Rd01