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by Just 4 Fun
Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:54 am
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?
Replies: 11
Views: 3134

Re: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?

Been a while since I’ve logged in and wanted to follow up on this thread. The rhubarb/cot turned out ok but not great. Tried cots on their own but not a taste I enjoyed. So far from all my fruit/sugar washes my 2 favourite are rhubarb and red currant either on their own or combined. Looking forward ...
by Just 4 Fun
Mon May 28, 2018 3:50 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Just Post a Pick of your Rig
Replies: 359
Views: 175096

Re: Just Post a Pick of your Rig

Here’s a couple birds
by Just 4 Fun
Sun May 27, 2018 6:18 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Just Post a Pick of your Rig
Replies: 359
Views: 175096

Re: Just Post a Pick of your Rig

180 proof from my lil still
by Just 4 Fun
Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:27 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Just Post a Pick of your Rig
Replies: 359
Views: 175096

Re: Just Post a Pick of your Rig

Built myself a copper parrot for Easter. Test drive it nxt weekend
by Just 4 Fun
Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:52 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Just Post a Pick of your Rig
Replies: 359
Views: 175096

Re: Just Post a Pick of your Rig

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Just finished a new still, 27L “essentia” stainless fermentor tank and 3/4 over 1/2 Liebig feed buy a pond pump from a 120L garbage can.
by Just 4 Fun
Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:18 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Rum guy from BC Canada
Replies: 19
Views: 1736

Re: Rum guy from BC Canada

Sent you an email
by Just 4 Fun
Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:57 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Rum guy from BC Canada
Replies: 19
Views: 1736

Re: Rum guy from BC Canada

Instead of using a bucket full of ice may I suggest a cheap 120L garbage can full of water as a heat sink, been using this setup since I started. In the summer months it gets warm after 2 or 3 back to back runs but in spring fall and winter it cools quickly. I use a tiny pond pump that runs 200L per...
by Just 4 Fun
Mon Jan 01, 2018 8:32 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Rum guy from BC Canada
Replies: 19
Views: 1736

Re: Rum guy from BC Canada

Welcome from the sunny okanagan bc, I’ve only been at this hobby for about 8 months and have done over 20 ferment/distillers of vairying types among them I did 2 batches of rum that turned out very well, have a 26’r that I just finished ok’ing with JD smoker chips. Any hoodle my basic recipe using a...
by Just 4 Fun
Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:23 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Just Post a Pick of your Rig
Replies: 359
Views: 175096

Re: Just Post a Pick of your Rig

nothing fancy but it werx
by Just 4 Fun
Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:01 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Hello From Okanagan BC
Replies: 6
Views: 698

Re: Hello From Okanagan BC

Sounds like you are well on yer way already, if yer more into vodka check out the tried and true recipes and look for birdwatchers. I’m in the okanagan too running a homemade milk can rig find it too small for what I’m doing. Would be interested in buying your keg still if you want to sell it, just ...
by Just 4 Fun
Sun Jun 18, 2017 5:27 pm
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?
Replies: 11
Views: 3134

Re: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?

Ran the barb off this weekend and I must say that I'm impressed, could have easily finished it off as a nice wine instead of boiling it but where's the fun in that lol. Now normally I double run everything but surprisingly the barb produced a little over one gallon at 42% from a 25L wash on the firs...
by Just 4 Fun
Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:54 am
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?
Replies: 11
Views: 3134

Re: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?

Well I ended up just doing rhubarb for now as all 3 of my fermenters are busy right now (1- rum,1- rice Krispy wash and the rhubarb.) I used 2 large freezer bags of chopped barb and boiled them to a sauce before adding them to the barrel then I inverted 4K of white sugar and topped it up to 25 litre...
by Just 4 Fun
Sun May 28, 2017 5:56 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Hello from Canada
Replies: 10
Views: 1220

Re: Hello from Canada

Welcome from BC.
Nice to see Canada represented well here.
Curious as to what kind of still you have and what your goals are.
I have been having good results from Odin's cornflake recipe and my own version of rum, make nice mojito's for the summer.
by Just 4 Fun
Fri May 12, 2017 5:33 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First Of Many And Many Firsts
Replies: 4
Views: 810

Re: First Of Many And Many Firsts

Well for what it's worth the rum tuned out very good, netted 6 pints of 50% abv out of a 23L ferment.

Thinking I may try it again soon since there is a lot less mess to clean up compared to OCW.

Problem is I prefer to sip the OCW over the rum.
by Just 4 Fun
Sun May 07, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?
Replies: 11
Views: 3134

Re: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?

Think I may have posted this question in the wrong section.

Maybe one of the mods can move it to the right one.

My bad.
by Just 4 Fun
Sun May 07, 2017 7:57 am
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: Appriccot & Rhubarb ?
Replies: 11
Views: 3134

Appriccot & Rhubarb ?

Just wondering if any of ya'll have ever tried this combo or am I wasting my time? I have Lots of giant rhubarb in my yard and a nice apricot tree as well and every year we get more than we can use. Probably gonna try a 5 gal batch when the cots are done. Thinking boil the crap out of all the fruit ...
by Just 4 Fun
Fri May 05, 2017 12:41 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First Of Many And Many Firsts
Replies: 4
Views: 810

Re: First Of Many And Many Firsts

More photos.
by Just 4 Fun
Fri May 05, 2017 12:40 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First Of Many And Many Firsts
Replies: 4
Views: 810

First Of Many And Many Firsts

So as I stated in my introduction a few weeks ago my dad gave me his old rig and in those few weeks of messing around i've found the learning curve to be very steep indeed. (maybe cause I'm a little O.C.D) In the last few week I've processed a lot of stuff and Built a few things as well, I'll try to...
by Just 4 Fun
Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:48 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New Guy From BC
Replies: 8
Views: 479

Re: New Guy From BC

Maybe now is a good time to ask what ya'll think about my idea of using copper plumbers strap inside the 5/8" copper riser from the kettle to condenser instead of strait 3/8 tubing which is how my dad ran her? My thinking was to try and introduce more surface area of copper in the vapor trail....
by Just 4 Fun
Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:51 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New Guy From BC
Replies: 8
Views: 479

Re: New Guy From BC

Maybe now is a good time to ask what ya'll think about my idea of using copper plumbers strap inside the 5/8" copper riser from the kettle to condenser instead of strait 3/8 tubing which is how my dad ran her? My thinking was to try and introduce more surface area of copper in the vapor trail. ...
by Just 4 Fun
Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:59 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New Guy From BC
Replies: 8
Views: 479

Re: New Guy From BC

Forgot to post a pic of my Mickey Mouse rig lol
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by Just 4 Fun
Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:09 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New Guy From BC
Replies: 8
Views: 479

Re: New Guy From BC

The father in law brought over 3 gallons of cherry wine from last year that he didn't much care for and we tossed it in the pot...... This time I ran it a little harder and we got 3L of brandy @ 38% abv and was able to easily tell when the tails started. Forgot to mention that I'm doing all this wit...
by Just 4 Fun
Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:12 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New Guy From BC
Replies: 8
Views: 479

New Guy From BC

Last winter my dad gave me his ol' homemade pot still he used to run back in the 80's. In the last few weeks I figured I'd set it up and test it out, as part of my o.c.d research I stumbled across this site and figured I'd join. Did a couple vinegar and water runs just to clean it all out and found ...