Search found 240 matches
- Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:51 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Brass fittings
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2146
- Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:33 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Operation Falcon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1981
- Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:04 am
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: What can I use?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2023
- Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:48 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: 20 die from bad liquor in India
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1905
- Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:44 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Pre-heating mashing water
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1766
- Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:09 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Pre-heating mashing water
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1766
Pre-heating mashing water
Last night in an inpromtu test mash, I ground up some corn&barley and poured it in some water. I then heated the mash to gelatinize the starches. As I was stirring the slowly heating mash I started to wonder if I could avoid alot of this stirring(and potential grain scorching) by heating the wat...
- Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:12 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Malt Low Wine
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1177
- Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:10 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: baseball
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1254
- Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:16 am
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: Reusing Yeast
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3988
- Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:39 am
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: Reusing Yeast
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3988
Well, there are two ways to reuse yeast. The first is a labour intensive method used to preserve yeast strains which involves extracting and cleaning the yeast, etc. The second method is to simply leave a bit of the gooey stuff(technical term) at the bottom of the fermenter when you pour the rest in...
- Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:29 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Problem with my Mash?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4146
- Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:15 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: What do you have fermentin'?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19904
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:16 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Just Finished my First Run!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1799
It sounds like you had a great first run. There are a few things you can do to to further change the taste: 1. Put the alcohol in the freezer for a while and then run it through a coffee filter. This is called chill filtration. 2. Use activated carbon as a filter. 3. Aerate the the alcohol for a lit...
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:02 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: New guy here -- the question is build or buy?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5608
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:24 am
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: Distilling Methanol
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3295
All the calculations for ethanol should work fairly well for methanol. Since the boiling temp of methanol is less than that of ethanol, the equations on this site will underestimate the purity of your product by a little bit. With a reflux still, I would imagine that you should have no problem achie...
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:18 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: mashing
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2989
If you look around you should be able to find a 20L stainless steel stock pot for around US$15-20. A few months ago I bought one for US$7 when they were on sale at a local supermarket. Also, if you use a cheap stockpot, it is likely that the steel will be rather thin, so you may want to use a heat d...
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:54 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Coffee Liqueur Essence
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12746
- Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:49 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Mail Question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5510
We've had some problems with people who don't register in the past :lol: , so there is a bit of pent up hostility on this forum. Anyway, I'm not sure if you can send high proof alcohol through the USPS, but I know that you can send it through FedEx so long as you declare that it is high proof. There...
- Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:52 pm
- Forum: Boilers
- Topic: New used copper pot
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5811
Well, to get an airtight seal between the lid and the stock pot, I split a piece of tygon tubing lengthwise and cover the lip of the stock pot with it. Next, I have 8-10 little clamps that I made that press the lid and the pot together. The clamps work fairly well altough I have had some problems wi...
- Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:33 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: random question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5106
- Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:41 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Containers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3390
According to Whisky Technology, Production and Marketing There was a study study done on the effect of PET plastic leaching into high proof ethanol. Supposedly after about a year, there were sup-micro gram per liter concentrations of the plastic in the ethanol. Whether or not that level is detectabl...
- Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:39 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Sand bath heat diffuser
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2201
I tried using a sand bath this weekend and I was quite happy with the results. My boiler is a 5 gallon stock pot that is 12 inches in diameter so I bought a 12 inch pizza pan and filled it with about a quarter inch of sand. The amount of surging in the boiler was reduced a fair amount and the heat l...
- Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:25 pm
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: sugar in malt wash?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4147
- Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:10 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Does distilling smell?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4486
- Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:53 pm
- Forum: Forum Rules, Notifications and Helpful Hints
- Topic: New WIKI - USE IT
- Replies: 124
- Views: 128132
- Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:48 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Glass pickle jar boiler
- Replies: 91
- Views: 35576
The first still I ever made was similiar in design to that one, except instead of a jar I used a half gallon whisky bottle as a boiler and a wine bottle with a hole punched through the bottom as a condenser. About a foot of copper tubing connected the boiler to the condenser, a house fan blew on the...
- Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:32 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: making a hydrometer
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11805
- Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:25 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Glass pickle jar boiler
- Replies: 91
- Views: 35576
- Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:10 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: making a hydrometer
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11805
- Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:45 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: making a hydrometer
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11805
If you're interested in making your own hydrometer, it can certainly be done. With a bit of practice, and a bit of luck, you can set the range over which the hydrometer works for whatever you want. The smaller the range, the more precise it will be. Here's a link to a few hydrometers I made myself. ...