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what temperature are you at?

I just got a new neutral yeast to try and 50 pounds of rice plus some distillers malt as soon as I can make room in the fermenters I’ll try that, what yeast did you use some lager type yeasts put out sulfur, so do some bacterial infections

We had the Midwest get together recently, I took a leap of faith and had a few members here to my lake house without meeting them I will say it was an amazing time with great people and we learned a lot from each other those meetings are great for the hobby

You could do a mini mash buy heating up some water to about 150 and putting the grain in a small bag to steep remove the bag after about 45 min then add the liquid malt to that, cool and pitch yeast

I have used a few conversion kits and in my opinion the still dragon element mount is about as nice as they get. A good stainless 5500 watt element ( brewing suppliers and amazon have those) plus a controller will get you going. Lots of good conrtroller info here in this site,

I am intrigued by these stills I love the way they look and the promise of what they can do. Odin, Is there some white papers on how they function or more info out there?

Should be fine rack the clear and leave whatever settled out at the bottom the fermentor

round 2 on the wash. 28 lbs yellow cornmeal, 24 gallons of water. this was done in 3 batches using the ferm solutions enzymes, let it cool to 150 and add 6 lbs 2 row, 6 lbs each white and red wheat plus 3 lbs of honey malt in a 30 gallon plastic drum. let it sit over night, it cooled to 95 and i got...

I ran about 13 gallons and my yield was poor took about 11 pints average about 85%, I will say this however it’s very well could be the best thing I have made so far right out of the parrot, also the least amount of heads too. We are headed in the right direction thanks for the help and advice, grea...

Welcome, read and then read some more, your brewing experience will serve you well but you will find some differences, don’t be afraid to ask questions there is a wealth of knowledge here

I would think the copper should have at least made a fairly significant improvement try a quick side by side taste

i cut the whole bottom out and put it in another bucket, I will take a better picture of the 2X4 mount we made. it took 5 minutes with a jig saw
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water testing is done here highly recommended, https://www.wardlab.com/BrewersKitOrder.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow and everything you need to adjust your water to get a profile (which by the way will make a difference, the water in KY has a l...

I just got home. What a great time. Just want to thank everyone for coming, sharing stories, sharing processes, sharing the results of our various beverages and sharing our knowledge teaching each other. I walked away with a new world of possibilities, lots of new projects to build, recipie to try a...

Take an ohm meter and verify the start and finish resistance of the pot.

What potentiometer are you using ?

Same for me Jimbo I only have a few runs on my flute and clearly don’t have it figured out yet but I’m working on it. If I had to say right now I think they both have a place I’m my tool box

Interesting viewpoint, on some level I agree. There is a certain something about the potstill

I was looking for a duct reducer but I saw the water bottle in the shop and just went with it, glad I did the mill works great with a couple minor tweaks. Saved me a some money on the electric one that’s talked about here

I’m here so let’s do this I have a couple projects to do tomorrow I’m going to pick up someing to put in the smoker Saturday, thinking burnt end sandwiches, some baked beans and some kind of salad or slaw. I’ll make a sausage fatty for breakfast in the smoker too. We will figure out the rest when yo...

An FYI i'm leaving tonight so i will be there all day tomorrow except for a shopping trip after I get a delivery. Come when ever you want if you need direction or anything message me here I will be watching
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I’m up for whatever, I don’t know if anyone enjoys a cigar but I’ll bring a few we do have an exhaust system for smoke in the garage which is sort of the gathering room. Please if you are getting sugar, bring something that will hold 5 to 10 lbs that you might not mind leaving. Heavy zip locks might...

got my first batch in the fermentor, i need to refine my corn process I only got 1.048 but I think I let it cool to fast its bubbling right now though
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we make starters with the expired yeasts so bring them if you don't mind

Sure I will mix up a few jars and bring some

I don’t have Dundee but I’ll bring some yeast packets

Everything I have is young and not great but I’m bringing it anyway I’m sure we can all help each other and have fun. It might not be perfect but I’m sure it will have the desired effect

Thanks Bill you are one of the guys who have been instrumental in not only helping me but many others here

I had to mill som corn for a batch of HBB that I wanted to try, my trusty 2 roll mill can’t really handle corn and I remembered I had an old corona mill I got in trade. I went and got 2 homer buckets, a scrap of 2X4, and a plastic water cooler bottle. I mounted the mill in one bucket with the top of...

The next project for me was going to build a cater head since my wife likes gin and I have some ideas for interesting infusions that I want to try. I sent an email to the guy that I bought some stainless tees from for my column looking for some parts he indicated to me that he had a complete unit he...