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A few photos of our first full size corn mash. Very first mash so there's no backset yet.
Me handing cracked corn to my partner.
Corn mash being agitated by the mash tun rakes during the boil.
300 gallons of corn mash fermenting.
That's a lot of grain.
Me handing cracked corn to my partner.
Corn mash being agitated by the mash tun rakes during the boil.
300 gallons of corn mash fermenting.
That's a lot of grain.
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well
As Zappa put it, "The Torture Never Stops." There's always more and more paperwork but we're certainly glad to be producing legal alcohol at last.
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cylinders
those are pneumatic valves which control where we can pump/drain the wort etc.
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rakes
The mash is agitated by rakes inside the mash tun. There's also one along the bottom which is slanted and about 3" high which rotates. What you see in the mash tun is a thin wort I ran over the grains since I couldn't ferment on the grains this time as I normally do.
At the top of the photo you'll see a round ring. It's got holes drilled along the bottom at various angles and this is what is used if the wort is sparged.
At the top of the photo you'll see a round ring. It's got holes drilled along the bottom at various angles and this is what is used if the wort is sparged.
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Re: rakes
the easy answer is that I need to give the grains to a farmer and I have no way to dry them out...not sure they'd want drunk cattleAidas wrote:Why not?Uncle Jesse wrote: since I couldn't ferment on the grains this time as I normally do.
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Re: rakes
Most corporate-farmed cows should have cirhossis from the fermented silage (I think I've read that somewhere...)Uncle Jesse wrote:
the easy answer is that I need to give the grains to a farmer and I have no way to dry them out...not sure they'd want drunk cattle
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Well, maybe not most of them, although I'm not doubting the fact that a few might. Most feedlots use corn because a batch of spoiled silage can kill an entire herd. (Listeria mold will tend to do that)
Anyway, I'm glad that you've actually gotten off the ground and are in the process of making real spirits. Stupid government regulations making businesses so hard to start.
Anyway, I'm glad that you've actually gotten off the ground and are in the process of making real spirits. Stupid government regulations making businesses so hard to start.
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"Don't steal. The government hates competition."
"Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see"
20lt small pot still, working on keg