My first econ-o-wash wash

[biggeroots]

I just added more water and yeast, nothing happening yet. Cant believe the recipe is wrong!!

[T-Pee]

It seems the recipe was wrong! Do you think i could just put in the remaining yeast( 220g) i have left , add water to 80ltrs?

Whatever it takes to get down to <1.090.

tp

[biggeroots]

SG was 1.090 after i reckoned it finished, have now added water and yeast and its 1.087. Still no action half hour later.
I'll give it an hour then dump it all.

[bellybuster]

an hour?? wholly he of little patience Batman!!!

If it is now sitting 1.087 you have barely added any water. I would add at east 20 litres if you have the room for it. Give it a good 24 hours at least before worrying about it starting back up. You have to remember it is already alcoholic.
I believe this can be salvaged, it may not be your best shine but may end up a decent bit of hearts.

correction... It certainly won't be your best, even your next will be better.

[bellybuster]

just went back to see what you have for a still, a Nixon Stone. You should be able to clean this wash up pretty good with it. I f I can pull odourless tasteless alcohol form nasty heads and tails feints mix you should be able to get a decent drop from this.

[biggeroots]

YIPPEE.. panics over...its bubbling away now. It smells a bit more pungent now. Yes BellyB I have little patience left these days. Barrel is now approx 80ltrs. I put 320g of fresh yeast slurry, and some plant food. Fingers crossed!.... and thanks for your support folks:)

[Mikey-moo]

How did this turn out in the end?

[biggeroots]

Hi. I just finished the distilling . It seems to have turned out ok although there isnt a great deal of spirit. 4.5 ltrs of 86 % as an average. Still have stacks of juice left in boiler.
Its drinkable but i cant tell if its good or not so good, gets me sloshed with no headaches etc.
I checked the abv of the remaining wash and its got no alchohol in it.
I collected it in 750ml bottles as thats all i had.
I wonder if its ok to mix all of it together?
The whole period of take off was onle 2 and a 1/4 hrs
The stream was rather long comin out of the tap
The whole column and boiler are very well insulated and i did let it reflux for a while.
Temp was stable all through and rose suddenly so i stopped it, the last bottle is 87% alchohol.
The fores i dumped was 900 mils as i wasnt sure when to stop.
At one point the machine chuffed a bit as i messed with the cooling when in reflux at one point during the run, which brought about a blackish load of product t with bits in !
Think i'll go with another tried and tested recipe next time.
Thanks for your help and advice.

[T-Pee]

How did you clean the inside of your rig before this "drinking" run?

tp

[biggeroots]

steam run and a vinega run>

[planethax]

Then you should NOT be drinking this run.
You should Sacrifice this run as now with the High Alcohol it will take out more nasties and crap and final cleaning.

[planethax]

Also need to read up on doing CUTS before your first Product run.