amount of mash to distillate ratio
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amount of mash to distillate ratio
Is there a standard formula or rule-of-thumb ratio for estimating how much distilled product that you will get from your mash...say for example you have five gallons of a corn mash...of that five gallons...how much distillate can you expect?
Re: amount of mash to distillate ratio
Going by the gravity, the hydrometer usually has a potential alcohol listed by the gravity reading or use an online calc to figure the alcohol potential for the gravity.
5 gallons of wash at 10% alcohol would be a half gallon of 100% alcohol, or 3/4 gallon run off at 75%.
5 gallons of wash at 10% alcohol would be a half gallon of 100% alcohol, or 3/4 gallon run off at 75%.
Re: amount of mash to distillate ratio
Too many variables to give a precise answer... You get what you get... You'll learn how much your rig will produce from your wash through experience... I know what I get but that won't be what you get because we don't know the potential %ABV of your wash, what you are running for a still, how you'll run it, how you'll make cuts, etc...
Or, my usual answer to such a question, "How long is a piece of string?"...
Or, my usual answer to such a question, "How long is a piece of string?"...
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Re: amount of mash to distillate ratio
Based on your post I would guess you will get one bottle.
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Re: amount of mash to distillate ratio
Sometimes one bottle is all you need!MichiganCornhusker wrote:Based on your post I would guess you will get one bottle.
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Re: amount of mash to distillate ratio
corene1 wrote:Sometimes one bottle is all you need!MichiganCornhusker wrote:Based on your post I would guess you will get one bottle.