What'd ya'll make today?

[Farside]

We had a colder than expected night last night (-28C or -18.5F) and all my cider was frozen pretty solid. So I broke it up with a wooden spoon and tipped it all into the strainer.

I checked my corn wash mash and it's happily brewing away again with no sign of and weirdness.

I think it has something to do with mash consistency ( all that milled ground corn), and the yeast trub, but when I strain the wash, it always gets stuck and I have to get in there and stir the grain bed up so that the liquid can pass through. Even when sparging. My holes are sized for all malt brewing so maybe they're too small...

Anyway, I noticed on my first spirit run that my wash had clearly undergone a lactic fermentation as there was a distinct sour taste that I know from brewing all grain beer. I turn the mash bed up with my bare hands (that have been washed), but your skin contains a thin layer of lactic acid bacteria all over your body. I'm thinking I inoculate my wash with lactobacillus during this straining process which I think is a good thing in this case as I'm not following a sour mash process.

BTW, these bacteria on your skin are essential for making cured sausage, and is why the meat should be mixed with bare hands. I make sauerkraut the same way.

[tombombadil]

Im doing stripping and spirit runs on some all molasses rum. Might get a cider going too, haven't decided on that one yet.

[Farside]

You can do it! Apple brandy rocks!

[NZChris]

Cumin Gouda cheese.

[SwollenGoat23]

Pulled appox 40lbs of last years Muscadines & Blackberries, 3lbs of Strawberries & 1.5lbs of Raspberries from the freezer. The Mother-in-law has officially moved into my 500sq ft brew house, just as I was almost completely setup...
So, in a fast and dirty effort to get my makings out of her way, I wound up with maybe 8gal of juice and pulp and some EC1118.
I'll need a drink later I'm sure...

[dieselduo]

Just finished a sorachi ace S.M.A.S.H

[Farside]

Pulled appox 40lbs of last years Muscadines & Blackberries, 3lbs of Strawberries & 1.5lbs of Raspberries from the freezer. The Mother-in-law has officially moved into my 500sq ft brew house, just as I was almost completely setup...
So, in a fast and dirty effort to get my makings out of her way, I wound up with maybe 8gal of juice and pulp and some EC1118.
I'll need a drink later I'm sure...

Maybe it can be your new specialty product. "Mother in Law's Tongue"

[NZChris]

Sage Derby cheese. Someone I'd never met before dropped off 8 gallons of raw milk and I had to quickly think of something to do with it.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sage+de ... 98&bih=792

[Corkdork]

Just put 5 gallons of raw sugar wash into the refrigerator!

[NZChris]

Made Gouda cheese for smoking.

Collected Agave americana for making Mezcal de Pechuga.

My hops are ready for harvesting, but I didn't have time.

[light_spirited]

First time running my still in pot mode to strip a sugar wash.

[Farside]

Made Gouda cheese for smoking.

Collected Agave americana for making Mezcal de Pechuga.

My hops are ready for harvesting, but I didn't have time.

Apocalypse party at NZChris' place!!
What part of NZ do you live in? I have friends in Marlborough who own a vineyard, and more importantly, make and cellar their own wine from a portion of the harvest they don't sell

[SwollenGoat23]

Pulled appox 40lbs of last years Muscadines & Blackberries, 3lbs of Strawberries & 1.5lbs of Raspberries from the freezer. The Mother-in-law has officially moved into my 500sq ft brew house, just as I was almost completely setup...
So, in a fast and dirty effort to get my makings out of her way, I wound up with maybe 8gal of juice and pulp and some EC1118.
I'll need a drink later I'm sure...

Maybe it can be your new specialty product. "Mother in Law's Tongue"

LoL!
I'll keep y'all posted on the out come!

[SaltyStaves]

Spirit run on a rum. Humidity in the garage today is off the chart. I won't be waiting till tomorrow to bottle this. There'd be no alcohol left!

[NZChris]

Haloumi and ricotta cheese, plus dealing with four other types of cheese I've made in the last few days.

I'm getting a bit of a backlog of distilling projects that need doing at this time of year.

[Windswept]

Just checked on my 6th generation of UJSSM and it's going gang-busters! I love this recipe for building stock. So far I have about 5 gallons of finished product aging in a barrel and 15 gallons of low-wines ready to strip.

[SwollenGoat23]

Update on the "Mother in Laws' Tounge".
Last night absolutely no sweetness, (remember, fast n dirty, no sg taken) muscadine came out on top as a seed like flavor followed by a solid hint of Strawberry somewhere in the middle and something like raspberry at the finish.
I may continue the update in a more appropriate thread.....like brandy! Lol not sure yet whether to bottle or run it.....

[Gatorbite]

Started my first UJSSM this week, only my second attempt at making anything, it’s bubbling away, stripping this first gen next week some time. Really looking forward to trying a lot of small batch recipes to see what I like and can come up with. Big thanks and cheers to those pioneers/posters who came before us and laid out so much ground work for peeps like me. I started this hobby this past Christmas and already know I’m hooked for life. So much so that I am now considering what kind of garden I want this year to possibly tap in to it for more homegrown flavors.

[dieselduo]

Bottled a sorachi ace SMASH and loaded the boiler with a rye whiskey

[rolling]

Was taking a break for a month or so, but now I'm home for what appears to be several weeks. Started a twenty gallon UJSSM, I'm kind of low on white to drink, this'll get me back in stock.

[Durhommer]

What'd I make today? A curbside order at the hb shop for #20golden promise #20breiss brewers 2 row#20belgain malt

[SaltyStaves]

Rum from the last of the summer molasses. Coconut seems like the predominant flavour already. I better make sure I don't use oak that is too heavily toasted, or it will be high proof Malibu.

[Beerswimmer]

Got going on the last 2 of 3 bourbon "mashes"(don't what to call them since I didn't mash) to fill a barrel. Bought enough corn to also do a 100% corn whiskey, never had or made a 100% corn whiskey. Very curious! Will probably keep 1/2 white and barrel the other half. Also bought enough molasses to fill a barrel and have a couple gallons of white overproof. Tomorrow I buy propane for all of this







I can't switch to electric soon enough.....

[BourbonStreet]

I did a feints run with heads and tails left from the last two or three UJSSM runs, and diluted it down. I ran it really slow, and it turned out amazing! 75% hearts on a regular pot still. I blended and diluted it down to 60%, and it is super smooth. I’ve been using the heads to sanitize my hands, and clean around the house. I even put some in the washer fluid tank of my truck!

[DetroitDIY]

What'd I make today? A curbside order at the hb shop for #20golden promise #20breiss brewers 2 row#20belgain malt

My local shop is offering the same, an excellent idea. I'm kicking off a 40 gal ferment of Panela wash today so I can get busy next weekend.

[pope]

Same at my lhbs. Got in there to get a co2 refill and two batches worth of specialty grains the day before they closed to customers, figure it’s pretty much a grocery store. Still building today and doing a birdwatchers so I can do a cleaning run and strip the rest.

[Tabucowboy]

Made 3 gal of 80% stripping run and mixed up another 30 gal batch of sugar wash.

[Beerswimmer]

Strained and squeezed 24 gallons of no mash bourbon wash into the kettle & thumper, bagged the spent grains and washed the fermenter. Stopping for lunch now, will strain another 24 gallons and put the clear wash into the first fermentor, bag and clean. After that I'll start stripping and while that's happening start up a 24 gallon molasses wash. Busy day, but I have the time to do it now.


ETA: Stripping now, using the hot cooling water to make the first rum wash.

[Windswept]

Last weekend I split a 20 gallon batch of UJSSM into two to see if I could, worked like a charm. Just finished stripping it now! Just waiting on my new condenser to do the spirit runs!

[Beerswimmer]

Had to wait a few days due to advice and my dog getting sick, today I stripped the last of 3 washes and got a 24 gallon molasses wash going with 7 gallons of Herdlife and 17 gallons water plus bread yeast.