What'd ya'll make today?

[GreenEnvy22]

Stripped the first 9 gallons of my 27 gallons of oat whiskey. Got about 1.5 gallons at 41%.

[oksofar]

Got another 15 gallons of bourbon mash percolatin' in the conical.

[GreenEnvy22]

did 2 more stripping runs today, and then the spirit run.
Sprit run started with 5.6 gallons @ 39%. Collected 12L across 30 jars. Will do cuts tomorrow.
I recorded the % and temp from top of the column every 1L collected, makes an interesting graph:

[rubberduck71]

On my new Kegland reflux column (underneath which I added a 24" SS spool with 2 rolls of copper mesh), I ran a small batch (mostly as an experimental run to see how this still head works) of ~1.5 gal of stripped oxidized wine @ 38%.

Pulled off ~2L of 95% (tested on 2 different alcometers, because I was skeptical!!!). The last 250 mL I saw the head temp rising & offtake slowing, and it had dropped to 72%, so shut it down.

Everything is airing out under coffee filters now (mostly 150 mL jars + a couple 250 mL's).

This was my very first run of reflux after the cleaning runs, so very excited to see how it turns out!!!

Duck

[GreenEnvy22]

After cuts, about 6L @ 66%.
Another 4L of feints.

[Dmcmullen]

Uncle Jesse's simple sour mash went in the fermonster earlier this evening.

[NZChris]

Four stripping runs of the annual brandy from our grapes. The average ABVs of the Low Wines is around 27%. I might do the spirit run tomorrow.

The pomace has been put back into the fermenter with sugar, but no backset, to make a lightly grape flavored base spirit for Gin, Absinthe, Ouzo and anything else that might benefit from a hint of grape.

[Durhommer]

Started my first sbb all molasses today 20 gallon with 55 pounds sg 1076

[Deplorable]

Racked a squeezed a 25 gallon bourbon mash. I got 11 gallons of clear and about another 12.5 of cloudy shit to clear, and froze the squeezins for a sugarhead later. No time to do it right now.

Washed everything, cleaned up, then played with my insanely energetic 8 year old lab for a while before fertilizing the lawn.
Now I'm sitting here after a few samples of my SSS, SPD, and BPD, enjoying a nice little buzz and its only 230. He'll, I may get drunk twice today. that's a good weekend!

[Deplorable]

Stripped the first 9 gallons of my 27 gallons of oat whiskey. Got about 1.5 gallons at 41%.


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Tidy little set up.

[Durhommer]

Racked a squeezed a 25 gallon bourbon mash. I got 11 gallons of clear and about another 12.5 of cloudy shit to clear, and froze the squeezins for a sugarhead later. No time to do it right now.
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Washed everything, cleaned up, then played with my insanely energetic 8 year old lab for a while before fertilizing the lawn.
Now I'm sitting here after a few samples of my SSS, SPD, and BPD, enjoying a nice little buzz and its only 230. He'll, I may get drunk twice today. that's a good weekend!

Looks like you had a busy day

[Deplorable]

Racked and squeezed a 25 gallon bourbon mash. I got 11 gallons of clear and about another 12.5 of cloudy shit to clear, and froze the squeezins for a sugarhead later. No time to do it right now.
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Washed everything, cleaned up, then played with my insanely energetic 8 year old lab for a while before fertilizing the lawn.
Now I'm sitting here after a few samples of my SSS, SPD, and BPD, enjoying a nice little buzz and its only 230. He'll, I may get drunk twice today. that's a good weekend!

Looks like you had a busy day

I thought about getting both fermenters going, one with a sugar head, and one with another bourbon mash, but I dont have enough buckets to store all that distillers beer until I can run it all.

[Durhommer]

I mostly just let it settle in the barrel then rack off of it it's been working just fine but I dont do much corn

[Deplorable]

I mostly just let it settle in the barrel then rack off of it it's been working just fine but I dont do much corn

It took me about 2.5 hours to squeeze 50# of grains. I recovered all but about 2 gallons from a 25 gallon mash. Squeezing corn is a labor of love.

[Durhommer]

I mostly just let it settle in the barrel then rack off of it it's been working just fine but I dont do much corn

It took me about 2.5 hours to squeeze 50# of grains. I recovered all but about 2 gallons from a 25 gallon mash. Squeezing corn is a labor of love.

Yeah it taste good I'll have to do another corn I have a half liter left

[Zeotropic]

I finally mashed my last bag of corn and when it is done I am going to have to decide what to make next but I am leaning towards rum just to see if I can make something drinkable because I don't like any of the store stuff I have tried.
I think this mash is going to be much more productive than my last few. I heated the corn to 205 this time and it gelled more than I have seen before. I think I might break my 6% record and get more than a gallon of cuts. At least I can be hopeful.

[kmmuellr]

Stripped 14gal of bourbon sugarhead wash.

K

[Durhommer]

Worked hard today

[NZChris]

Spirit run of my annual grape brandy. Buggered if I know how I'm going to get the cuts right. The shed smells like the family of rats I've been trying to poison has died under the floorboards.

[rubberduck71]

Spirit run of my annual grape brandy. Buggered if I know how I'm going to get the cuts right. The shed smells like the family of rats I've been trying to poison has died under the floorboards.

I hope you gave them the lower shelf stuff & kept the good stuff for yourself!

[NZChris]

They've been raiding our food scraps from the compost. I've just poured a bucket of backset down a hole that looks suspiciously like it leads to a rat's nest.

[NZChris]

Cuts are done. I had to take the samples outside and also away from a vine with fermenting grapes still on it.

[Toxxyc]

Installed cabinets in my brewery/distillery place at home, started organizing the chaos. Hopefully I'll have a super cool place to work in, soon.

[Rrmuf]

Getting ready to Sell our house .... so too freakin' busy to fire up the still. :-(

[Durhommer]

Did more lap siding today on this 3800 sq ft. Nightmare house

[NZChris]

I ran my recently acquired copper alembic today, using a Gin botanical bill that I've used before. The finished product looks more like a bottle of milk than a bottle of gin at 46% It makes a far more robust G&T than you will get with commercial gins, but we both like that. I'll be able to tone it down a bit when I get around to making some neutral.

[Rrmuf]

Kicked off a batch of TFFV after a considerable idle time..... except for sharing and drinking my last batch of Gin. I always have time for that

[rubberduck71]

Kicked off a batch of TFFV after a considerable idle time..... except for sharing and drinking my last batch of Gin. I always have time for that

Need a new neighbor??? Since you're in such a generous mood!

[Rrmuf]

Kicked off a batch of TFFV after a considerable idle time..... except for sharing and drinking my last batch of Gin. I always have time for that

Need a new neighbor??? Since you're in such a generous mood!

Always! My circle of friends can always grow. .... We might have cross-border issues to resolve though

[Not sure]

I have at the moment a 20 gallon sbb molasses that I'm stripping.it will be 5 strips in my boiler to make a good spirit run