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I’m out here in the Midwest. Currently 3 degrees outside with some crazy wind. I have my family from out of town visiting for Xmas and they’re definitely getting the full experience! Today, mid-run making some Vodka, they came to inform me it seems the furnace stopped working. Guess I didn’t notice since I’d been around a warm boiler all afternoon. Thankfully I’m a VM guy and the furnace is 10 feet from my rig. I turned the vapor valve closed and went to inspect. Little extra full reflux time never hurts, right? Hah

Walked over to the furnace and it seems my flame rollout switch kicked on because the wind is blowing into exhaust vent. I’ve had to reset it multiple times now and at one point got a little worried I’d have to get an HVAC repair guy out here while I’m halfway through a run. Not exactly a hobby I want anyone to know about, especially a running rig!

Hope I drained the water out of my condenser.

Deplorable wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 7:09 pm

PirateShiner wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 5:22 pm Still blowing here in southern Ontario…. I just went into my garage and fired up my still. Did a rum run then a AG whiskey run and realized it didn’t ferment….

How do you miss that a mash didnt ferment?

No idea how it happened… all the grain was pushed into a cap, seemed to be bubbling, I didn’t have an air lock on it just put a loose lid on the bucket. I went to run it and I kept it low, it started running really fast and the still was puking on the lowest possible heat setting. Everything that came out was amber water

PirateShiner wrote: ↑Sat Dec 24, 2022 5:15 am

Deplorable wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 7:09 pm

PirateShiner wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 5:22 pm Still blowing here in southern Ontario…. I just went into my garage and fired up my still. Did a rum run then a AG whiskey run and realized it didn’t ferment….

How do you miss that a mash didnt ferment?

No idea how it happened… all the grain was pushed into a cap, seemed to be bubbling, I didn’t have an air lock on it just put a loose lid on the bucket. I went to run it and I kept it low, it started running really fast and the still was puking on the lowest possible heat setting. Everything that came out was amber water

Had the cap fallen (sunk) ?

EricTheRed wrote: ↑Sat Dec 24, 2022 5:23 am

PirateShiner wrote: ↑Sat Dec 24, 2022 5:15 am

Deplorable wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 7:09 pm

PirateShiner wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 5:22 pm Still blowing here in southern Ontario…. I just went into my garage and fired up my still. Did a rum run then a AG whiskey run and realized it didn’t ferment….

How do you miss that a mash didnt ferment?

No idea how it happened… all the grain was pushed into a cap, seemed to be bubbling, I didn’t have an air lock on it just put a loose lid on the bucket. I went to run it and I kept it low, it started running really fast and the still was puking on the lowest possible heat setting. Everything that came out was amber water

Had the cap fallen (sunk) ?

No, it was my first AG mash lol guess that is the problem

It wasn't done.
With an ag wait for the cap to drop and then wait another week.

Good to know, everything in life is a learning process so, I’ll take it on the chin and do better next time lol

Another dumping last night and another 20 cm coming today.

PirateShiner wrote: ↑Sat Dec 24, 2022 5:48 am Good to know, everything in life is a learning process so, I’ll take it on the chin and do better next time lol

Just dump it back into the fermenter and add more yeast

Ugh. Woke up to 6 degree F…. Wife left faucets dripping all over the house, but the shower pipe froze. Unbelievable. Not supposed to be like this in the US South East…. May be time to move to the Caribbean.

Typical PNW weather, yesterday it was below freezing with a freezing rain and hazardous to drive, today it is 50 degrees and raining.

Bushman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 24, 2022 10:23 am Typical PNW weather, yesterday it was below freezing with a freezing rain and hazardous to drive, today it is 50 degrees and raining.

Body shops are gonna be busy the rest of the winter.

%&*($#%$ SNOW!!!!... indeed.
And it won't load oriented properly, I blame the snow for that too.

Ben wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 7:11 am %&*($#%$ SNOW!!!!... indeed.


And it won't load oriented properly, I blame the snow for that too.

well, it looks like a dang sturdy fence anyway from what I can see turning my head 90 deg

bummer tho for sure

my goats were not liking the sub zero temps we had over the holiday

Supposed to rotate your monitor~

I don't know what happened with that one, I tried uploading it a few different ways and it wouldn't cooperate...

Ben wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 7:29 am Supposed to rotate your monitor~

I don't know what happened with that one, I tried uploading it a few different ways and it wouldn't cooperate...

Can't rotate my monitor, it is a desk top...

Geoff

Well the snow was finally melted by the rain. Revealing the piles and piles of dog shit all over my lawn. And now the weatherman says there’s more snow on the way which means I had to pick up all those bundles of soupy sloppy Joy before the next storm tonight.
Ended up being a very conservative estimate of at least 40lbs of shit in the bag.
%&*($#%$ SNOW!!!!

Glad I got the dog sh*t cleaned up

Stonecutter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:50 pm Glad I got the dog sh*t cleaned up

Doesn't look like your Fiat will be going anywhere any time soon.

No, but the lifted Cummins will
Actually I drive an 08’ Kia Optima as my daily commuter. It was my wife’s clunker when I met her. Still has the Betty Boop floor mats and scratches from when her ex keyed it. The doors don’t lock and the ac is busted. But the brakes are good, the tires fair. I spent the cash on some nice Snow Tires and she’s done me good all year long.
I’d have to pick up a second job if I drove that diesel 365

Stonecutter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 2:14 pm No, but the lifted Cummins will
Actually I drive an 08’ Kia Optima as my daily commuter. It was my wife’s clunker when I met her. Still has the Betty Boop floor mats and scratches from when her ex keyed it. The doors don’t lock and the ac is busted. But the brakes are good, the tires fair. I spent the cash on some nice Snow Tires and she’s done me good all year long.
I’d have to pick up a second job if I drove that diesel 365

I hear that. I drive a 2018 Duramax 3500 Crew cab, long box daily. Today our state just raised the gas tax another 49 cents a gallon. By Wednesday when people start filing up again, I hope they realize that elections have consequences, but Im sure they wont.

Oh a long box eh? Crew cab, long box is exactly what I was looking for when I found my current truck. 2500 crew standard box.
I believe my signature says enough about my political standpoint. A bunch of crooks and murderers the whole lot.

The Baker wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:01 am

Ben wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 7:29 am Supposed to rotate your monitor~

I don't know what happened with that one, I tried uploading it a few different ways and it wouldn't cooperate...

Can't rotate my monitor, it is a desk top...

Geoff

Won't that make it right side up twice a day??

cob wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 4:30 pm

The Baker wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:01 am

Ben wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 7:29 am Supposed to rotate your monitor~

I don't know what happened with that one, I tried uploading it a few different ways and it wouldn't cooperate...

Can't rotate my monitor, it is a desk top...

Geoff

Won't that make it right side up twice a day??

There's a fallacy in there somewhere...

It's not the same as my dead clock. THAT is right twice a day.

Geoff

Fixed the photo.

Thank you.

Stonecutter wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 4:26 pm Oh a long box eh? Crew cab, long box is exactly what I was looking for when I found my current truck. 2500 crew standard box.
I believe my signature says enough about my political standpoint. A bunch of crooks and murderers the whole lot.

I got lucky a couple of years back, F350 long bed platinum. Then diesel went thru the roof, mostly sits in t he drive today but still a great ride.

Jan-03, 2023. Sharkan, Udmurt republic.

Let it snow. To hell with gas n diesel. My wheels run on bacon n taters