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StillLearning1 wrote:Just about done on the strip. Down to about 25% right now. 11 gallons and it took me just over 2 hours. Does that sound about right to you guys? This is only my second strip run just wondering if I'm on par or not.

Well...you run a beercan full every minute, that's fast.. !
How much power do you run on your still...?

ShineonCrazyDiamond wrote:

StillLearning1 wrote:Just about done on the strip. Down to about 25% right now. 11 gallons and it took me just over 2 hours. Does that sound about right to you guys? This is only my second strip run just wondering if I'm on par or not.

Makes me want to punch my still.

I get 2-2.5 hours per 4 or 5 gallons. Man I need to get 240 in here...

Lol good deal. I'm on propane if that makes ya feel any better. I'd gladly give up fast strips for sitting on the couch instead of out here in this crappy shed. We are under a wind advisory today for 40mph winds and it FINALY quit raining. I figure if a tree is gonna fall on me it might as well be while I'm running! On jar #5 of the spirit now. Got 2 gal low wines from the strip +5 gallons fresh wash charged. I'm hoping to get a good 2 gal after cuts and dilution. Might just be wishful thinking. Time will tell I guess.

Took me like 4-5 hours to do a spirit run on my 12G ... 11 g in 2 hours sounds too fast..

I just did cuts and went 1 extra jar into the fients from were I could taste anything heads or tales. Gave me a full gallon and 1 750ml jaf about 2/3 full.

I now have a bit over 2.5g of feints to reflux. But not today. Been saving them from all my runs. Would have more but last UJSSM I recycled the UJSSM fients. Almost time for a reflux run... Might do a 5g or tried and true to go with the feints. But house temp is cold and down to 64 inside so not going to ferment well.

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bitter wrote:Took me like 4-5 hours to do a spirit run on my 12G ... 11 g in 2 hours sounds too fast..

I just did cuts and went 1 extra jar into the fients from were I could taste anything heads or tales. Gave me a full gallon and 1 750ml jaf about 2/3 full.

I now have a bit over 2.5g of feints to reflux. But not today. Been saving them from all my runs. Would have more but last UJSSM I recycled the UJSSM fients. Almost time for a reflux run... Might do a 5g or tried and true to go with the feints. But house temp is cold and down to 64 inside so not going to ferment well.

B

2 hrs was for a strip run not the spirit. I'm guesstimating 6 for my spirit run. And also the 2 hrs did not count heat up time. That was from first drips to burner off...

StillLearning1 wrote: 2 hrs was for a strip run not the spirit. I'm guesstimating 6 for my spirit run. And also the 2 hrs did not count heat up time. That was from first drips to burner off...

That makes more sense... and sounds reasonable. Devils in the details

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bitter wrote:

StillLearning1 wrote: 2 hrs was for a strip run not the spirit. I'm guesstimating 6 for my spirit run. And also the 2 hrs did not count heat up time. That was from first drips to burner off...

That makes more sense... and sounds reasonable. Devils in the details

B

+1

I just made up with my still. Half of my 2.5 hours is heat up time.

Awesome. That means I am in fact right on par with you guys.

Danespirit" wrote:

StillLearning1 wrote:Just about done on the strip. Down to about 25% right now. 11 gallons and it took me just over 2 hours. Does that sound about right to you guys? This is only my second strip run just wondering if I'm on par or not.

Well...you run a beercan full every minute, that's fast.. !
How much power do you run on your still...?

Sorry i just saw your post. I don't know his much power because I'm on propane. I forget the btus. I was getting a pint every 8 min.

just finishing my first batch of apple brandy.. smells good.

Just finished running off some previously pot stripped Birdwatchers low wines through my reflux column using SPP... I diluted 2 gallons of 55% down to 35% with a gallon of water and collected 3.75 liters... Of that 3.75 liters I blended 3 liters of 95%... So far I have diluted 1.5 liters of the 95% down into 2 - 1.75 liter bottles of 40%/80 proof... That means I still have enough 95% left for 2 more bottles that I'll get bottled tomorrow... Todays toil, if you can call it that, will save me $100 in liquor store purchases at an expense of under $10, all in...

Indeed it is amazingly cheap, if one counts the costs for storebought liquor.
Made a good deal a week ago, when i was in Germany.
Sugar for a little less than 0,80 $ for a Kg.
So i bought 10 packs.
I also made a birdwatchers and used 2 X 2 packs, which gives me 16 L of wash.
I'll make a strippingrun this weekend.
Having nearly 1 1/2 gallon of lowwines from a previous run, i am looking forward to a long spiritrun approximatly 2-3 hours.
Got some plums from my friend, so i'll follow up on last seasons succes..run the Bw twice in my potstill and let the plums soak in the spirit.
He also gave me a bucket full of blackcurrants, so i foresee a few bottles of creme de cassis.. (my girlfriend is crazy about that stuff).

I bought one bottle of Stolichnaya vodka in Estonia, gotta admit i like the flavor of Russian vodkas very smooth in palate and easy to drink pure

First of two 12 gallon strips of pugirum. Need dunder for my apple rum.

just finished a wheated bourbon

dieselduo wrote:just finished a wheated bourbon

yum, what was your grain bill?

im not running thing now but i am making cuts on my last wheated/6 row bourbon myself

next up is scotch though, for some reason there isnt alot of talk of scotch on the forums it seems, im about to jump in head first ....




cheers

MichiganCornhusker wrote:

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Fun!

I'm not a banana person, but it seems to me a banana spirit by you would be something to try!

I'm about to do feints run through the CCVM Got about 2 gallons of feints plus about 5 gallons of wash from an AG (last of the grains on hand) corn, red wheat, 6 row. Should be ready by weekend.
I'm about to start a high rye bourbon journey

I thought I would find some cheap pumpkins after Halloween to try a pumpkin ferment but no luck.... Any how, I had a big bag of rice to fill my shooting rest bags with and had about 20 pounds left over. I split that in two barrels, added some hot water and let it sit an hour before filling up, and adding sugar and yeast. Waiting to see how this turns out.

Faux sweetfeed gen 1
1\2 box each corn flakes and cheerios
7# dark brown sugar
Small hand full crushed oystershell
Half prenatal vitamin
2 tablespoons bakers yeast
5 water

just made cuts on an all grain rice ferment converted with enzymes. very happy with the final product but the yeild was alot lower than i wanted. only ggot about 3 qts of 120 after cuts from 20 gallons of mash

either case. reeeaaaly smooth and probably the most neutral spirit ive ever made . just did the basic stripping and spririt run on it. i will def make it again seeing i can get white rice for 7 bucks for a 20# bag.

cheers

"Irish Whiskey", "Scotch" , some bourbon and 10 gallons of a nut brown ale. Im quite thirsty...

rager wrote:just made cuts on an all grain rice ferment converted with enzymes. very happy with the final product but the yeild was alot lower than i wanted. only ggot about 3 qts of 120 after cuts from 20 gallons of mash

Was it first run or second? Gonna re-run the rest?

well i am stuck in a rut... i love it though it is a good rut... Molasses wash 5 pounds with 12 pounds sugar just finished my 7th generation... keeps getting better. this last run in my 4 inch flute, i am using 4 of the five plates i built it with.... so as i am running this last run i realize i see the foamy wash reaching up through the bottom sight glass... trying to puke on me.... i saw it before but it never reached the plates, well i was paying attention to other things and before i realized it, 3 of the plated had brown foamy wash on them so i rode the throttle of the heat to back it off a bit but i got to thinking... thumpers are used to add flavor sometimes... the stream of out put tasted great. so i rode the edge of rummy pukedness.... man i am telling you boys , and corene it is the best danged rum i have ever tasted out of my flute... i had my son and his gal over...were tasting some Mexican bacanora and single malt scotch and col. taylors straight rye whiskey and some interesting porter beer.... and last round i poured up a shot of the gen 7 rum , my son was astounded said here we are tasting this and that when the real prize is sitting disguised in a small kraken rum bottle made by good old Dad! made me feel good ... and i took him into the room and showed him the amazing thick head on the generation 8 of my molasses wash rum yeast is turned BERSERKER. i have never seen a cap of foam on my molasses as thick like it is now....

ok thats what i just ran.... cant wait till the next run.

Currently running .187x48x120 HDPE sheet lol

Just finished making a chocolate and caramel malt bourbon. Sundae Bourbon. Will run next week

ShineonCrazyDiamond wrote:Just finished making a chocolate and caramel malt bourbon. Sundae Bourbon. Will run next week

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Will be looking forward to how this turns out. Specialty malts can be very interesting.

MichiganCornhusker wrote:

ShineonCrazyDiamond wrote:Just finished making a chocolate and caramel malt bourbon. Sundae Bourbon. Will run next week

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Will be looking forward to how this turns out. Specialty malts can be very interesting.

Me too! And I used wheat chocolate malt, so extra fun.

I have been really trying to learn specialty malts and what they do to whiskey. I had a good run with honey malt, but I was also trying them while learning corn meal. I Discovered that the really good honey flavour was in the transitional heads. So, my last honey cut run I stepped outside my comfort zone to include late heads. Probably a good thing as I am usually stupid conservative.

We'll see where the chocolate caramel flavor comes through. I would love to have this batch ready for S3 squared, but it will be only 4.5 months. Might be to young. Eh.

StillLearning1 wrote:

Danespirit" wrote:

StillLearning1 wrote:Just about done on the strip. Down to about 25% right now. 11 gallons and it took me just over 2 hours. Does that sound about right to you guys? This is only my second strip run just wondering if I'm on par or not.

Well...you run a beercan full every minute, that's fast.. !
How much power do you run on your still...?

Sorry i just saw your post. I don't know his much power because I'm on propane. I forget the btus. I was getting a pint every 8 min.

When I run my column with 4800w I get a quart every 15mins :p

Just finished fermenting
1.2 lbs of LME amber and 6 lbs of corn sugar.
It'll be my first legit run since my sac run. Hoping to get it charged tomorrow.