First two months
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:52 pm
I am sitting here in a mellow glow fro my first batch of UJSM that is almost two months old. It's great. I mean really great!!
I just had a small glass of Jack Daniels Which used to be my favorite ever with Coke drinking whiskey and it was awful! Of course I had never drank it straight before. I like MY hootch much better. I drink it straight. So do a few friends. When I first got all this stuff together, a gallon of pure spirits and two gallons of UJSM I was thinking, "I'm rich!", I'll never need to make whiskey again, I thought I had enough to last at least a year. Now I have 3 bottles left and I am wondering if it is enough to last until my last batch of UJSM is at least a month old. It's not even a week old yet and I' worried. I'm drinking a lot more and enjoying it a lot more.
I started with the cooling-management-on-a-milk-can, which is OK up to a point. Upgraded to a Bok-on-a milk-can just cause it looked like a fun thing to do, and it works even better. Just about doubled the output both on on stripping runs and spirit runs for about the same ABV.
There is a 10 gallon batch of fast fermenting rum in the kitchen that has gone from 1.08 to 1.03 in 24 hours. I will strip that the day after tomorrow. I can hardly wait. There seems to be something new around every corner now. I am shooting for a dark rum and if that is as good as the whiskey, I am gonna have to strip another 5 batches to make enough to let a gallon or two age properly.
The wife is out of the house for a month so I get to use the kitchen for all my stuff. I cant remember just where I stashed the last 1.5 liter bottle of 92% pure spirit for aging, (surely I couldn't have drank it all up, I only gave away 2 bottles), so I am gonna have to start a MUM wash as soon as I get the rum wash out.
Hope you enjoyed my ramble, I enjoyed sharing it.
Lord I love this hobby!
Nemo
I just had a small glass of Jack Daniels Which used to be my favorite ever with Coke drinking whiskey and it was awful! Of course I had never drank it straight before. I like MY hootch much better. I drink it straight. So do a few friends. When I first got all this stuff together, a gallon of pure spirits and two gallons of UJSM I was thinking, "I'm rich!", I'll never need to make whiskey again, I thought I had enough to last at least a year. Now I have 3 bottles left and I am wondering if it is enough to last until my last batch of UJSM is at least a month old. It's not even a week old yet and I' worried. I'm drinking a lot more and enjoying it a lot more.
I started with the cooling-management-on-a-milk-can, which is OK up to a point. Upgraded to a Bok-on-a milk-can just cause it looked like a fun thing to do, and it works even better. Just about doubled the output both on on stripping runs and spirit runs for about the same ABV.
There is a 10 gallon batch of fast fermenting rum in the kitchen that has gone from 1.08 to 1.03 in 24 hours. I will strip that the day after tomorrow. I can hardly wait. There seems to be something new around every corner now. I am shooting for a dark rum and if that is as good as the whiskey, I am gonna have to strip another 5 batches to make enough to let a gallon or two age properly.
The wife is out of the house for a month so I get to use the kitchen for all my stuff. I cant remember just where I stashed the last 1.5 liter bottle of 92% pure spirit for aging, (surely I couldn't have drank it all up, I only gave away 2 bottles), so I am gonna have to start a MUM wash as soon as I get the rum wash out.
Hope you enjoyed my ramble, I enjoyed sharing it.
Lord I love this hobby!
Nemo
