What'd ya'll make today?

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Deplorable wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 2:23 pm liquor locker
Try saying that five times fast after a few drams :lol:
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Steve Broady wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 2:31 pm I started my first batch of SBB rum. Am I the only one who cannot work with molasses without making a mess sooner or later?
After I coated the kitchen walls with it once while oxygenating for yeast with power drill.
Momma says that shit stays in garage. Lol
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today, Teddy's FFV... Smells good, Happily Bubbling away,
Thursday, Wineo's wash... Smells pretty strong already...
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Did 2 mashes today…

A straight corn meal mash that I found on this wonderful forum and a 5 gallon corn meal malt mash
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A couple of bottles of gin for this Xmas. It isn't OEG, so it doesn't benefit much, if at all, from resting.

Kyolic's corn infusion this afternoon will give me something to experiment with for a while. viewtopic.php?t=80738
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Running my first 93%rye7% biscuit strip run.squeezed grain but
The wash would not clear, kept at 40f for 48 hours.it did settle with lots sediment at bottom, but it was very chocolate milk looking. Very interesting smells,nothing bad but interesting.
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I'm stripping some TFFV washes.... 2 done, 2 more to go. I got backed up making a rum so I need Gin!
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Stripping my.makers mark recipe.
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Bradster68 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:37 am Stripping my.makers mark recipe.
I call mine 'Faker's Mark'
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First time doing a large gin run (well, larger than my normal 1L or less experiments). Ran 4.5L of Artooks V3 gin. Had hoped to run it a few weeks back, but the kids and then us managed to catch the flu (and every other virus going around... except for Covid this time) which kinda put the brakes on stilling. Even now I can't well smell what I just made, I'm relying on how well it worked in the past.

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SaltyStaves wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 1:03 pm
Bradster68 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:37 am Stripping my.makers mark recipe.
I call mine 'Faker's Mark'
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣that's perfect. I'm so using that🍻
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Ended up with 4 gallons at 91%. Underwhelming. Too light almost like vodka. Decided to make a new batch of 100% yellow dent. 45 gallons on 80# yellow dent. Dumped 1L fresh triple ran, 3 roller milled cracked corn into the 91% carboy and we'll let it macerate until we're ready to run. Hoping to get an interesting flavor profile when we run it combined with 2 plates. Should get two solid runs
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Spirit running my makers mark recipe. Or as some would say my "fakers" mark.lol
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Bradster68 wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:20 pm Spirit running my makers mark recipe. Or as some would say my "fakers" mark.lol
Nice! I'm sure it'll be significantly cleaner and tastier
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Started two barrels of Sweetfeed AG sourmash.
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Stripping a couple more TFFV washes.
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RockinRockies wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 6:14 pm
Bradster68 wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:20 pm Spirit running my makers mark recipe. Or as some would say my "fakers" mark.lol
Nice! I'm sure it'll be significantly cleaner and tastier
Hope so. Shame it'll take 2 yrs to age
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Started my 3rd Bourbon mash yesterday to add to the 2 I did over the past month.
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Brewed my first IPA…. Never did a beer before (at least to stay as a beer…). Used Cascade and Chinook hops following a recipe from a local brew shop.
I just read an article about the dangers of drinking that scared the crap out of me.

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Congrats on your first IPA!

IPA has been my favorite beer style since I started brewing in the early 90s.
Going over my beer brewing records I see at least 28 IPAs I've made since then (I lost records of about 20 extract/grain batches from the mid 90s, and I'm sure some of those were IPAs as well).
I've used lots of different hops - Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Citra, Columbus, Simcoe, Summit - and Chinook/Cascade will do it right nicely.

The bourbon mash is happily bubbling away at 89F in a 55F basement.
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Two gins back to back.

Banana Blossom and Kaffir Lime Gin and a Gin Mare clone.
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Stripped 20 gallons of a caramel corn whiskey mash, and cleaned the garage.
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Spirit run on some bourbon sugar head. Finally taking the time to REALLY slow down, and I have to say, I can tell a huge difference. The more I learn here, the better what I make becomes.
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Threw together a quick batch of punkin muck for our XMas eve party using some HBB sugar head. Mostly gone now…. Didn’t last long.
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Today I made.. a mess. Trying to drain my boiler, I spilled the contents all over the kitchen floor. That’s it, this thing is finally getting a drain.
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Steve Broady wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 11:36 am Today I made.. a mess. Trying to drain my boiler, I spilled the contents all over the kitchen floor. That’s it, this thing is finally getting a drain.
A drain valve is a must have. Tring to drain a boiler full of hot slops is dangerous. Though I do believe that the right place to pour hot backset is down the sink drain. That hot, acidic solution Has got to be good for removing the grease deposits.
Gald you weren't burned.
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Stripping a single malt with 20% specialty grains and 5% peat in the mash bill. Nothing too extreme in the roasting department, just lots of toffee/honey type malts.
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SaltyStaves wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:13 pm Stripping a single malt with 20% specialty grains and 5% peat in the mash bill. Nothing too extreme in the roasting department, just lots of toffee/honey type malts.
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Just finished the first strip and the preheater has the next charge ready.
Just going to have a bite to eat before starting the next strip.
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Deplorable wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:53 pm
Steve Broady wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 11:36 am Today I made.. a mess. Trying to drain my boiler, I spilled the contents all over the kitchen floor. That’s it, this thing is finally getting a drain.
Tring to drain a boiler full of hot slops is dangerous.... Gald you weren't burned.
It's an 8 gallon pot, and I've emptied it into the sink plenty of times without issue. This time, everything wanted to flow back down the side and all over the floor. Fortunately, it was from yesterday's run, so nice and cool, but it was still a mess. But it will have a drain before I run it next.
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Yesterday was Tater's rum recipe. Today was an agave mash.
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