Hawaii Shine-O

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Budz-n-Sudz
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Hawaii Shine-O

Post by Budz-n-Sudz »

aloha all, i guess it's about time to make a post here. being real here, what interersted me. lmao tim, tickle, jeff, mark and good ol jim tom. so i see a few utube vids and i think i can do this. honestly i got some ideas there, but my luck changed when i stumbled upon this incredible site. lurked around for about a month before registering. anyway last sat. i start a UJSSM modified. 6 lbs med. brown sugar, 5 lbs cracked corn, 5 gals water ph 8.5, 1 tbsp. + 1 tspn. yeast. ferment took 4 days. then transfered to glass carboy to clear, and to give me time to finish my 5.2 ltr. SS pot. head made of 3/4 in pipe. 2 in riser to 90, and 4 in to 1/2 in reducer, 45 deg. 1/2 pipe 21 inches long, goes thru 13 inches of 3/4 inch liebig jacket. ran still 3 times on sat. to do 5 gal of wash. all 3 runs 60 mls. of foreshots discarded. collected in 100ml increments, checked avb. very 1 st 100 mls was 60%. collected 1000mls down to 20%. 2nd run used all collected 1st run minus 200mls at 55% and 50%. was able to strip out 1000mls in about 45 mins. 1st 100ml was 62%. collect again to 20%. 3 run rerun 2nd run. 1st 100ml was 65%. collect down to 20%. shut er down. clean up let the jars air out, and crash. wake up this morning, check out my 100ml jars. was able to combine 700mls at 50%. if i dilute to 12 to 1 ratio. the 1 is the water. lol. its some very nice sipping whiskey. im kinda stoked, that i could pull this off in such a short time. most definately not without the wealth of information found here. many mahalos(thank yous) to all the sensei's teachers for sharing the knowedge.
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the most important part of the whole deal
the most important part of the whole deal
"BABY BEAST" on propane
"BABY BEAST" on propane
the 100mls used to blend
the 100mls used to blend
700mls 50%
700mls 50%
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bellybuster
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Re: Hawaii Shine-O

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Isn't that first sip amazing?
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Danespirit
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Re: Hawaii Shine-O

Post by Danespirit »

What a cute little ting you got there.

Looks like you did a good job with the soldering too.. :thumbup:

Welcome, and enjoy the info's on HD.
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