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Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:42 pm
by donkey32601
hello i have red all the other posts on blue distilate and this is the bluest i have ever seen
my mash was turbo yeast and 17 lbs sugar to 5 gallon of water
this is what came out
every thing said that it was ph related can i add baking soda or citric acid to correct ph and it be safe to run the rest of the batch
ty
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:18 pm
by Dnderhead
NOPE to late,,its caused by to much nitrogen and a alkaline wash.
it will make mold /bug killer..
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:26 pm
by ga flatwoods
Donkey, you about need to order a new set of lids and rings dont you cuz?
Ga Flatwoods
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:29 pm
by redmud
Man that looks like blue koolaid. I had a bluish green tint once in the fores and some of the heads but it cleared shortly after.
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:40 pm
by rad14701
donkey32601 wrote:my mash was turbo yeast and 17 lbs sugar to 5 gallon of water
this is what came out
WTF were you thinking...???
Scrap the turbo and get serious about the hobby... Plenty of good recipes in the Tried and True Recipe forum and none of them specify 3+ pounds of sugar per gallon... And now you know why...

It takes too much nutrients and stresses the yeast and makes blue kool-aid...
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:43 pm
by Halfbaked
I see what looks like a blue motorcycle.
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:31 pm
by LWTCS
Kinda purty blue though!
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:17 pm
by MDH
Add baking soda to low wines. It'll precipitate copper carbonate. Add a small amount of citric acid; this will form ammonia citrate and copper citrate (careful for bubbling, add citric acid slowly). Neither will make it through distillation. Distill it again, it will come out clear and much cleaner smelling.
As said here, everyone hates Turbo yeast because it's basically commercial distiller's yeast offered with a baffling amount of yeast nutrient, most of which is a chemical known to cause off flavors in excess.
In the future, if you have this issue again, use my process.
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:50 pm
by Truckinbutch
If I had crap like that coming out of my still I would admit that I was a total failure in life in gainful endeavors and start running for office or join the ministry

The only alternative I could see would be to ead this forum until my eyes bled , rest a bit , and continue reading .
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:11 am
by F6Hawk
Not a total waste... if that is distilled, not the wash, just put it in yer oil lamp and have a pretty display. DON'T light it, however...
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:49 am
by goose eye
If you got youngins get rid of it
So IM tole
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:06 am
by Stainless
+1 goose eye, when I was a kid I drank domestos from a lemonade bottle, I thought it was lemonade? As an adult, I drank brake fluid/hydraulic oil from a lemonade bottle. thought it was Irn Bru.
Be careful wi the young ones
they don't know what#s good/bad til its too f++++n late
Stainless
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:04 pm
by bowhunt76
windex.......
Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:13 pm
by Jimbo
MDH wrote:Add baking soda to low wines. It'll precipitate copper carbonate. Add a small amount of citric acid; this will form ammonia citrate and copper citrate (careful for bubbling, add citric acid slowly). Neither will make it through distillation. Distill it again, it will come out clear and much cleaner smelling.
MDH, once again shows he knows his shit.

I never miss one of your posts MDH, good stuff.
Funny posts here, ya, purdy blue Larry haha. Crazy blue, wouldnt ever have guessed that would come out of a still. Halfbaked and TB, LOL at your posts.

Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:17 pm
by TDS
I see a blue cat, the head is to the right,
Just below the waterline.
Bummer Dude!
Grab a different recipe.

Re: Bluest of Blue
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:48 pm
by CuWhistle
I have to agree with rad on this one and I was thinking the same thing before I read his post.
WTF were you thinking?
Aviation Fuel / kerosene anybody???