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Just wanted to say whats up to allmy fellow mentors. I have been researching this stuff for a while and am just now ready to get started on it all I think. I purchased a reflux/column still and I have no idea how to use it haha. I have used a pot still but the results are not what I want. I am looking for the best possible way to get the highest yeild cheep. I gave the following recipe a test and it failed bad maybe some help from some of the pros could make a grasshopper like me a grow a bit
--Sugar Shine--
Ingredients:
5 gallons water
8 pounds of white sugar
Procedure:
Heat 2 gallons of water (to no more than 120 degrees) and add sugar a few pounds at a time. Stir until dissolved and add more sugar. Keep adding sugar until all sugar has been added / dissolved. Dump this mixture into a fermenter and add 3 more gallons of water. Shoot for a final temperature of 96 degrees an adjust heat of additional water accordingly. Add 2 tablespoons of Alltech Superstart Distillers Yeast once final liquid temp is 96 degrees. Aerate by dumping back and forth between two buckets a few times. Shoot for a constant fermentation temperature of 90 degrees for the shortest fermentation time and highest alcohol yield. If your house / garage / basement / wherever / isn't this warm, wrap your fermenter in a blanket and use a heating pad if necessary. Leave it sit for a week or two to ferment and another week to settle.
Yes, all of it and no skimming...READ. You'll be glad you did since spoonfeeding here is kept to a bare minimum. We want you to be safe and succeed but you have to do your part.
Welcome aboard, you came to the right place, read read read, don't gt in a hurry it will all fall into place. Good luck be safe and enjoy a great drink.
