Home Distiller

Well I ran a small test batch to test out my home made equipment and I guess it was successful . I used a corn syrup/sugar mash just 2 gallons. I ended up with 35 ounces of perfectly clear product. I am not the best at making cuts yet so every few ounces I taste tested a little on a spoon and then lit it on fire. I called everything that wouldn't stay lit tails and I'm happy with whats left. My only regret is not starting bigger lol. Half made 4 quart jars of some (strong)peach pie and the rest I like to sip on straight I like the way it seems to evaporate off my tongue when i take little sips lol. Thanks all of you that gave advice I would have ruined it without ya

Aregularoutlaw wrote:Well I ran a small test batch to test out my home made equipment and I guess it was successful . I used a corn syrup/sugar mash just 2 gallons. I ended up with 35 ounces of perfectly clear product. I am not the best at making cuts yet so every few ounces I taste tested a little on a spoon and then lit it on fire. I called everything that wouldn't stay lit tails and I'm happy with whats left. My only regret is not starting bigger lol. Half made 4 quart jars of some (strong)peach pie and the rest I like to sip on straight I like the way it seems to evaporate off my tongue when i take little sips lol. Thanks all of you that gave advice I would have ruined it without ya

maybe im not getting something but how did you get 4 qts our drinkable product out of a 2 gallon run? I get about a gal of low wines from a 5 gl

charge of 10%

also trying to light distillate to see if it burn is not the proper way to make cuts. alcohol wont burn under 100 proof (not sure of exact abv) but in either case tails often have tons of flavor even at lower abv. , so why would you dump likker that you think is " tails" that could very well be good likker to drink? might be time to read up on cuts.

a little info on your rig would help us point you in the right direction (if needed)

gl

rager

No offence meant but if I wanted low abv id drink beer if it wont light and stay lit I wont drink it and I didnt dump it I bottled it and saved it for the next run . My still is a 12 quart stockpot and fifteen foot of copper make up my worm. I run low tempt to not blow my dough seal off the pot not much else to tell I can post a pic if theres a way on here

Seems like I read it burns good at 57 percent if it get down much lower you gotta heat it before it burns well to start vapors rising to catch fire I dont know how you can help me I don t have any complaints from what you said I had better luck than you brother . Cheers

Aregularoutlaw wrote:No offence meant but if I wanted low abv id drink beer if it wont light and stay lit I wont drink it and I didnt dump it I bottled it and saved it for the next run . My still is a 12 quart stockpot and fifteen foot of copper make up my worm. I run low tempt to not blow my dough seal off the pot not much else to tell I can post a pic if theres a way on here

im not making beer. low wines isn't beer.

pressure cooker? might want to rethink that

but if your happy then its all good

rager

Aregularoutlaw wrote:Seems like I read it burns good at 57 percent if it get down much lower you gotta heat it before it burns well to start vapors rising to catch fire I dont know how you can help me I do t have any complaints from what you said I had better luck than you brother . Cheers

please educate myself and everyone else here how you are getting 4 qts out of a two gallon charge?

what was the starting abv?

is turbo yeast in your vocab?

im assuming you know about cuts

can you please tell me more about the "vapors rising catching fire"? I have not heard about that before

please give me some details so I can learn from you

rager

Well it would have to be at least 50% i would say... minimum

FS

Haha dont get riled up buddy im just telling you what I got I used bakers yeast controled tempt for mash cornsuryp and sugar and some tomato paste and some lemon juice for mash I dont use a pressure cooker just a stainless stock pot and seal with dough the final product was good enough that my brother who hates the taste of whiskey didnt mind it a bit but still catches fire straight outa the fridge . Everything I did to make this can be found on this site and to be honezt I expected a 5th per gallon im surprised you think what I got was alot

As far as vapors catching fire thats what you see when alcohol burns anytime just like any other combustable likker and I dont use turbo yeast cause people say itll give a bad taste and honestly I was happy with my run but really expected more outa it imnot trying to sound like a know it all at all here everything I did I learned from people on this forum I deserve no credit but by god im getting all the benifits thanks again for the advive guys

Oh and that wine you make must be good if you think 35 ounces is four quarts buddy lol you are seeing quadruple I guess you got confused when I said I made the four quarts of peach pie . If you google you will see the recipe for peach pie is low alcohol content kinda like what id call a chick drink I made it for my wife just a mixed drink I hope this clears up the confusion

as long as you feel your being safe and are happy , that's fantastic .

I am being very careful and im happy that this test run actually produced anything drinkable lol now with some gained confidence I wanna try some better stuff out any sugestions are appreciated

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=14

Have a ball.

tp (and leaving it at that)