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hello everyone i have a question.i ran my first sugar wash today and it is coming out like muddy water i dont get it
.i used winos plain ol sugar wash and followed the instructions to the t .i even let it sit an extra week
i use a keg and a worm .i have done many other mashes in this same set up i never had it come out like this. i dont know what i did wrong.and my keg is very clean so was my worm.

Can you post pictures...??? A finished, cleared, and racked wash shouldn't present the problem you have described...

pics of what the finish product?
i dumped it

Is it possible you had a boil over? That could make your distillate very cloudy. You might try doing a vinegar run and or a water run to clean out your worm.

How exactly did you prepare the still before its first ever use? Is this the stills first use?

Muddy water? Puke on a sugar wash would just be cloudy, not brown. Is your rig stainless? Did you happen to clean it with bleach at any point? Or did it sit for a long while before this run?

edit: reread and saw it was a keg. Bleach? Sitting?

this was not my first run with this still.i think its stainless .it might have boiled over. i have only cleaned it wit hot soapy salt water also keg was not sitting for a any period of time without use or beaing cleaned

Salt water is bad for stainless. Could be the problem. Might have corroded the keg. Have you looked inside it with a light?

yeah its fine i dont use that much salt like a table spoon for 5 gallons of water

i just talked to my buddie he said he put the last of our apple mash in it i think thats what it is .i hate when people "help"

Apple mustve puked on ya. Just rerun it. My brother in law used to "help" out a lot. Shoved a wad of cheesecloth in the product condenser, which pressurized the still. Thank god I noticed before we blew up! Then, a week later, adds my feints jar to 3 month aged UJSSM to "make it stronger". He doesn't come over much anymore ....

I would do a cleaning run before running something you may want to keep, especially if it was still coming out dirty toward the end of your last run. I would not use any salt or soap. I'm sure you are familiar with cleaning methods we recommend. I would stick with those methods.

thatguy1313 wrote:Apple mustve puked on ya. Just rerun it. My brother in law used to "help" out a lot. Shoved a wad of cheesecloth in the product condenser, which pressurized the still. Thank god I noticed before we blew up! Then, a week later, adds my feints jar to 3 month aged UJSSM to "make it stronger". He doesn't come over much anymore ....

"Brother-in-law!" Ain't it the truth!

Snuck off with some apple brandy after Thanksgiving too! Now I gotta stock back up for Christmas!