1st run: Moonshine
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wwjones2794
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1st run: Moonshine
Hello , My username is wwjones2794. I live in Eastern Oklahoma, but im from N.W. Arkansas. My ancestors came from Kentucky, North Carolina, and before that wales. I cant prove it, but i feel making moonshine, beer, etc is in my blood. Im 58, and fixing to make my first batch of moonshine.
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tombombadil
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Re: 1st run: Moonshine
Welcome!
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Tummydoc
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Re: 1st run: Moonshine
Welcome. Moonshine is in a lot of our blood, but that's got to do with consumption rather than ancestry!
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Re: 1st run: Moonshine
Hello and welcome to HD. Making your own likker will spoil you. If you do a good ferment, keep happy yeast, strip then spirit run, and make good cuts, you'll end up with a better tasting white product than what you can buy for a reasonable price. And then if you give it a little age and flavoring (oak, fruit, etc...) youll be surprised at how much better it is than top shelf store bought.
A lot more to it than that, but do the reading, it will help more than you realize.
JMHO. Have fun and be safe.
SF
A lot more to it than that, but do the reading, it will help more than you realize.
JMHO. Have fun and be safe.
SF
Simple Lil' Pot Still, no temp guage, no carbon, no scrubbers, nuthin' fancy. Sometimes use a thumper, sometimes don't.
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wwjones2794
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Re: 1st run: Moonshine
First run was a sugar wash. It finished all combined 130 proof. It was just a little hot, going down and hitting bottom.
This time I'm trying a bigger ferment for a15 gal cook.
I got 40 lbs cracked corn, 10 lbs. Of 2-row barley, And 40 lbs white sugar.. I been trying to calculate og. But can't come up what sounds right. Any advice?
This time I'm trying a bigger ferment for a15 gal cook.
I got 40 lbs cracked corn, 10 lbs. Of 2-row barley, And 40 lbs white sugar.. I been trying to calculate og. But can't come up what sounds right. Any advice?
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Bradster68
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Re: 1st run: Moonshine
At 2lbs per gal you'll get roughly 12% . Thats a gravity of around 1.09. not counting the corn and 2 row. quite high depending on the yeast you use. I use baker's so keep my wash around 1.07.
I drink so much now,on the back of my license it's a list of organs I need.
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SW_Shiner
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Re: 1st run: Moonshine
Check out the calculators on the home site. There is a great one for sugar based washes. Or follow one of the tried and true recipes. (UJSSM is a great starting point)
For an all grain mash most tend to recommend upto 2lbs/gal of grain. For a sugar wash 1.060-1.070 seems to be the average recommended range.
Given the stuff you have, Jimbo's 1/2 Barrel Wheated bourbon and gumball head seems like a good go, just sub out the wheat for your barley.
For an all grain mash most tend to recommend upto 2lbs/gal of grain. For a sugar wash 1.060-1.070 seems to be the average recommended range.
Given the stuff you have, Jimbo's 1/2 Barrel Wheated bourbon and gumball head seems like a good go, just sub out the wheat for your barley.
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Re: 1st run: Moonshine
Welcome to HD. This is your welcome post. Intro only the questions go to the proper forums.