Setting Up Info
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:17 pm
OK so I did my first corn mash, I'm all set, fermentation going good, so now to back up a little and ask some water questions first.
What do you use to test your water for its chemical balance, I am in a pure well, wonderful tasting water, high calcium and iron, and have a rain soft filtering system that takes all the iron out, I do notice calcium build which I won't complain about, it adds his nutrients and flavor to the water. That all said I am going to test the water so I know how to balance it and wanted an idea of what others did. If I can verify it's stripping the iron completely without stripping the calcium, then I suspect I'm getting water much like other natural springs kick out in the mountains around me without having to go setup on one.
How do you clean your still, I have a basic 10 gallon SS pot, with copper pipes going to another SS custom made thumper, connected to a condenser via copper. Just want to make sure I run a good clean through it, I boiled a 50/50 water vinegar solution through before thoroughly rinsing with clean water.
Planning on running next weekend or late next week. When you ferment do you wait not just for your yeast to fall to the bottom but for your mash to clear like a wine would during a secondary fermentation, I am because I plan to do brandy with fruits and grain mashes and didn't know if I needed to secondary ferment to clear some or just filter and run.
What do you use to test your water for its chemical balance, I am in a pure well, wonderful tasting water, high calcium and iron, and have a rain soft filtering system that takes all the iron out, I do notice calcium build which I won't complain about, it adds his nutrients and flavor to the water. That all said I am going to test the water so I know how to balance it and wanted an idea of what others did. If I can verify it's stripping the iron completely without stripping the calcium, then I suspect I'm getting water much like other natural springs kick out in the mountains around me without having to go setup on one.
How do you clean your still, I have a basic 10 gallon SS pot, with copper pipes going to another SS custom made thumper, connected to a condenser via copper. Just want to make sure I run a good clean through it, I boiled a 50/50 water vinegar solution through before thoroughly rinsing with clean water.
Planning on running next weekend or late next week. When you ferment do you wait not just for your yeast to fall to the bottom but for your mash to clear like a wine would during a secondary fermentation, I am because I plan to do brandy with fruits and grain mashes and didn't know if I needed to secondary ferment to clear some or just filter and run.