Hello to all, Let me start by wishing everyone, a Happy New Year. I have a few novice questions. First, I'm on my third wash, the first two were turbo/sugar...
Just another thought. If you haven't thrown out the mash, you might be able to use it by letting it set long enough exposed to the air for the chlorine to...
Welcome Arctic, I buy 50 lb sacks of cracked corn and rolled corn from a local farm & feed store. Both sell for less than $10.00 per sack. If you have one...
Boil the water but it needs to be aireated to put oxygen back in it. I have used corn flakes breakfast cereal boiled a few minutes in the water with good luck...
always use declorinated water and soft water at that, yes molasses makes good rum and a lil sugar added will make heavy rum. Also yes you can use some corn...
I use my air compressor to areate water after distilling and it works good made a 3/8 1 ft long tube to hook to compressor tank and set the air pressure to 10...
I forgot to mention that i drilled 30 1/32 holes in the tube to allow air to escape and closed up the un used end of tube [Non-text portions of this message...
I use chlorinated water right out of the tap and have never had a problem.... your dead wash is dead for other reasons than your water... ..old yeast or the...
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Brian Bashford wrote: Subject: [new_distillers] Mysterious Japanese Spirits Hi Everyone, I'm delurking briefly to point a finger towards this site ... ...
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I've just found a great cheap alternative to the usually expensive water pump for water recycling during a run. I purchased a $19.00 AU camping shower from...
Hi Artic i have been distilling for years now but i have never bothered to boil my water, i just use tap water (i live in QLD Australia ) and have only had a...
Let me get this straight. You add whisky essence to the etoh, then add the port, then put it on oak? What sort of oak do you use? Is it chipped, sawdust, or???...
Again 'thanx' to all that replied, even as I wrote to the list on New Years Day, the wash had sat motionless for a few days, plus a couple more outside at near...
Which is the best to use, Refiners Molasses, or Unsulphered Molasses, Black Strap molasses, all of which are food grade, that we can order into the store. Is...
Here in the united states, we have a staple in the south that is called sorgum molasses and that is what i use, it is actually about 50% sugar and works very...
jesse is this the same product that I see at the farm supply store in a barrell or drum or other container with a pump that says molasses I don't know what its...
i have used this type molasses,but the content of sugar is aprox35 % so there is less sugars to ferment but it works well,add to the molasses what you would...
I should have said to add a equal amount of sugar to raise the sugar content that makes heavy rum [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
happy new year to all out there! i got a question. i have a fine 39" reflux column with a 15 US gallon beer keg as a boiler. the piece that couples the 2 is a...
john couple of questions. what are you firing it with?? its easy to use way too much heat with a propane setup. Along the same line. Have you got a digital...
Do you have any copper that the vapour in your tower comes in contact with? Thats why every one suggests that we use copper potscrubbers.Thats as far as I can...
I don't know for sure if it's the source of your problem but galvanized steel should not come into direct contact with the alcohol vapour! Use stainless or...
to reply to Cary and Articstiller...(with thanx!) my column is pure copper pipe and fittings. i also use 2 copper pot scrubbers in the column, so it isn't a...
