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41222 Tom
tomhawk412 Send Email
Aug 1, 2011
11:00 am
Gavin, I rinse it and most of the crud is gone but the odor is still there and it's very strong so I use the Star-San. Tom...
41223 Shot Man
shotman55 Send Email
Aug 1, 2011
1:41 pm
Hi Gavin, I use antibacterial Dawn dish detergent. I clean my shell condenser like a shotgun. But no matter how clean I get it all, it still has a odor to it....
41224 devilsbox2 Send Email Aug 1, 2011
7:16 pm
You can buy on EBay 20lb's of DAP for $30 and free shipping. But it says for Technical use only. What's the difference? Isn't Diammonium Phosphate, well...
41225 Brendan Keith
bkeith1886 Send Email
Aug 1, 2011
9:25 pm
You could sprinkle road salt on your french fries, but most people like to use food-grade ingredients in their ingestibles. -- Brendan Keith ...
41226 waljaco Send Email Aug 2, 2011
5:23 am
Possibly your yeast won't know. Urea was extracted from urine! wal...
41227 devilsbox2 Send Email Aug 2, 2011
6:52 pm
Yes, but are you putting road salt through a still? So I guess I should of asked wouldn't distilling remove impurities from the DAP? Devilsbox...
41228 Fredrick Lee
AreoSpike Send Email
Aug 2, 2011
9:16 pm
That's a lot of DAP. I use about a gram per 20 gallons fermentation with great results....
41229 Harry
gnikomson2000 Send Email
Aug 3, 2011
12:49 am
I'd be real careful about ordering bulk fertilizers over the 'net. They're an ingredient in things that go Boom! I'm betting your IP etc will be logged by...
41230 o1bigtenor Send Email Aug 3, 2011
1:36 am
... DAP no go boom - - only 34-0-0 (ammonium nitrate IIRC) does that! D...
41232 Jan Ooms
jkooms Send Email
Aug 3, 2011
7:47 am
Hi D, Do take notice of Harry's advise. Ordering bulk fertilisers will place you immediately on the watch list. DAP comes under the same heading as fertiliser....
41233 waljaco Send Email Aug 3, 2011
11:47 am
Urine as urea is 43% nitrogen. So if you want to save money just piss in your wash? For the garden you need to dilute 10:1 wal...
41234 o1bigtenor Send Email Aug 3, 2011
12:45 pm
... If you can even get the 34-0-0 - - - as far as I know it is presently a controlled substance meaning that you not only need to sign documents to be able...
41235 john
civmc01 Send Email
Aug 3, 2011
4:35 pm
Thanks to everyone for all the info. I have noticed a much better taste when I use a lot more chips. I'm only on my 3rd run so I'm still trying to figure...
41236 Derek Hamlet
derekhamlet Send Email
Aug 3, 2011
6:21 pm
... Well, there is no question that adding more surface area of oak will speed the transference of oak flavour to the product. However, there is some more...
41237 Ed Barcik
edbar44 Send Email
Aug 4, 2011
12:33 pm
I've got this stuff called Go Green and it's 29-3-4 which is definitely high in nitrogen....
41238 Bob
robertglicksman Send Email
Aug 4, 2011
7:23 pm
Hi All, I'm new to this group and I was wondering whether anyone here lives in California and has navigated the permit/approval process for distilling at home....
41239 Derek Hamlet
derekhamlet Send Email
Aug 4, 2011
11:53 pm
Bob, I don't know California law all that well, but here is my two cents worth. You will not get approval for a home still for drinking alcohol production...
41240 Bob Glicksman
robertglicksman Send Email
Aug 5, 2011
12:32 am
I do not plan to make moonshine. I know that it is illegal. I am interested in alcohol for fuel, but my property is not suitable for that sort of production...
41241 John Brase
jbrase2000 Send Email
Aug 5, 2011
1:00 am
Take a look at the BATF website. It is not that hard to get a federal permit to make alcohol fuel. You file the paperwork and probably submit to a telephone...
41242 Slingshot
slange22... Send Email
Aug 6, 2011
6:28 pm
I live in an area of Northern California, where farming is a big industry. Local crops are rice, almond, walnut, olive, kiwi and peaches. I am wanting to...
41243 Fredrick Lee
AreoSpike Send Email
Aug 6, 2011
10:31 pm
I would ferment a rice wine sake, roughly distill it, steep some of the peaches or kiwi, then dilute it a tiny bit. Could be real nice....
41244 Slingshot
slange22... Send Email
Aug 7, 2011
1:57 am
very interesting....I have already spent some time investigating sake, and am now curious as to what a distilled sake may taste like. Now steeping peaches in...
41245 tim smith
tim_smitho21 Send Email
Aug 7, 2011
3:17 am
hmmm...chemically it may be ok but seeing that its not ment for human consumption,you may get everything from spills to vermin droppings. Not for meĀ  but...
41246 william_rubel Send Email Aug 7, 2011
7:19 am
I am a home distiller and a writer. I currently writing an article on distilling and am looking for farmer-distillers -- people with licensed distilleries on...
41247 Harry
gnikomson2000 Send Email
Aug 7, 2011
7:21 am
... Try here... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alcoholfuel/ Slainte! regards Harry...
41248 waljaco Send Email Aug 7, 2011
8:09 am
Distilled sake=soju. In Chinese mijiu or rice wine. wal...
41249 brzdistiller Send Email Aug 9, 2011
5:12 am
I have a few questions concerning a Cassava (Manioc) starch mash. Tiquira is a liquor produced very rudimentary in the north of Brazil using Cassava as the...
41250 Adam Fordham
bluwater2828 Send Email
Aug 9, 2011
11:14 am
<p>Perhaps a potato recipe would offer a guide.? <br><br><br></p> <p>Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android</p>...
41251 waljaco Send Email Aug 9, 2011
1:06 pm
Traditionally saliva enzymes were used. If using commercial enzymes (from fungi) you need alpha-amylase and glucosidase. Aspergillus oryzae will provide the...
41252 Don Ford
dondford Send Email
Aug 9, 2011
1:31 pm
Why not just process it similar to film, then dry in oven (or sun dry) into a dry meal. After the meal is dry, just add water, covert like any grain, cool and...
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