Hi everyone, I have been reading about sour mash today, as I've been interested to try it for a while. I found the following recipe: ...
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lostwilly929
Mar 3, 2012 9:15 am
I'm trying to make a yeast starter using liquid barley malt extract from my local health food store ( the jar lists barley malt and water as only ingredients)....
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Mar 3, 2012 10:47 am
Lost Willy- Â Here in the states even the Health Foods industry doesn't have to list all the ingredients on the labels such as to the type of preservatives...
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tgfoitwoods
Mar 3, 2012 4:31 pm
Hi Catfish, Comment inline in blue. ... ABV ... Your flavor might be improved. Everything else except the first 150mL can be used as feints (the word "feints"...
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M L
kekedog13
Mar 3, 2012 6:17 pm
Lost Willie, 6 ozs. of DME isn't that much in a 64 0z. starter and wont have much activity for very long at all. It probably is fermenting but with you...
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cantuc7677
Mar 5, 2012 2:40 am
About to buy my first still and there are so many options out there. Looking hard at Brewhaus 15 gallon pro series II as I want the option of reflux. Theres...
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hopefull_romantic
magnusfl
Mar 6, 2012 3:03 am
About to buy my first still and there are so many options out there. Looking hard at Brewhaus 15 gallon pro series II as I want the option of reflux. There's...
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brandymaker12
Mar 6, 2012 3:03 am
We made some whiskey aged it in a mason jar for 6 months then we ran it through activated carbon and put it in a glass jar and capped it. Now about 2 weeks...
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geoff burrows
burrows.geof...
Mar 6, 2012 7:50 am
If you build your own still, your curiosity will in the process of the build make you ask yourself why am I building this particular piece, why do I have to...
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edbar44
Mar 6, 2012 1:13 pm
likely from the carbon if it wasn't cleaned good enough....
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Das Schaf
dasschaf2001
Mar 7, 2012 10:41 am
Why run good whisky through carbon? The carbon will strip flavour from your product. I have run vodka through carbon once or twice - the first time I didn't...
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Dave
bbmdave
Mar 7, 2012 1:26 pm
A little trick that I have learned, Take a cone or basket shaped coffee filter put in 3-5 cotton balls (more if you have a larger funnel) push that into the...
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bliss.nagpur
Mar 8, 2012 12:43 am
Same happened to me and as suggested by Chris I too just siphoned off the clear liquid from top of carbon bed and throwing the rest along with whitish algae...
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Gavin Flett
gavinflett
Mar 8, 2012 1:44 am
I received that white algae like stuff a couple of times as well. But I assumed it was minute particles of the paper towel I had as a plug to stop the carbon...
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made_it_myself
Mar 9, 2012 5:18 pm
I have been given about 100lbs of Malting Barley, I am not ready to try and sprout it myself, so I have bought some enzymes to convert the starch, my question...
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kekedog13
Mar 9, 2012 6:06 pm
See if there is a home brew supply shop near by . They most likely have a grain mill they will let you use and you could also get a small amount of malted...
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made_it_myself
Mar 9, 2012 6:36 pm
If only it were that simple, My nearest shop does not have that facility, although they do sell malted grain. I have a Gaggia burr coffee grinder but it seems...
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Jerry McCullough
jkmccull
Mar 9, 2012 6:39 pm
try a blender on slow spped ________________________________ From: made_it_myself <doctorlawrencebrown@...> To: new_distillers@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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made_it_myself
Mar 9, 2012 10:39 pm
I did think about that, but I have a 100 lbs not 100 grams and I didn't want to make it into flour at the bottom and leave the whole grains at the top. I just...
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M L
kekedog13
Mar 9, 2012 11:43 pm
There are also meat grinders that clamp to the edge of the table and are hand cranked that have various different interchangeable cutters. There are ones that...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Mar 10, 2012 12:47 am
DR. Brown-  Attached you will find a DIY Malt Grain Crusher. It is rather a small unit but with a bit of ingenuity you could enlarge it to suit your needs ...
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Tom
tomhawk412
Mar 10, 2012 1:55 am
Z Bob and/or Others: I'm working with a pot still. I have had pretty good results making whiskey from 68% flaked corn, 16% flaked rye, and 16% malted 2-row...
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Harry
gnikomson2000
Mar 10, 2012 3:11 am
Greeting Harry, I hope you are doing well. I recently had a CNC shop that does work for our company make some threaded half couplings in the proper straight...
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TODP
cd_caron
Mar 10, 2012 12:46 pm
Made_it_myself... if your into doing it yourself.. try a mortar and pestal.. or more commonly ... a good hammer on concrete and sweep up the fractured barley.....
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tgfoitwoods
Mar 10, 2012 3:47 pm
Damn, Harry, that's great news, that Mason's still out there, even if he's not stilling. If you're reading the list, Mason, we miss you. Now if we could only...
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tgfoitwoods
Mar 10, 2012 3:54 pm
Tom, I'd love to help, but I have no experience converting unmalted barley with malted barley, so I'm no direct help. I have worked at converting unmalted...
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Tom Hawk
tomhawk412
Mar 10, 2012 4:28 pm
Z Bob,  Of course it helps. I my give it a try just to see how it comes out. I will post a note with the results if I do decide to go for it.  ...
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made_it_myself
Mar 10, 2012 4:35 pm
... Do you think I should do one at a time or maybe speed it up but hitting two or three at a time? ;-)...
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made_it_myself
Mar 10, 2012 4:40 pm
Thanks for that, it is similar to what I was thinking about. However using a rolling pin as a roller is inspired! I was going to use a piece of 3" mild steel I...
