Yikes! How about supplies usable only for high alcohol content brews? Also, Tony, How can I change this subscription to the "new distillers digest"? Thanks, ...
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corn_wash
Oct 1, 2003 6:48 pm
not likley, unless you ordered say 25 pounds of yeast a month, ... brews? ... distillers ... still online. ... after ... http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/...
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Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
kiwi_distiller
Oct 1, 2003 8:01 pm
... Change your subscriptions by sending a blank email to ... new_Distillers-digest@yahoogroups.com - Daily Digest new_Distillers-normal@yahoogroups.com -...
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cheeperdrunk
Oct 1, 2003 10:43 pm
i want to make a still and make my own liquor, where do i start...
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Mark Little
prisoner1275
Oct 1, 2003 10:54 pm
TRY DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH - THEN COME BACK AND ASK A FEW MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS http://homedistiller.org is a good start i want to make a still and...
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headcavedin
Oct 2, 2003 12:04 am
Hey! I want to do a Corn wash. I understand how to go about letting it sprout and then to grind. The sprout is where the enzymes comes from, correct? What I...
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nanosleep
Oct 2, 2003 6:08 am
You might first try a batch using malted barley from your local homebrew store. This has all the enzymes you'll need to convert the starch in your corn to...
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watertrade2003
Oct 2, 2003 11:27 am
Hi, I don't want to alarm you (there may be no need) but vinegar isn't something you want to taste in your mash. You know how they make vinegar? (well in the...
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watertrade2003
Oct 2, 2003 11:33 am
Hi Steve, when I was building my still I picked up some used dirty copper after trying everything vinegar soaks/ mechanical attachments /nitric acid baths - I...
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chonder69
Oct 2, 2003 1:07 pm
I am better now. I was at 22 deg C and went and put a heatpad and blanket around the carbuoy. Took it up to 28deg and that speeded the yeast up considerably....
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Wil
wbg_us
Oct 2, 2003 2:12 pm
I don't know about the inside of the tubing, The Vinegar soak might do the trick, but a new scotchbrite pad and a little elbo grease does a dandy Job on copper...
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corn_wash
Oct 2, 2003 2:23 pm
PLACE CRACKED GRAIN INTO A COOKING POT, add 1/2 tsp. for each 3-5 gal,cook at 150F (no hotter) for 45min. to 1 hr. stir a few times while cooking, the amylase...
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Ludwig Kirsch
cannonfire54
Oct 2, 2003 2:34 pm
If I may throw in my two cents. As I understand it malted corn would not have enough enzyme to convert all of the starch present. You would need to add...
9006
corn_wash
Oct 2, 2003 3:03 pm
all the info. i have found states corn has 60-70% convertable starch whitch is equal to about 6-7 pounds of sugar that is convertable to alc. amylase will get...
9007
corn_wash
Oct 2, 2003 3:05 pm
that is 6-7 lbs sugar per 10 lbs. corn ... starch ... sugars ... The ... than ... a ... writing ... it's ... 15 ... Sounds ... whatever ... work...
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chonder69
Oct 2, 2003 3:48 pm
On my 2" pipe, I ziptied a couple of stainless steel scrubbers(or other abrasive) to a dowel rod and it's just like cleaning a gun barrel. The vinegar soak...
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headcavedin
Oct 2, 2003 6:40 pm
All this Good info. I surly do Appreciate to Guys. Excellant info. I don't mind the extra work if just for the sake of trying something diffrent, ya know?...
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headcavedin
Oct 2, 2003 6:44 pm
Do you folk have any special way of cleaning your scrubber pads? I use Copper pads and boil them for a time with a little Bleach. Then I rinse really well. My...
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flaming_pinto
Oct 2, 2003 9:05 pm
I just finished a corn wash which turned out VERY nice, so let me add my two cents in here. I used cracked, unmalted feed corn and malted 6-row barley (from...
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Wil
wbg_us
Oct 2, 2003 9:37 pm
I shove mine down over the dish prongs in the dish washer and hold them in place with rubber bands, then just wash them as usual. ... Then I ... me....
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Steve
gufty4
Oct 2, 2003 9:47 pm
I tried the vinagar trick without any luck and I dont look to kindly on the elbo grees method. Last night i soaked a test pice in CLR a standard kitchen...
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flaming_pinto
Oct 2, 2003 11:59 pm
FYI, the amylase you buy in the brew supply shops as a powder is made to clear the starch-haze out of a beer wash during fermentation. By itself it does a...
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Shannon and michael
mandm60033
Oct 3, 2003 12:00 am
hi all i got my top part of my still done now i need is the cook boiler. were the best way to get one for free or some thing that affordable not out stght in...
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Wil
wbg_us
Oct 3, 2003 12:29 am
Start shopping ebay for a 15.5 Gal SS Beer keg... ... holds...
9017
waljaco
Oct 3, 2003 1:05 am
For full conversion you need alpha-amylase, beta-amylase and gluco- amylase. Malted barley might not have the gluco-amylase which is added to get a dry beer...
9018
flaming_pinto
Oct 3, 2003 1:16 am
Wal, you are probably correct, all I know is that for our purposes, good old malted barley is all the bourbon brewers or Kentucky and Tennessee have needed to...
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waljaco
Oct 3, 2003 2:27 am
I am probably wrong. Malted barley contains alpha-amylase, beta- amylase and beta-glucanase. It appears beta-glucanase (optimum temp. 45-50C) removes gum-like...
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nanosleep
Oct 3, 2003 4:58 am
I use stainless and I just throw them in the dishwasher (top rack)....
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nanosleep
Oct 3, 2003 5:08 am
This is almost identical to my procedure except I don't add sugar and I ferment and distill on the grain. I've had a few failed batches when I used only...
