I just finished reading "The book of tequila" by Bob Emmons (Open Court Press, 1997). In it he states that the agave plant is mashed by putting it into a...
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_truenorth1@...
Dec 21, 2000 5:50 am
Marbles are what I'm using, although it's hard to find small enough ones. I've looked for SS potscrubbers without success. Can I use stone, such as aquarium...
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DAVID REID
nzag@...
Dec 21, 2000 10:06 am
Yes you could use it at a pinch but very wasteful of heat energy and as a consequence not advised. Would also drop your alcohol % realized back to about 80%...
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Gary Gluyas
gluyas@...
Dec 21, 2000 10:43 am
Well, I have heard it all! Time to wake up and smell the coffee. Isn't that a bit like eating shit . . . . and trying to turn it into ice-cream! - I have...
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Johan Hemberg
hemberg@...
Dec 21, 2000 12:42 pm
How do you control your heat? Do you use 2000W all the time or turn it on and off with some kind of electronics?...
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Johan Hemberg
hemberg@...
Dec 21, 2000 12:59 pm
It can be two things. Drinking water contains limestone and that can precipitate when you mix water and alcohol. Second, activiated carbon is normally not...
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Johan Hemberg
hemberg@...
Dec 21, 2000 1:02 pm
1-2% methanol? is this really right? sound very much to me....
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paul mccloud
vonmantik@...
Dec 21, 2000 1:05 pm
I have found the best supply of quality stainless steel pot scrubbers at commercial restaurant supply stores either instore, on line, or by mail (catalog). I f...
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Ian
pilch@...
Dec 21, 2000 1:34 pm
Go for it Garry, have a say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ian Pilcher pilch@......
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Robert Elliott
elliotts@...
Dec 21, 2000 9:49 pm
It sounds as though you may have had a tad of the "juice" before you hit the net. Please don't abuse someone who has an idea, especially before it is tried, ...
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Pete Sayers
brubarn@...
Dec 21, 2000 10:47 pm
Yes johan, i missed the mark,it's actually a whole lot less than that, around .25% regards Pete ... From: Johan Hemberg [mailto:hemberg@...] Sent:...
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Des
topkiwi@...
Dec 21, 2000 11:42 pm
Hello to all. Sorry I have not had the time to be an active participant of this group. This year has been very busy for Code Imports, what with moving...
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Elliot Schlegelmilch
elliot@...
Dec 22, 2000 12:01 am
I was brainstorming parts for a boiler today at an industrial kitchen shop. I saw a number of large (20l) pots (both stainless and aluminum) with lids. I'm...
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Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Tony.Ackland@...
Dec 22, 2000 12:12 am
My old "Still Spirits" still only has a press-on lid. When I put scrubbers in the column, which increased its resistance, I had to tie the lid on a bit better...
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John William Clark
jwc@...
Dec 22, 2000 4:41 pm
Hello all, As you may gather from the signature text at the bottom of this email, I run a personalised scotch whisky web site. I am considering the...
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Matt
spore@...
Dec 22, 2000 5:02 pm
... Not really a whisky-based drink, but I love this one. Using Bombay Sapphire, Plymouth, or San Francisco's own Junipero gin and some Glenmorangie (err...I...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Dec 22, 2000 11:04 pm
Just came across a pretty good site covering distillation, http://members.nbci.com/mspong/distillation.html Some of the information looks historical/dated, but...
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Ted Palmer
tpalmer@...
Dec 23, 2000 3:21 am
Great site! Kind of reminds me of http://www.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/smith/french/ _________________________ Ted Palmer tpalmer@... ... From:...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Dec 24, 2000 2:50 am
Some of the terms/expressions it uses has got me a little stumped... can anyone help ? * quarter (unit of mass, in making malt whisky - is this quarter of a...
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Brad McMahon
brad@...
Dec 24, 2000 3:58 am
... Creosote is made from distilling coal or wood tar. It is a brown smelly oily liquid that most people use for preserving wood (eg. fence posts). In small...
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Brian Bashford
tipitina@...
Dec 24, 2000 3:14 pm
Yes, I have somewhere, what appears to be the cut and rounded off bottom of a glass 1lb. jam jar which used to be sold for putting in the bottom of a saucepan...
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paul mccloud
vonmantik@...
Dec 24, 2000 6:07 pm
At any cooks supply store you can buy a boiling disc that is designed to put in the bottom of a pot. This will make a very loud rattle when boiling temp is...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Dec 26, 2000 7:58 pm
Thanks Don & Brad .. ... I'd sorta thought that, but couldn't see the point, given that your just going to rehydrate it in the wash again. I'll try and see if...
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Matt
spore@...
Dec 26, 2000 9:19 pm
... hmm.. according to some searches I did, it seems creosote has been used in the past for coloring in whiskies or on one page I saw it in a list of additives...
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Matt
spore@...
Dec 26, 2000 11:09 pm
I just completed my first filtration runs of my spirits. My product didn't smell that great to begin with, but after diluting them to 42% for filtering, they...
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Johan Hemberg
hemberg@...
Dec 27, 2000 5:12 pm
Hi Matthew Try to attach a big funnel at the top of the pipe and pour all alcohol you want to clean there. Then add some kind of valve at the bottom of the...
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Peter Damen
dambasti@...
Dec 28, 2000 1:14 pm
Thanks for the refluxdesign calculations. Using the different parameters of my own still-equipment, I find out that the ignored cooling water & heat loss must...
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Peter Damen
dambasti@...
Dec 29, 2000 6:47 pm
Van: Peter Damen <dambasti@...> Aan: distillers@... <distillers@egroups.com> Onderwerp: reflux stills, german literature Thanks for the...
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robert jung
rdj@...
Jan 1, 2001 12:11 am
happy new year, y'all! just a couple of questions I had while I was re-reading some old posts. Tell me if I've got this right. Activated carbon: strips...
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john2510@...
Jan 1, 2001 12:50 am
I recently read a recipe for corn mash in which the author commented that you must stop the fermentation at the right point or the alcohol would be wood...
