Yes, you can use the turbo yeast but the flavor profile will not resemble your typical whisky. Is there a brewery near you? Ask them for a few liters of yeast...
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Matt
spore@...
Mar 1, 2001 5:04 pm
... Yes Turbo is really designed for ethanol-over-flavor production. Donald of Outterson LLC (who I wish would post here more often as he is a font of brewing...
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Matt
spore@...
Mar 1, 2001 5:09 pm
you may remember my grousing at the cost of the textbook and CD-ROM for The Alcohol Textbook (US $150 for each). Well a little bird told me (maybe it was a...
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Pete Sayers
brubarn@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:27 pm
Hi Ted, im not sure what yeast you are using, however i have found thru experience that if the temp rises too much during fermentation, some of the yeast will...
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Ted Palmer
tpalmer@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:21 pm
No, I don't have any problems with my ferments, I was answering scotts question. As far as what yeasts I use in the brewhouse, white labs California ale 2 is...
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Mos&Liz
brie@...
Mar 1, 2001 11:48 pm
Hi fellow distillers, I have recently built a nixon stone type still with 1.2 meter column which seems to work very well,exept when I mix water with my 95% it...
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Matt
spore@...
Mar 1, 2001 11:55 pm
... I had a similar problem before I had charcoal filtered my spirit. And that was with distilled water, too. And my still can only squeeze out 90% at best...
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Pete Sayers
brubarn@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:15 am
Mos you never said if you "Back flushed" the column after the first run. pour some boiling water (a couple of jugs) back down the column, this should be done...
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Deb
witchwriter@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:47 am
If you are getting a cloudy product you are cooking it too long. Water causes cloudiness. Hope this helps! Deb Brewer witchwriter@... ICQ #13688671 ...
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Gary Gluyas
gluyas@...
Mar 3, 2001 2:10 am
Hello Andrew . . . and others I have been away from the office for a few days and due to lack of time have been unable to reply till now. We stock two...
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Gary Gluyas
gluyas@...
Mar 3, 2001 2:10 am
Hello I also tend to agree with Deb - you are cooking it too long and ending up with too much tails! I am finding it rather interesting in that you are not...
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Johan Hemberg
hemberg@...
Mar 3, 2001 12:23 pm
Hi I need to make my still completely tight because i rufse any smell at all from it. It's connected to a activated carbonfilter so want all the air that goes...
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Johan Hemberg
hemberg@...
Mar 3, 2001 6:46 pm
Clever idea :) However..can't find any (sweden) and there are more places on my still I would like to make absolutely sure that there are no leaks. So it would...
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Gary Gluyas
gluyas@...
Mar 3, 2001 10:47 pm
Hello Tony From the above, you mention that your column is 1.1m tall and full of pot scrubbers. Can you remember how many pot scrubbers? Is the column packed...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Mar 3, 2001 11:21 pm
... Nope, thats what it says. 0.05 % w/v What pH is that ? Tony...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Mar 3, 2001 11:21 pm
Does the cloudyness go away by itself after a few days ? I've noticed some of mine doing this, because of fine air bubbles in it, coming from air that had...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Mar 3, 2001 11:21 pm
Another good place for distilling books is http://www.powells.com Below is a review by Don of three books available there. All are really good & usefull. Mine...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Mar 3, 2001 11:21 pm
... Pilch, How tall is your column ? (taller than 1m would be prefered) While you're at it, what diameter ? (should be greater approx 1.5 inch for a 1380W) How...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Mar 3, 2001 11:25 pm
New Distillers FAQ ****************************************************************** "NEW DISTILLERS" Frequently Asked Questions (Sept'00) Posted near the 1st...
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Mecakyrios
meca@...
Mar 3, 2001 11:31 pm
I need a product that is resistant to alcohol, what can i use? I recomend strait silicon, like the kind used in aquariums, as regular silucon is resistant to...
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MtrcyclMon@...
Mar 4, 2001 1:47 am
Hello, I assume that alcohol a stronger solvent than gasoline form what I've heard. Working with automotive applications, I have yet to find an epoxy, gasket...
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jwdob@...
Mar 4, 2001 10:05 am
... at all from it. Ok Johan, try this stuff Loctite Blue Silicone RTV, form-a-gasket No.6 This is a silicone based gasket material for cars, gearboxes etc I...
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yldog@...
Mar 4, 2001 11:32 am
manny i use technical grade HCl and it is initially at a concentration of 300 g/l but i use .1 ml for every litre of wash. The fermentation didn't finish when...
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Phil Silvers
BrettB@...
Mar 4, 2001 1:15 pm
Afternoon everyone, Maybe I am completely missing what happens but....... If only about half the sugar is converted to ethanol during the fermentation process...
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Johan Hemberg
hemberg@...
Mar 4, 2001 3:40 pm
Ah, I'll try that..I've checked loctites products on the internet and they have some interesting caulk :) as well....
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Ted Palmer
tpalmer@...
Mar 4, 2001 4:27 pm
The other half of the sugar is turned into carbon dioxide and heat. There is nothing left but yeast cells and water. _____________ Ted Palmer tpalmer@... ...
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Tony & Elle Ackland
Tony.Ackland@...
Mar 4, 2001 5:56 pm
Phil, The other half goes to making carbon dioxide (CO2) gas - thats the stuff bubbling out through the airlock. So all the sugar has gone at the end of the...
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Bob Lauder
bob@...
Mar 4, 2001 7:24 pm
I recently removed the stainless steel scrubbies from my reflux tower to change the water supply to the condenser. I found the lower third of the scrubbies to...
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Jack Ricks
secondhandjack@...
Mar 5, 2001 1:13 am
G'day there It appears to me that spending about$10 for yeast for every 25litre batch of wash seems to be a waste of money. I'm using turbo yeast(with the...
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MtrcyclMon@...
Mar 5, 2001 5:52 am
Hello, I reused bakers yeast when I made small batches of mead-like-wine-stuff in 3 liter soda pop bottles in College. It only took a teaspoon of the sediment...
