... From: "waljaco" <waljaco@...> I am not convinced that applying excessive heat to the wort is necessary or beneficial. This point is important for...
G'day Tony,the temperature will only be at the same temp.if the thermometer is in the moving stream of vapour.I made sure of placing my thermocouple and...
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king edward potatohead
strounge@...
Feb 1, 2002 11:02 am
This has been brewing for a while now - I'm going to check the OD and see how close it is to needing the ol' copper magic. I wanted to make a boukha has my...
Ups474, It appears to me that it is the enzymes that do the work you mention at a optimum temp. between 65-75C. By destroying them by boiling (100C) often you ...
It makes sense to boil an all malted grain beer to stop the enzymic process. But only to retain necessary unfermentable dextrins. But it seem to me that for...
I was running my still back a couple of months ago, and I noticed that the output wasn't really what I expected. The mash was supposed to be around 20%, as I...
Lars, ... I usually get about 95% of the available alcohol out, eg 20 L x 15% alcohol = 3 L pure alcohol to be had. If my still makes it at 96% purity, then...
Hmmm.. that's quite impressive. I don't even come close to those results these days (though I used to get better results half a year ago, but not as good as...
... Double check the amount of sugar they ask you to use. Just because the advertisment says it can do XX%, doesnt always mean their instructions will get you...
I use 8 kg of sugar for 25 liters of mash, so according to your theoretical calculation I should be getting around 8*610 = 4.8 liters, which adds up pretty...
G'Day Cornfed15,I currently run a N/S fractional tower 1250mm.x50mm.on a 30Ltr.kettle with 1850w x240v internal heating and a PID controller.Yes you will get...
Just a question about the temp of wash & temp of vapour. I have only run my still once and was a bit confused when I did my shake down runs with water only how...
... less likely it is that any vapor will find its way into that side opening. Make it fast enough, and air will actually be drawn INTO the column, just like...
... As with your design there is very little control over the reflux, then maybe the product out the top is only an outcome over which you have little control,...
G'day All,watch the colour of the flexible outlet extension for any change of colour,if it starts to go white chuck it out. A lot of the spirits sold in pubs...
After 3 runs and a lot of trouble holding the still at 78.4c I checked my thermometer in boiling water and it read 103.5, so I think i have found my problem....
Since at least Medieval times beer wort has been boiled. So has a mead wort. Here are the arguments for this - 1) sterilizes 2) stops enzyme action (to retain...
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elraymiles@...
Feb 3, 2002 7:01 pm
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THE PURITY OF THE COLLECTED ALCOHOL AND WHERE DO YOU GET THE TESTER?...
... DO YOU GET ... Hi, Just a note on email etiquette - A letter all types in capitals is considered YELLING - and it not that easy to read! Try hitting the...
And now you are talking about 100% spirits? Ok, then there must be something wrong with my process, time for some evaluation. /Lars ... From: Pete Sayers...
... No - sounds like something is going wrong. Looks like you're making the alcohol ok - using enough sugar & getting it to drop enough SG at the end. If half...
... it >to drop enough SG at the end. If half the sugar was becoming yeast (very >remote chance), then you'd probably notice it from the shear volume of...
Ok, so around 4 liters of 92% alcohol from 8 kg of sugar. Well, I'm still pretty far below, but not by more than perhaps 1 liter though. But 4 liters of 92%...
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glen
warranty@...
Feb 4, 2002 10:57 pm
I generally pull 4.8-5 litres per 25 litre wash at an end average of 85% but that is using a reflux still........
