The use of baking soda is widely documented, just search here: http://foag.co.cc/ for "baking soda" As for permanganate, it is used to to convert aldehydes...
i just got a refractomiter to help in my wash brewing and got an idea- does anyone have a translation chart to convert from brix to % Alcohol in distalate? the...
Hi Crew, on my POT still I have built myself a large shotgun to replace the leibig condenser. It has 17 x 13mm tubes of 225 mm long fed by a 11 litre per...
... 25C. ... It's moisture condensing out of the air that's inside the system. The air gets purged as the potstill system (cap, riser &/or lynearm & condenser)...
Hi, folks, harisaki, Re Harry's comment "However as it's fitted to a potstill, you better not have ... You may find New Distillers message 34142 and 34143...
This might be worth keeping on a little longer than usual. I have a inch worth's printouts on Rum. They go from making up the initial was, distillation,...
... Harry, thanks for the quick reply, your answer re the condensate may be true, and I will test this next run. However during the run the fog continues even...
Hi Harisaki, Purely on a hunch I typed into Google "cavitations' in dense vapour" and came up with this link http://tiny.cc/U49WB Its way out of my league but...
... You can't do it. Brix is a measure of sugar content, not alcohol. Two separate things; "apples and oranges" so to speak. In brewing, measuring Brix (the...
... I second that...but hey, you have to start somewhere :) (it was my first - I came to the same conclusion) ... You need to keep going to 10% or less. ... ...
Ian Smiley in his book "Making pure corn whiskey" mentions using an alcohol refractometer during distillation runs. I've yet to find one on the internet that...
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Try http://www.homebrewheaven.com/ and then : StoreFront / Distillation Supplies & Alcohol Flavorings / Alcoholometer11.95 USD, and I use mine all the time,...
Thank you very much, Trid, for your interest and comments. It doesn't look as if I'm doing much wrong though stripping down to 10%ABV is an important...
Just back from a holiday in New Zealand. When visiting Auckland I took the opportunity to have a pleasant afternoon with Mike Nixon. Good to see him on the...
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... Belmont Farm Distillery in Virginia makes an unaged corn whiskey sold as Virginia Lightning, and in California, C&C Shine produces another moonshine-style ...
Hi, Tony, hi folks, Can you put something in the bottom of the boiler to take up some of the space? If it wasn't something for your own consumption in the...
... I use Marbles. For a strip run They arent necessary as I know that there will be at least a gallon (what it takes to cover my elements)left in the boiler....
Whikey must be all grain, no sugar. Although the article calls it corn whiskey, I bet you can't find the word "whikey" on the label. ... From: Trid To:...
pretty sure he meant a refractometer. One of those things you put a few drops in and look through the lens. Requires a much smaller sample than a hydrometer....
Greetings fellow enthusiasts, I thought that I would share a wonderful little recipe for spiced rum, as I sample some right now. We started with about 25...
a refractometer doesn't measure sugar directly- it measures the refraction index of the liquid, andthe sugar content caneb infered from that. when using a...
... Thank you for the suggestions. A half-gallon would be a helluva a lot of marbles, cutting up stainles wouldn't be much fun with a hacksaw, and I think...
... that's my current practice. but if i could accuratly tell what is coming out of a still using a sample size of one drop,and have automatic temerature...
... http://www.industrial-needs.com/technical-data/refractometer-PCE-ALK.htm here's exactly what i'm talking about,but it is only calibrated from 0-80% ABV...
