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...
Try http://www.homebrewheaven.com/ and then : StoreFront / Distillation Supplies & Alcohol Flavorings / Alcoholometer11.95 USD, and I use mine all the time,...
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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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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...