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4486 Lars Norberg
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Mar 1, 2002
4:37 pm
Hi all! I was thinking, why can't you grow your own stock of turbo yeast at home? I mean, yeast is just another microorganism, and if you put it in sterile...
4487 Matt
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Mar 1, 2002
5:32 pm
... heh de-tuning a still, nice usage. well i can't think of any, steady as she goes. the reflux should give you a high level of control over the run. use...
4490 Tony & Elle Ackland
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Mar 1, 2002
7:07 pm
Lars, ... Theres a wee bit of this discussed at http://homedistiller.org/ferment.htm Jack describes how basically to turn any of the high-tollerance yeasts...
4491 Dick
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Mar 1, 2002
8:12 pm
In message <000001c1c076$791f1a80$16220b0a@administwflvyt>, Lars Norberg <lano1701@...> writes Hi Lars, ... It's possible to cultivate yeast but you...
4492 mattdistiller Offline Send Email Mar 3, 2002
8:21 am
Hi all, Well, I finished distilling my new rum wash, and it all worked well! A reminder of the wash: 6.4 kg mollasses, made up to 26L with water, champagne...
4493 jill_0005 Offline Send Email Mar 3, 2002
3:56 pm
I found this recipe computer program. Its suppose to help me keep track of my recipes for only $5??? http://www.geocities.com/jill_0005...
4494 Matt
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Mar 3, 2002
6:10 pm
... Matt, thanks for the war story, this is excellent info. Did you go ahead with your "de-tuning" of the still first? If so, what exactly did you do?...
4495 Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
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Mar 3, 2002
8:33 pm
Guys & Gals, Just a couple of months pre-warning here. Most of you are fairly aware that my Distilling site has already moved FROM...
4496 mattdistiller Offline Send Email Mar 3, 2002
10:53 pm
... ahead with ... do? My column is 1.2m x 50mm, and I usually fill it all the way up to the top with scrubbers - 18 large ones. For this run, I only put in...
4497 raja_aho Offline Send Email Mar 3, 2002
11:51 pm
Would it stop the foaming by using a tube from fermenter to the bottom of your boiler, same as transfering beer from fermenter to a keg? Then putting a few...
4498 Craig Huggins
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Mar 4, 2002
1:10 am
Is JB Weld safe to use when building a still? Nontoxic? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy...
4499 mattdistiller Offline Send Email Mar 4, 2002
1:26 am
... Reima, What you say is true, but I my idea isn't to actually stop the foaming as such, but remove the agents/impurities/susspended solids that cause the...
4500 Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
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Mar 4, 2002
1:50 am
... Just don't strip too much of the alcohol out of the wash with the air. It probably wouldn't be much loss in such a short time period anyhow. Could even...
4501 mattdistiller Offline Send Email Mar 4, 2002
2:01 am
... Definitley - I would do it the same way I airate a wash before pitching the yeast - The fermenter lid is on tight, and the air hose goes through the...
4502 auntyethyl Offline Send Email Mar 4, 2002
4:14 am
Matt, Thanx for the excellent rum posts.. Just one more question... (There's always one) De-Tuning. When you went from 18 to 12 scrubbies in the column, did...
4503 mattdistiller Offline Send Email Mar 4, 2002
8:11 am
... One? Or two? ;-) ... They were packed as normal, so there was an empty space at the top doing 'not much'. ... Um.... Tony? ;-) My guess... If the...
4504 Tony & Elle Ackland
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Mar 4, 2002
8:25 am
From one of our lurkers ...... ********************************************** This is from A.Nonymous who happened to find a wholesaler's letter in his ...
4505 surfcaster68 Offline Send Email Mar 4, 2002
9:57 am
I made the big Leap from Beer to Spirits late last year, and have so far distalled 4 washs. I have been using dextrose as that was recommended. (6kg @ 20 ltr)...
4507 auntyethyl Offline Send Email Mar 5, 2002
7:09 pm
Hi again Matt, Thanx yet again for an excellent reply. I agree with what you said as far as de-tuned packing placement is concerned. I just had *one* more...
4508 Tony & Elle Ackland
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Mar 5, 2002
8:10 pm
... What style still is it ? One with cooling tubes through the column (ie StillMaker, Euro), or one where you have more control over the reflux (ie ...
4509 Geoff Redman
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Mar 5, 2002
10:02 pm
Based on some data tables for water-ethanol mixtures, I've put together a correction table for an alcoholometer calibrated at 20 degrees celsius. The table...
4510 Tony & Elle Ackland
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Mar 5, 2002
11:05 pm
... likewise, I'd just be guessing. The theory doesn't help here. Can't really say whether the gap would be better top or bottom - you can dream up arguments...
4511 glen
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Mar 6, 2002
3:07 am
Hanging around the house i got bored and filtered out a couple litre through the z filter. Also i have 1 litre of "the good stuff" which i am letting sit...
4512 waljaco Offline Send Email Mar 6, 2002
3:42 am
Good explanation about tsipouro, tsikoudia, raki, zivania, souma and ouzo at: http://www.world2c.net/sfakia-crete/raki.html Apparently 'ouzo' which has come to...
4513 sstoli123@...
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Mar 6, 2002
4:21 am
I am currently working on a 20 liter boiler made from an aluminum pot, I have been trying to devise a way to install the 50 mm column to the aluminum lid. I...
4514 glen
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Mar 6, 2002
6:16 am
Hanging around the house i got bored and filtered out a couple litre through the z filter. Also i have 1 litre of "the good stuff" which i am letting sit...
4515 waljaco Offline Send Email Mar 6, 2002
6:53 am
A good PowerPoint site explaining how 'eaux-de-vie' and 'grappa' is made - http://www.unlv.edu/Tourism/FAB362PowerPointSlides/Brandy3April29.ppt 'Orujo' is the...
4516 Geoff Redman
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Mar 6, 2002
6:57 am
If anyone has trouble finding the correction table, try the following link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Distillers/files/ geoff...
4517 Nicholas Hamilton
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Mar 6, 2002
8:23 am
Nice work Geoff! But since I live in the only major country that still refuses to use the metric system this table does not help me. Could you either provide...
4518 king edward potatohead
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Mar 6, 2002
9:31 am
Well, floods stopped me getting to my birch trees without a decent set of waders so I've been tapping scyamores whilst the water receeds. I tried two methods -...
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