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...
... 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...
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...
In message <000001c1c076$791f1a80$16220b0a@administwflvyt>, Lars Norberg <lano1701@...> writes Hi Lars, ... It's possible to cultivate yeast but you...
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...
... 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?...
... 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...
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...
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Craig Huggins
gp1066@...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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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)...
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...
... 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 ...
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...
... 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...
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glen
warranty@...
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...
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...
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...
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glen
warranty@...
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...
A good PowerPoint site explaining how 'eaux-de-vie' and 'grappa' is made - http://www.unlv.edu/Tourism/FAB362PowerPointSlides/Brandy3April29.ppt 'Orujo' is the...
If anyone has trouble finding the correction table, try the following link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Distillers/files/ geoff...
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Nicholas Hamilton
nhamilto40@...
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...
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king edward potatohead
strounge@...
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 -...
