...And you need 3 gallons per hour @ azeotrope because??!? Hardly beverage hobbyist size. Slainte! regards Harry...
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Harry
gnikomson2000
Aug 1, 2010 7:47 am
Ok, forget my last post. I recall now you are a fueller. We do try to keep the two hobbies separate to save confusion (such as I just displayed). That's why...
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landrover_ffr
Aug 1, 2010 9:44 pm
Hi Hari, I experienced the same vapour escape issue the first time I ran my x-flow on my VM rig which cause me to panic a bit. But I don't think it's x-flow...
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Ian Pilcher
ozilikkerman
Aug 2, 2010 9:37 am
Sorry Dude I failed notice any ATTITUDE in my posting, I'll be more vigilant next time. Ozilikkerman...
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Ian Pilcher
ozilikkerman
Aug 2, 2010 9:45 am
thursty2, It's my own design nothing flash as I'm not into complicated designs. I've been at it for almost a lifetime as you can see if you were to go way back...
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Ian Pilcher
ozilikkerman
Aug 2, 2010 9:49 am
Correction on the percentage old mate, you can only retrieve 95% from a not vacuum still. Ozilikkerman...
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Ian Pilcher
ozilikkerman
Aug 2, 2010 9:55 am
<mailto:nebskram@...?Subject=%20Re%3A%20Complicated> nebskram@... Point taken Ozi...
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ozilikkerman
Aug 2, 2010 10:55 am
To all you guys with updated and modern stills, I am not knocking your achievements in any shape or form. Ozi...
Your correction is incorrect. 95.6% (rounds up to 96%) is ethanol's azeotrope, not 95%. Slainte, Riku...
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Harry
gnikomson2000
Aug 6, 2010 9:52 am
Another small gain for the hobby. http://www.budapestreport.com/2010/08/05/hungarian-moonshine/ Slainte! regards Harry...
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Ian Pilcher
ozilikkerman
Aug 6, 2010 12:59 pm
I stand corrected; it is 96% and 100% from a vacuum still. Ozilikkerman...
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Harry
gnikomson2000
Aug 8, 2010 8:42 pm
1:08 PM Aug 4, 2010 NEWPORT, Tenn. (WVLT) -- A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper flying around Cocke County looking for Marijuana patches found what he was ...
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jamesonbeam1
Aug 9, 2010 1:15 am
Harry, As mentioned when I reposted you Nostalgia article in New Distillers on Moonshining in the Blue Ridge, while they stated it is not as active as it once...
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Harry
gnikomson2000
Aug 9, 2010 1:39 am
... on ... as ... from ... south ... a ... Pulled a close-up of one pic. Jim, are the stills gasoline-fired, similar to Popcorn's old outfit? Interesting what...
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jamesonbeam1
Aug 9, 2010 12:51 pm
I doubt it Harry. From the gossip, they use propane or as traditionals which they are, still mostly wood to fire their stills. However not going to get close...
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edbar44
Aug 9, 2010 2:56 pm
I've got a batch fermenting and it's going real slow, just noticed something on a Brix chart that doesn't compute. My. SG is 1.045 but the brix is 22 which...
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tgfoitwoods
Aug 9, 2010 4:21 pm
Edbar, If I read you correctly, you used a hydrometer partway through a fermentation, and got a reading of 1.045. That specific gravity can be interpreted at...
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jamesonbeam1
Aug 9, 2010 5:10 pm
Yes Ed, Exactly the way ZB described it. If your using two different methods to test for SG and Brix, then your really going to get really mixed up - ...
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Harry
gnikomson2000
Aug 10, 2010 7:48 am
Yahoo is playing with server settings again. It appears some spam posts and forgeries are getting through.   Until further notice, all new posts are now...
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edbar44
Aug 10, 2010 12:14 pm
That's probably the reason then because this is not a sugar wash although it was originally. I previously wrote about my stuck fermentation which I distilled...
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tgfoitwoods
Aug 10, 2010 2:51 pm
Edbar, I really can't give you an answer with any precision, although I can wave my hands and make some assumptions, and pull a number out of my, er,...
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landrover_ffr
Aug 10, 2010 10:35 pm
Hi, Assuming you are using a refractometer to measure the brix level the alcohol present in the partially fermented wash will throw your measurement out. But...
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jamesonbeam1
Aug 11, 2010 12:02 am
Correct links are http://www.slymail.org/vinocalc.html <http://www.slymail.org/vinocalc.html> for all kinds of calculations or...
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landrover_ffr
Aug 11, 2010 3:09 am
Thanks for fixing the links. I just assumed I couldn't post hot links here. I'll know for next time. I intend writing a phone application that has some of...
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jamesonbeam1
Aug 11, 2010 3:09 am
Harry, You should add this link to your library which Landrover found. Has almost every calculation one needs for beer, wine and distilling without having to...
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Timothy
timothyc.smith
Aug 11, 2010 6:01 am
I have heard a lot of debate on the best ways to figure out SG or Alc% during a ferment. Of course it make sense that using an instrament that is desined to...
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joe giffen
rum2do
Aug 11, 2010 9:11 am
Hi, If you can post why can't you order a hydrometer online? Regards Joe ... From: Timothy <timothyc.smith@...> Subject: [Distillers] Testing for...
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tgfoitwoods
Aug 11, 2010 9:11 am
Damn, Sid, Just scanning them quickly, those are some great links! Thanks a bunch for them. Zymurgy Bob, a simple potstiller ... here. I'll know for next time....
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edbar44
Aug 11, 2010 1:49 pm
those are some great formulae, have a pint sitting in the fridge now, will filter and test again but feel it's done and full of stuff so will probably just...