Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) is associated with several cordials. These were named after his death and possibly his name was used just to add more prestige....
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nomoreindy
Feb 26, 2013 4:40 am
My question is this. How much product should i be getting out of a 5 gallon batch of wash. I have ran 2 batches and only produced 2 quarts out of each one.. I...
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Bill Rogers
tucciim
Feb 26, 2013 4:41 am
I've read that lots (most) of you use propane torches or MAPP torches. I don't have either of these. I do have a butane torch but that seems rather ...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 26, 2013 5:15 am
How much sugar did you use? What kind of still was used? How did you make your cuts? In my 2 gal. pot still stripping runs, I gain 2.5 qt of 50% to 60%...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 26, 2013 5:18 am
An outside grill like you cook hot dogs and burgers would work fine as long ass you watched and turned them. Robert ________________________________ From: Bill...
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tgfoitwoods
Feb 26, 2013 5:24 am
Without knowing what kind of stil you are running and what %ABV your wash is, here are some estimates for a potstill. If you collect to 99C, and your wash is...
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Greg Sosbey
sozza23@...
Feb 26, 2013 5:26 am
Back when there was Urea in the yeast, I used to get around 4.5 litres (approx 1 gallon) out of my wash (25 litre / 5 gallon). But then the the government...
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bobcrowder2001
Feb 26, 2013 7:35 pm
Toast the thin slices of oak in the microwave. You can tell when they are done by the smoke smell. Bob C...
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mrlovjoy
Feb 26, 2013 10:42 pm
... I'm really new, so I honestly don't know, but, if Urea was that important, why wouldn't you simply add some with your yeast? Very cheap, and easy to get,...
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DB
sketchydb
Feb 26, 2013 10:42 pm
If you placed wood in a steel or tin can, like a coffee can or larger, and placed it on a fire, it would also roast the wood without catching fire. You have to...
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fatbloke
johnthefatbloke
Feb 26, 2013 10:42 pm
Personally I cut it into small "staves" about 6 inches long and a quarter inch square section then spread them on a baking tray and bake them on high oven...
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Derek Hamlet
derekhamlet
Feb 26, 2013 10:59 pm
... I had no idea you could do it that way. I toast my oak staves (White American Oak) in the oven. That way I have some control over the degree of toast...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 27, 2013 1:49 am
DAP will do the same thing, so why add it twice? Robert ________________________________ From: mrlovjoy <mrlovjoy1@...> To: Distillers@yahoogroups.com ...
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edbar44
Feb 27, 2013 12:20 pm
I'm just finishing up a 100 liter wash that started at 1.130, using for the first time, Still Spirits POWER and was quite impressed with how quickly it...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 27, 2013 1:47 pm
Try Lavlvin EC-1118, before you swear by a yeast. You can make a turbo like yeast by jacking up DAP and sugar. EC-1118 is tolerant up to 18% abv and it...
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Eddie Hoskin
radicaled42
Feb 27, 2013 2:34 pm
Agreed. Ec-1118 is the 'go to' yeast for many distillers for just these reasons. It will rip up everything and anything that is remotely fermentable. Not...
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Ed Barcik
edbar44
Feb 27, 2013 4:08 pm
Never had any luck with that EC-1118, stuck and slow ferments, I've been doing this long enough that I've tried many different types and this one will probably...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 27, 2013 4:28 pm
I have had good results with EC-1118, so the only way to determine why you have bad luck would require hundred questions. Robert ...
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henry sangret
henrysangret
Feb 27, 2013 4:36 pm
I agree , turbo yeast is interesting but not for the 2 to 4% gain you may achieve! I like the Lavlvin as well but not for grain worts, it seems to geterate...
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jamesarobinson@...
jamesarobins...
Feb 27, 2013 7:35 pm
This question is addressed to the small percentage of us striving to achieve the azeotrope faster and experimenting accordingly. Has anyone actually measured...
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henry sangret
henrysangret
Feb 27, 2013 7:39 pm
I am an engineer by education and trade and have performed a design of experimnents of sorts uaing a control mash and different yeasts. Now a barley mash is...
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RLB
last2blast
Mar 1, 2013 4:44 am
Just when you think you have yeast and fermentation figured out; you don't. I did a 5 gal sugar wash with an airlock, and the air lock had not moved in 4...
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fatbloke
johnthefatbloke
Mar 1, 2013 7:33 am
Lag phase in the ferment and the a little air/O2 ??? Probably what happened...RLB <last2blast@...> wrote:Just when you think you have yeast and...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Mar 1, 2013 3:27 pm
Robert-  When you poured the wash into your gallon containers, you added oxygen. These 1-gallon containers will continue to bubble until the O2 is used up...
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tgfoitwoods
Mar 1, 2013 3:40 pm
White bear, Every time some one posts a warning like this, with an implied experience, it conjures up an ugly image from either my imagination or my...
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RLB
last2blast
Mar 1, 2013 3:54 pm
Caps are on to keep dust out, but they are loose enough to allow CO2 to freely escape. They are constantly checked to make sure they are loose enough to...
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RLB
last2blast
Mar 1, 2013 4:02 pm
Actually that was my third time of turning Arizona gal jugs into balloons. They are made of heavy duty plastic, so I was very lucky in not having to mop my...
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Robert Lemmen
robertlemmen
Mar 1, 2013 6:00 pm
henry, ... out of interest, what yeast is that? I would like to do my first grain wash soon, and am still puzzled about the yeast. I was thinking safale S-04...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Mar 1, 2013 9:38 pm
ZBob- Yes, A very wise man indeed. This is the main reason that I tie a cloth around the opening of my carboys instead of using airlocks. I don't even...
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henry sangret
henrysangret
Mar 1, 2013 11:54 pm
I use this yeast Prestige Whisky Yeast with AG from Brewhaus. Of course with a starter I am required to use a enzyme cocktail for starch reduction. Another...
