Ukrainian vodka is mainly from wheat. Corn (maize) apparently gives a similar product. wal ... Smiley gives a recipe for a high quality vodka using malted...
I hesitate posting on this, cause it seems obvious to me now. But it wasn't when I started. As stated below, I believe that taste is not only a personal ...
(why did God invent whiskey? to keep the Irish from taking over the world ! ). I'm Irish. This hobby is illegal in the USA. Thanks to meth labs and such,...
The ammonia smell is coming from the nutrients you put in. ... yeast ... IMHO, a little DAP goes a long long way - even with white sugar bills. I suspect this...
i was just wonderin if there was anyone livin in ireland on this site,,its illegal over here too [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... I know I probably put in too much DAP. I had to fake it a little on the recipe because there were a few things I couldn't get my hands on. For example,...
I agree that taste is very important when making whiskey. However, I strive more for smoothness rather taste. That's because of the way I drink my booze---...
snipity snip snip (I lose yield every time I get lazy and don't boil my city water.) Is there a way to distill out any carcinogens that could be in my wash or...
... on ... on. ... about ... boil ... airlock ... wash ... try ... available ... Turbo yeast is commercially bred strains dehydrated & mixed with the right...
The temperataure vs taste thing is very true for beer and most other alcoholic beveages as well. Esters and othere volotile compounds do not release from...
Greetings I've been lurking in this and /Distillers group since December. I've spent a lot of time surfing through the numerous on-line resources and...
... wrote: snip 55% vs 40% may in part be the concentration of alcohol effecting the sense of taste. Try some neutral alcohol diluted to the same two ...
... <donald.ross@r...> wrote: snip the Hydrometer read 1.12 @ 32 deg C. (from memory, it's about 3 sg points between 32C and 20C. So your OSG is probably...
Hi Thomas The instructons for the Prestige Turbo 8 call for 8 kg of sugar and 25 l of water. They explicitly say not to use more water. Don Thomas Kehrlein...
Thanks Mark, replies in-line.. OSG is probably about 1.123 or so at 20C.) ... ( homedistiller.org has a volume to weight calculator - but ... ( too late for...
Thomas Kehrlein <tom@...> wrote: But apparently, and more criticaly, you have used too much sugar. did they give you a starting SG to expect? Thomas ...
Hi Don and Welcome to the exciting world of home distilling! (Did I sound like a advertising promoter!) I've used the prestige Turbo yeasts MANY times. I...
Thanks Moose?? I appreciate the welcome. Your comments have put put me at ease. I was really confused about the SG reading. It did sort of indicate I used...
... off, put in one bag at a time, vigorously stirring until completely disolved before adding the next bag. Poured this into my fermentor and topped up tp 25...
... the heat ... fermentor and ... stirred ... of water. ... that the ... well, and ... Steve, You are right about the water. He's actually put in about 20 ...
Hi Don Don't worry. I use alcotec 48 turbo and have tried most others. The instructions are pour 21 litres of 40c water & 8kg sugar in fermenter. Makes 25...
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I have some heat tint inside a new stainless still. I hate to use the commercial heat tint remove because it is so corossive (like on the skin) also it't hard...
Like Moose says, turbos are very easy and repeatable. That said, it is strange that yours is taking so long to produce CO2. Mine starts within 20 minutes! As...
Steve, You are right about the water. He's actually put in about 20 litres. That plus the 8 kg sugar dissolved makes 25 litres. However, Prestige yeast is...
I don't know why it took so long to start. Everything's fine now. This am. I timed 15 CO2 escapes (for lack of a better phrase when the air lock 'bobs') per...
... under 1.120. I guess Widder & Co. don't expect most washes to exceed SG 1.120. BTW, where did you get the specs for Prestige's Turbo? I went to Gert's...
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