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37514 jamesonbeam1 Offline Send Email Jan 1, 2010
12:13 pm
Hi all, Hope everybody had a great New Years (and thanks Harry for the fireworks !). Anyways, a friend of mine in the steel industry, was talking to some ...
37515 bigjim@...
bigjim32667 Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2010
2:07 pm
You can adapt this to suit yerowndamnself. Big Jim Spiced apple pie drink 1 gallon apple juice 1 gallon apple cider 1 cup sugar 6 cinnamon sticks 5 cups...
37516 sadangoll1 Offline Send Email Jan 1, 2010
4:43 pm
Thanks Jay and happynew year,I'll check it out,just curious, what kind do you use?...
37517 Stephen Anderson
williambloat Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2010
4:49 pm
Sure. Folks in our area have been making "pie" for years. Take a gallon of unpasteurized apple cider (not commercial apple juice) and add a bottle (750ml or a...
37518 sadangoll1 Offline Send Email Jan 1, 2010
5:42 pm
37519 pint_o_shine Offline Send Email Jan 1, 2010
6:39 pm
This is the best combo I have found. Credit to DunderHead 4 cans frozin apple juce ,1 tabs apple pie spice ( 1 tea cinnamon--1/4 nutmeg-1/4 allspice) 1 qt...
37520 jay lagasse
ak_jay.1976 Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2010
8:39 pm
Happy New Year back at you,   I use the Premium Stone Carbon from Milehi like this:   ...
37521 Andrew Bugal
bwyze44 Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2010
11:34 pm
Didn't know you spoke Klingon Harry.   Happy New Year.   Bwyze ... From: gnikomson2000 <gnikomson2000@...> Subject: [new_distillers] Happy New Year! ...
37522 sadangoll1 Offline Send Email Jan 2, 2010
12:14 am
thanks agian,I'll order some after I build my filtering sysem.also i was thinking of using a soda keg and weld a 1 1/2 inch s.s.sleeve on the bottom of it and...
37523 Brewhaus / Hot Sauce ...
brewhausinc Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2010
4:39 am
If the carbon is 1.7L then it should take only one package to fill a 5’ x 1.5” diameter column. Rick If the carbon is 1.7L then it should take only one...
37524 jay lagasse
ak_jay.1976 Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2010
6:16 am
That filter will work just fine.   If you want to look at a fully automatic system, check out the new filtering system pics in my photo album under Akjay's...
37526 jamesonbeam1 Offline Send Email Jan 2, 2010
3:12 pm
Hey Thanks a bunch all, Didn't realize it was that popular around here. Definitly will go with the neutral, juice and spices. Now, if you throw a scoop of...
37527 jamesonbeam1 Offline Send Email Jan 2, 2010
4:17 pm
Hi all, Recently been experimenting with speeding up fermentations by adding some of those energy drinks around. These are chock full of B vitamins and other...
37528 sadangoll1 Offline Send Email Jan 2, 2010
4:29 pm
Well Jay I'm really impressed with your filtering system and i'm going to order some more soda kegs .Love your 15 gal keg,how did you polish it? it must of...
37529 Brian Hopper
brianhopper11 Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2010
9:11 pm
parsnip and apple sauce whiskey boiled up 20 lbs parsnips then added 10 kilos apple sauce, this is my authentic cristmas idea does any one know if it will be...
37530 jamesonbeam1 Offline Send Email Jan 3, 2010
2:04 am
Hi J, Probably because many of us have been away or enjoying the holidays. To boil down your questions, (sorry for the pun), I believe most distillers dont...
37531 jamesonbeam1 Offline Send Email Jan 3, 2010
3:28 am
Sidenote J, If your doing a single malt whiskey and just using malt it is a good idea to seperate the grain before fermenting. As Ian Smiley mentions: "If...
37532 jamesonbeam1 Offline Send Email Jan 3, 2010
2:34 pm
Hi Tim, Again sorry for the delay in responding, as I said earlier, most of us were away or just enjoying the holidays. For our purposes, it is highly...
37533 tim cheek
coastalcornl... Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
3:35 am
Thanks I will give that a try, I don't have the problem as bad in the winter, but the summer 90% humidity and 90*f  plus,  all the flying, crawling and God...
37534 fred081646 Offline Send Email Jan 4, 2010
3:36 am
Hi, My name is Fred and I am a newbie to distilling. I have been reading for a solid month and am ready to take the plunge. The only thing I have now that I...
37535 tim cheek
coastalcornl... Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
4:45 am
test ________________________________ From: tim cheek <cfrewilly@...> To: new_distillers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 10:35:09 PM Subject:...
37536 coastalcornliker
coastalcornl... Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
4:51 am
I have tried to reset all info but no luck??????...
37537 tim cheek
coastalcornl... Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
4:54 am
I found it DUH, DUH, I need to stop the sampling tonight and go to bed Improvise, Adapt, Overcome ________________________________ From: coastalcornliker...
37538 james beam
jamesonbeam1 Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
3:33 pm
... From: blfxplk <blfxplk@...> Subject: Re: Fermenting on grains To: "jamesonbeam1" <jamesonbeam1@...> Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 8:23 AM I...
37539 dsmith1997 Offline Send Email Jan 4, 2010
7:45 pm
Timing is everything. Caught your message and started a MUm wash yesterday with 10# sugar, no multivitamins, cut back on the epson and miracle grow but added...
37540 ric
polaris041 Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
10:57 pm
Hi Fred, I don't know specifically what you mean by s valved reflux still; but what I do know is that a form of Bokokob LM still with a VM addition above the...
37541 Jerry McCullough
jkmccull Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
10:58 pm
use the link below for the plans   http://www.moonshine-still.com/ ... From: fred081646 <fred081646@...> Subject: [new_distillers] Going to build To:...
37542 Rory Rak
rrak4@att.net Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
10:59 pm
I have a VM still on a 15 gallon keg, It works great, very easy to control, but slow.  Product comes off around 95% on first run. Hard to get into the tails...
37543 gnikomson2000 Offline Send Email Jan 4, 2010
11:07 pm
... Jerry & Fred, That valved reflux design is unnecessarily complicated and expensive to build, for no gain in product quality. Further, the accompanying...
37544 james beam
jamesonbeam1 Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2010
11:15 pm
... From: blfxplk <blfxplk@...> Subject: Re: Give Your Sluggish Washes an Energy Drink... To: "jamesonbeam1" <jamesonbeam1@...> Date: Monday,...
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