When you go to cask or keg your product in an oak barrel do you put the product in full strength then dilute after ageing? Or do you dilute it first? Just a...
i just bottled 3gals of 2008(perry) mead wine , after starting with 5.0 gals of wine from fall 2008 . racked after 10 days in open fermentation . to secondary...
I have made the Uncle Jesse sour mash, I want to make some more but I'm thinking about adding a small(18oz) box of corn flakes to it to give it some flavor,...
Thanks for all the advice given. I am going to try the mator paste sometime. Sometimes research gets old. With 4000 people ya may just get 4000 different...
I've been messing around with distilled spirits for several years. I occasionally when someone gifts me their crappy old wine will make brandy after altering...
When fermenting grain mashes on the grain, could i remove the "cap" solids after a couple days to reduce the solids in the still? or would that have a bad...
As said before, rookie here. My kit come with all kinds of gadgets and little info. how do i get the mash to the pot? just pour it in? drain it? siphon it?...
My still is almost done...with the high proof of alcohol/ethanol coming from the still i know that pretty much anything plastic isn't going to live bery long.I...
I've been searching and I just cannot find anything specific on how to attach the column to the pot. I'm going with what I have handy so a pot and bowl are...
hi guys, been a long time. i was there all the time but had to keep quiet. its a samll world. hey i want to add coconut flavour to my vodca or rum the natural...
After a year I had a lot of success with MUM washes and re-pitches using the previous trub getting the 3rd cycle down to just a couple days using 1-2 quarts of...
I wrote before about no fermentaion. It was suggested that I use tomato paste to give nutrients to yeast but wondered how that would taste. I am wanting a...
I have approximately 10 gallons of water and 15# of disolved sugar sitting in a platic tote bin. I have added a 1/2 teaspoon of distillers yeast (directions on...
Been working well thinking about an easier way to get wash out of mash. Found a sheet of thin aluminum screen not to be confused with like porch or window...
What are the current recommendations to initially clean your still and maintain in the future? I can only seem to find the homedistiller.org reference to a...
I have a question....I'm almost done constructing my first still.Its a reflux still.When I actually get my first batch from my still,I'm hoping for over 80%...
Hello all, I posted a similar string on the Distiller's page, but I want everyone's input. I want to build a high-power electric element control using the...
Got power back yesterday. Got internet a couple hours ago. Using my backup machine. My main workhorse has shit a power supply. Cyclone Yasi was a bitch. The...
I Have a 3 gallon sugar wash that has been fermenting since the 10th of January. Its been kept at 70 degrees and im using distillers yeast. I Have approx 40...
they have finally arrived, does anyone have an answer on how to get rid of them? I saw a few posts last year but didn't think to mark them, now can't find...
I have rejoinded after taking a long break. I'm glad to see ya'll here. Reckon I'll just jump in feet first and hope I get some answers. Feel free to email me...
More shit coming our way. Biggest blow I've seen in 40 years. I'm right in its path. Sat pics... http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemil ... mscol.html ...
has anyone ever tried to copper plate brass compression couplings ?? I whas wandering. have one plated now but not able to test it now. and in mind of ask...
To One and All: I have a VM reflux still and after a few runs of JEM wash have accumulated about ½ gallons each of reasonably clean heads and tails. Both...
