Great to hear. That's the road I'm heading down too. I've got it narrowed to the precut copper also or doing a keg and making the condenser and the rest out...
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chris
gillig960502001
Feb 1, 2013 8:22 pm
Ahoy Ahoy All, OK, what gives? I have heard good and bad about Turbo yeast. What does everybody use for sugar wash and why? I gots to know before I do my first...
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Bill Rogers
tucciim
Feb 1, 2013 8:23 pm
save your wash for your second spirit run. do a run of the cheapest wine you can get your hands on for your first "spirit" run. On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:39...
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last2blast
Feb 1, 2013 8:23 pm
We have mentioned Lalvin EC-1118, DV 10, Red Star, Brewer's, and Baker's yeast so far, but the most important issue: What is the best yeast for conversion of...
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chris
gillig960502001
Feb 1, 2013 8:24 pm
Were you using a pot still or reflux?...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Feb 1, 2013 8:50 pm
Nothing is written in stone my friends. I have used Red Star bakers yeast for over 40 years in my wine making, with fresh fruit and concentrate with very...
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cnapier@att.net
Feb 1, 2013 10:58 pm
Excellent info...... So no thermometer? Where do you set the initial temp setting at then? Thanks, Claude ________________________________ From: bleu jeanzz...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 1, 2013 10:58 pm
I am a newbie to distillation, 6 total stripping runs, and not not one finish run to date. My family were not moonshiners, and with AFT and TTB getting a...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 1, 2013 10:58 pm
I can only comment on what I have read and from my very limited experience. All of my reading states 4% abv kills bake's yeast, but I used to make a sugar...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Feb 1, 2013 11:17 pm
19% is quite fantastic, unusual but fantastic especially for a bakers yeast but not unheard of with all the specifics in place. If you could, try to...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Feb 1, 2013 11:43 pm
Claude-  I always use a thermometer with my pot still, It works great if placed just before where the product leaves the still into the condensor and...
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tgfoitwoods
Feb 1, 2013 11:55 pm
Robert, I'm not sure where you heard the bit about boiling point of a mixture "freezing"; at the boiling point of each volatile liquid in the mixture (I'm...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 1, 2013 11:58 pm
I was very ignorant at that time, and I broke all of the rules from what I know today. For example: 60g+ of yeast was normal, unreal amount of sugar 10 to 15...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Feb 2, 2013 10:38 am
ZBob-  Thanks for the information, explanation and graph, I'm going to have to do a few graphs myself.  Do you or anyone else know where there is an...
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Ricky R.
tattart2002
Feb 2, 2013 7:26 pm
I know to seal leaks I can use a flour and water mix but I saw a few pot stills that used some kinda wrap on the connections,just wondering what it was and how...
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Jim Graves
jimbull34
Feb 2, 2013 10:04 pm
I have used it both ways, today I ran the last of 55 gallons of UJSM and did it in my reflux still with the valve fully open. Â I got almost two gallons out of...
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bleu jeanzz
bleujeanzz
Feb 2, 2013 10:05 pm
I do it the way most pot stillers do, slowly heat wash, when it starts to drip run it at one to 2 drops per second, till you take the fores, then bump the heat...
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cnapier@att.net
Feb 2, 2013 10:06 pm
And this is what makes it art..... ... Awesome hobby......I've done a sugar shine wash and run. And it humbles you until you get it correct. I've been reading...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 2, 2013 10:07 pm
White Bear: So far, I have read about 3 oat beers and one oat liquor, and that is made in the UK if remembered correctly. Oats might be what I am looking...
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chris
gillig960502001
Feb 2, 2013 10:09 pm
Ahoy Ahoy All, I went yesterday and got a 20 gallon food grade double bung barrel and a funnel. Sanitized everything with dilute bleach and rinsed with fresh...
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tgfoitwoods
Feb 2, 2013 10:30 pm
Robert, Go here http://www.artisan-distiller.net/phpBB3/search.php and search for keyword "oat". You'll find quite a bit. Zymurgy Bob, a simple potstiller ... ...
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cnapier@att.net
Feb 2, 2013 10:34 pm
Figured a thermometer would be too easy.....:) Got a 2 gallon pot still.......stove top setup. Just going to start the heat low.........watch the pot........ ...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 2, 2013 10:35 pm
I personally like soldered on (threaded) brass fitting that can be hand tightened, but that's just me. Too me, loosing alcohol vapor is bad because it has...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Feb 2, 2013 10:47 pm
Robert-  Good luck in you micro-distillery venture, I hope it works out for you. I'll have to do some research for oat based liquor thanks. WB ...
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Blackhat-Whitedog
blkhatwhtdog
Feb 3, 2013 11:28 am
can someone link to a recommended hydrometers. I know you need one for lower level washes and one for higher spirits. I suppose they come in sets....
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Blackhat-Whitedog
blkhatwhtdog
Feb 3, 2013 11:29 am
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dave28622000
Feb 4, 2013 2:09 am
Ive never seen them in sets - I got mine at the local home brew supply & thats where I'd suggest you look. They're about 6 or 8 bucks. Here's a link if you...
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RLB
last2blast
Feb 4, 2013 4:39 am
I would suggest buying hydrometer separate from a proof and tralle. They are both each under $10. I own a hydrometer, proof, and tralle meter, and its very...
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mtj2854
Feb 4, 2013 4:40 am
I've got a 2" bocobob and where the tubes insert I use pieces of bicycle inertube. It's a bitch to stretch into place but after its there you can fold/roll it...
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Ricky R.
tattart2002
Feb 4, 2013 4:50 pm
I have actually saw that before,as a kid and on much bigger scale,my father used part of a car tube that they wrapped around the joints and think they used...
