Hi All I would like to try using maize meal in a recipe.Can someone please point me to a tried and tested recipe using it?Any advise will be appreciated...
I did another stripping run and practiced my cuts to see what they smell like. Yes, I used my temp gauge because it works better for me to learn my stripping...
any here ever done an all grain mash with no sugar added? I am working with a recipe from around 1890 or so and it calls for 50lbs corn cracked and 5lbs barley...
I was not be a whiskey person until I started working for my new boss a couple of years ago. Since then, I have become extremely interested in the chemistry...
Just decided to get into home distilling and I'm very glad to have found this resource. Right now I'm reading as much as I can before I start asking a bunch of...
Just joined. I've been brewing for 11 years (beer, wine, mead) and would like to try my hand at a still. Where's a good (and cheap) place to get a decent...
hello all Can enyone tell me how much bakers yeast I must use with 1 kg sugar and 3 liters water? I screwed up my previous wash. I think it't the amound of...
I am doing a rum spirit run in a pot still. I stripped two washes. Both washes had an initial potential alcohol of 10%. In each stripping run, I threw away the...
I am interested in getting into distilling as a hobby. Could anyone advise me on any still plans which are very concise and easy to follow? Something with lots...
hi guys, I started my first sugar wash using Still Spirits 48hr yeast at 12:30AM on Tuesday morning and its been running nicely ever since. Currently its still...
If I'm distilling a wash and collecting and discarding the head. If I re-distill whats left, do I discard the first 50ml of the head again or not. If your...
Dear Katherine, Congrats re. scoring your new/ second hand still, could I respectfully suggest you include some more details so a more accurate assesment of...
Hello all How do you get 20%abv wash from 8kg turbo yeast? If you put 8kg of cane sugar in 25L of water wouldn't it only give about 16.5%abv? Do you need to...
Hi. I'm brand new to the group and have enjoyed all the post and I'm learning a lot. I have a question about what type of still I should pursue for making...
After joining this group yesterday and reading through some of the messages posted I see that making and using stills is a very exacting science. And the...
I got my replacement in today, so I decided to run 2 gal. I did not have the cap seated properly so I lost some valuable vapors. After the cap was reseated...
ok quickly,the Y..my father was a moonshiner in Virginia way back when,he actually paid the doc who delivered me by making a run and selling it,so as a sorta...
To Gillig, I received a private E-mail message that gillig960502011 wrote a comment on a photo in my photo album, Tom Hawk, Copper Pot Still Head. The note...
I have aquired a MP-6A mega pure water distiller and would like to know what I could make with it. I was thinking it would be good for vodka not whiskey...
Just got done bottling up some vodka! However, I've noticed a light, white colored haze collecting on the bottom of each bottle. Not positive what it is but...
Sombody gave me a 5 gal bucket of corn syrup today. What's the equivalent to common sugar?? I have been using 12 lbs of sugar to a batch. So How much corn...
Ahoy Ahoy All, Yesterday I went to Widmer brewing Co. and got a decommissioned keg. Took it home and cut out the top with a 4" grinder. then I cut a hole in...
Maybe someone can point me in the right direction been searching for an earlier post but wasn't able to locate an answer. I've got a reflux still. Ran it with...
Is it a waste of time to run anything but a sugar wash through a reflux still? I've been lurking for about a year and have finally built a 3"X48" Bokabob...
