Well - Yesterday afternoon I tightened all the seals, battened down the hatches and put the rest of the wash in, including the whole run from the day before....
Dear friends:
I am building my first valved reflux still and I will use two electric
immersion heaters (1000 watts each one) in the boiler but I am worry...
Not meths - the denatured stuff - but actual methanol ... Is it an alcohol-type smell, or something completely different? Could it be the stink I've been...
Hi folks, Due to a lack of yeast at the moment, I decided to run some MORE old wine through my basic reflux still. I used 2 UK Gallons (9 Litres) of old wine....
Hi, thanks for the reply, but why then do I read posts from people saying that they can smell methanol in their output? peter_vcb <viciousblackout@...>...
peter_vcb wrote: Subject: Re: [new_distillers] Re: What does methanol smell like? smells like drinkable ethanol ======================= Still Man replied: Hi,...
As Peter_vcb said - the heads I get smell just like the drinkable stuff. I'm not sure what the other folks mean when they say they can smell the methanol,...
Hi everyone/ I discovered a good source of scrubbers. Comercial kitchens, use them and they are heavy duty, stainless, and large. I was able to talk a ...
if you are brewing just sugar washes you will get no methanol. you will get some ethyl acetate at the start though which smells bad (to some). when people say...
Okay... INSERT SWEARING RANT HERE Modified my still spirits reflux still with a 1m x 2" column and disconnecting the cooling jacket. Running the old condenser...
Okay, I know that a thousand threads have started on this topic, but I haven't heard any convincing arguments yet. How and when to filter. First question: Is...
It was an old run that I was redistilling. I had distilled it twice before, and both times it had come out with a very strong acetone sort of smell. It came...
Hey, titans of the distilling trade! Please (with all due respects), would you enlighten me on the composition of "THE PERFECT VODKA?" The reason for it is...
I think Jack uses pot distilled grain mash. He swears by it. I'm interested to know what he has to say about making it. ... From: BOKAKOB...
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Absolut and Stoli both mix in a little low-proof wheat spirit, along with sugar (2% sugar by volume) A few of the better Eastern Euro countries do the same...
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A personal favorite of mine is to make an all grain malted wheat mash, which is then double distilled in a potstill. The second run is collected by taste- a...
The water thing. All the ol'timers used to look for a good "branch". Back then, they looked for certain streams that had the best water. Certain methods such...
James Bain wrote: Subject: [new_distillers] Filtering Hi James. Okay, I know that a thousand threads have started on this topic, but I haven't heard any...
ups474 said "In all cases the water used to dilute the spirit is distilled water from the store" have you ever used your own distilled water. over on...
there are home brew liquer kits which i used to make. you brew sugar water over 5 weeks up to 22%. add finings to clear it crystal clear, then you add charcoal...
For those of you in the states. I've had good luck with the 'chore boy' brand sold at Wal-Mart. I agree, give them a good washing before use. These come...
In the heart of your run you said you got 85% output. The 1 meter column with scrubbers should be able to get this up into the 90+% range. I'm not familiar...
EKCO distributes a very-high-quality 100%copper scrub(Non-magnetic)...I found several 2-paks at Big Lots for $0.99 per pak...bought all they had.....one note...
Carbon treatment does *not* equal carbon filtering, is that what I am getting here? Is this a symantic thing, or have I just not read enough yet to make the...
I saw that some of the New Zealanders have got commercial stills made out of fermentation buckets and built-in elements. Does anyone have any experience with...
