Yikes! How about supplies usable only for high alcohol content brews? Also, Tony, How can I change this subscription to the "new distillers digest"? Thanks, ...
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TRY DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH - THEN COME BACK AND ASK A FEW MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS http://homedistiller.org is a good start i want to make a still and...
Hey! I want to do a Corn wash. I understand how to go about letting it sprout and then to grind. The sprout is where the enzymes comes from, correct? What I...
You might first try a batch using malted barley from your local homebrew store. This has all the enzymes you'll need to convert the starch in your corn to...
Hi, I don't want to alarm you (there may be no need) but vinegar isn't something you want to taste in your mash. You know how they make vinegar? (well in the...
Hi Steve, when I was building my still I picked up some used dirty copper after trying everything vinegar soaks/ mechanical attachments /nitric acid baths - I...
I am better now. I was at 22 deg C and went and put a heatpad and blanket around the carbuoy. Took it up to 28deg and that speeded the yeast up considerably....
I don't know about the inside of the tubing, The Vinegar soak might do the trick, but a new scotchbrite pad and a little elbo grease does a dandy Job on copper...
PLACE CRACKED GRAIN INTO A COOKING POT, add 1/2 tsp. for each 3-5 gal,cook at 150F (no hotter) for 45min. to 1 hr. stir a few times while cooking, the amylase...
If I may throw in my two cents. As I understand it malted corn would not have enough enzyme to convert all of the starch present. You would need to add...
all the info. i have found states corn has 60-70% convertable starch whitch is equal to about 6-7 pounds of sugar that is convertable to alc. amylase will get...
On my 2" pipe, I ziptied a couple of stainless steel scrubbers(or other abrasive) to a dowel rod and it's just like cleaning a gun barrel. The vinegar soak...
All this Good info. I surly do Appreciate to Guys. Excellant info. I don't mind the extra work if just for the sake of trying something diffrent, ya know?...
Do you folk have any special way of cleaning your scrubber pads? I use Copper pads and boil them for a time with a little Bleach. Then I rinse really well. My...
I just finished a corn wash which turned out VERY nice, so let me add my two cents in here. I used cracked, unmalted feed corn and malted 6-row barley (from...
I shove mine down over the dish prongs in the dish washer and hold them in place with rubber bands, then just wash them as usual. ... Then I ... me....
I tried the vinagar trick without any luck and I dont look to kindly on the elbo grees method. Last night i soaked a test pice in CLR a standard kitchen...
FYI, the amylase you buy in the brew supply shops as a powder is made to clear the starch-haze out of a beer wash during fermentation. By itself it does a...
hi all i got my top part of my still done now i need is the cook boiler. were the best way to get one for free or some thing that affordable not out stght in...
For full conversion you need alpha-amylase, beta-amylase and gluco- amylase. Malted barley might not have the gluco-amylase which is added to get a dry beer...
Wal, you are probably correct, all I know is that for our purposes, good old malted barley is all the bourbon brewers or Kentucky and Tennessee have needed to...
I am probably wrong. Malted barley contains alpha-amylase, beta- amylase and beta-glucanase. It appears beta-glucanase (optimum temp. 45-50C) removes gum-like...
This is almost identical to my procedure except I don't add sugar and I ferment and distill on the grain. I've had a few failed batches when I used only...
