System7
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I quickly skimmed through it. Once I get a minute to read through your whole post I’ll come back with some questions. Love it icky.Yes sir
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I quickly skimmed through it. Once I get a minute to read through your whole post I’ll come back with some questions. Love it icky.Yes sir
If you have ever dabbled and have any suggestions or anything I'm always all ears!I quickly skimmed through it. Once I get a minute to read through your whole post I’ll come back with some questions. Love it icky.
Im a brewer by trade but I’ve never messed with the distillation side of things. There’s definitely some similarities, and I’ve wanted to try my hand at it for years. Very interesting. I’ll get to reading.If you have ever dabbled and have any suggestions or anything I'm always all ears!
Nice to see you around. Hope all is well.Im a brewer by trade but I’ve never messed with the distillation side of things. There’s definitely some similarities, and I’ve wanted to try my hand at it for years. Very interesting. I’ll get to reading.
Appreciate that. No complaints on my end.Nice to see you around. Hope all is well.
Stirring is definitely a form of aeration, but o2 and a aeration stone would be far more effective. I’d definitely invest in a nutrient blend. It’ll make a difference. You want happy yeast.I am temp controlled, am not doing any type of staggered nutrient or aerating. I do stir it if I think it's stagnant, not sure if that matters but I do it. I haven't used anything other than raisins for some type of nutrient, will probably get something more specific from the local supply house next time.
Fwiw, golden raisin shine is delicious.
Man you got a big ass yard. I'll come park my RV there. Just need some power and water. I won't come until all that white stuff is gone though.So I'm currently putting the angry wine to the test. Been running the burner for may be 10 minutes, waiting game lol.
Made some modifications and I'm happy with them. Hoping for a better turn out this run. If this ends up the way it should we graduate to corn mash next!View attachment 83460
Lot of woods, too. It's a good spot.Man you got a big ass yard. I'll come park my RV there. Just need some power and water. I won't come until all that white stuff is gone though.
Updates? I'm intrigued!!Mashing in tomorrow. 8 gallons of the same mash, but there will be specialty nutrient to help my yeast out. This will test the capacity of the still, and an additional 60% mash should produce hopefully somewhere in the 40/50 ounce range (at 120+ proof)
I'm going to be adding a thermometer to the still, too. I want to have a better idea of where my temps are at as I distill. I think I'm running it a bit hotter than I should.
Ran that batch and yielded a little more than a half gallon at 118proof. Have the better part of a half gallon at 35proof as well from that run as well, which will be tossed into the next run to distill again.Updates? I'm intrigued!!
yielded a little more than a half gallon at 118proof
this was a typo, it should read percent, not proof, so 70proof.Have the better part of a half gallon at 35proof
+1 on the worm. What yeast are you using for your mash?Ran that batch and yielded a little more than a half gallon at 118proof. Have the better part of a half gallon at 35proof as well from that run as well, which will be tossed into the next run to distill again.
I have already mashed in again and am ready to run again. Will be doing it tomorrow. I cleaned the still and did a little maintenance to it today. Super shined up lol. Am thinking about hooking up a traditional worm.View attachment 87210
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This is what I'm using currently. I used a higher abv yeast before but it's not on the shelf locally, have to order it from Amazon. Can't recall the name, red bag. I do remember that.