Carlos & Siran Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 This is our second wash and it seems to be a success so far, 1hr in and we have over a ltr. By tonight we should have some Bourbon, Tequila, Whiskey and Southern comfort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 This is our second wash and it seems to be a success so far, 1hr in and we have over a ltr. By tonight we should have some Bourbon, Tequila, Whiskey and Southern comfort! and by tomorrow morning you should have a mad hang over and the dry horrors :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Möönshining in the far north Yeehaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 I sold my still about 2 weeks ago... Now I want it back again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Well it's well worth it cost wise, Taste isn't quite the same but still drinkable. Straight shots are...interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Nice, I am waiting for dad to set up one of them so he can turn his plum wine into Slivovitz. (he has been talking about doing it for years, but has never got the distiller.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 What % ethanol are you getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Just finished. 4.9ltrs at 93% So according to the adjustment chart if we adjust it to 38% that'll give us 11.9 ltrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 93 out of 97 is pretty good. The booze does actually improve quite a lot if you are able to keep your hands off it and let it mature even for a few months --years even better. Oh those were the days. Gin, bourban,whiskey, zambuka,rum, khalua and vodka. Then liquours from fruits. 20 litres at a time. As well as 9 x 200 litre barrels of wine. I don't know where I found the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Were putting another wash down tomorrow so we can age it, plus we've a few mates wanting some bourbon which seems to be the most popular. Alan, we add the correct water then filter it through a carbon filter but there is still a ethanol taste, if we filter it twice would that take the ethanol flavor out or is there some other filter process we could do as well as to smooth it out more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 :cophot: AHAHA i love it...... though ive never had a hangover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Nothing like a shot of tequila to get the party started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 And the vommie flowing :sick: :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Shot? Whats that? Lucky for my liver those days are long gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Learning to pace oneself comes with age and experience Son :bggrn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 I can not smell the stuff now without gaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 do you like Labradors ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 We have a chocolate lab ?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Looks like you have an ethanol lab as well. It is all about the fermentation and distilation. I used to get mine from a friend at 97% from a very good still he built. it has an afinity for water so you can't distil better than that. Any less and you could be carrying other stuff over as well as water. You can wash it through carbon. I made an inline carbon filter and let it run slowly overnight 20 litres at a time. Coca cola kills most flavours as well as your guts. I gave it up 11 years ago, as well as the coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 This batch is yummy, we used plain chelsea sugar rather than dextrose this time and it doesn't have that ethanol taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 :rolfl: Surprised you can get up this early if you are testing it out at night time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 The first thing the yeast does is break the complex sugar to simple sugars like dextrose and the type and ratio of those has a lot to do with the flavour. You can get invert sugar but I have never done that since the yeast inverts it anyway. Yeast does not ferment lactose so they add that to stout to make milk stout (as in Coronation St). Put some under the house and you might be surprised how good it is in a couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 :rolfl: Surprised you can get up this early if you are testing it out at night time! We like to have a drink but we don't like getting drunk, especially with spirits, we're trying to teach our teenager to be responsible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtiskaw Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Alan, we add the correct water then filter it through a carbon filter but there is still a ethanol taste, if we filter it twice would that take the ethanol flavor out or is there some other filter process we could do as well as to smooth it out more? I'm confused - drinking alcohol is ethanol, so what do you mean by the ethanol flavor? :dunno: How do you prevent methanol traces from ending up in the final product, careful temp control when distilling? do you have to test for methanol? Always wondered this about homemade spirits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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