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    Yeah dont sweat the small stuff. I am sure the TTB wont mind one bit if you do not know how to properly gauge your spirits. http://adiforums.com/index.php?/topic/7405-ttb-stopped-our-production-due-to-high-proof/
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    Josh, thats a killer website you got there
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    4" racks work great as long as you are picking your loaded racks from the head side. 4" racks are unsafe to pick from the side. 7" can be safely picked from any side
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    how many of you have sloped floors out there?
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    76 is talking about a beer well which is the tank that feeds beer to a continuous column still
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    did the golf course deal a few times at the last distillery I was working at. my 2 cents is that golf course charity was not impactful. As you said most folks dont want to sip liquor straight on a hot day. On the other hand if you are in a state that allows cocktails you might be able to do some solid marketing to golfers with a refreshing cocktail out on the green
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    If your going to play with alcohol it is always a good idea to have a Designated Sober Person
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    Lauter first and ferment off the grain. With proper sparging you should be able to achieve good yield
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    starting PH in our city water around 8.5. a tiny Citric addition brings us down to 6
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    Moc11 welcome to the forum and best of luck on your journey into the wonderful world of distilling
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    Awesome discussion. Id love to hear more folks chime in
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    1 pound per 50 gal @100 proof is a good rough approximation. The key is to pass the spirits through the carbon slowly. I like to setup a slow recirculation system where you go from holding tank to carbon filter to pump and back to holding tank at a slow rate.
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    did you make a heads cut? <-----Thats a joke Good filtration using granulated carbon and lots of it will make for a smoother tasting vodka
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    Ive tried an failed with labelling applications on tapered bottles. The best way I have found to acheive accurate labelling on tapered bottles is to spend the money and have them screen printed
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    Hi Distill Me. welcome to the forum. Where are you working to start up?
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    Anyone out there using Orchestrated Spirits? any thoughts on it??
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    I used to run a 500 gal vendome. reduce your water line in down to 3/4" put a adjustable flow meter on it. your condenser will always run at very low PSI as it is technically an open system. Even when our still was really pumping out juice on a spirit run it only took about 5GPM to have the hot water coming out at 120 degrees
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    Steam your barrel. Best way to store a used barrel is to dump a gallon or so of spirit in the barrel. This will help keep the barrel water tight for a few months till you can fill it
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    If you can get city and fire dept approval then I say go with what your have
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    Thanks for the input guys. I am kicking around a few ideas on how to schedule production and ferment time is critical to this decision
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    I am interested to hear how long your whiskey grain in fermentation takes. Ive heard some people completing a ferment in as little as 56 hours to other people taking as long as 6 days. How long is your whiskey fermenting before it goes in the still?
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    a higher sugar content may help with color stability
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    1000sqft may work for your first year or two but I would anticipate you running out of room very quickly, especially if you intend to do any aged spirits.
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    we just run the spent stillage from a spirit run down the drain
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    Hi Charles, The sour mash process is typically utilized in corn based distillers beer ie bourbon or corn whiskey. the addition of backset helps to lower ph and shorten the fermentation time. with a barley based beer for whiskey you would want a ph around 5 for a healthy ferment adding backset may bring your ph too low
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