FaintingGoatSpirits

what kind of filter are you using? Plate and Frame? do you use any charcoal in the filter?

2 hours ago, jocko said:

What's the PBW dilution @FaintingGoatSpirits?

If I had to guess, probably 2 cups of PBW to 20 gallons of hot water

we use PBW with our CIP

I am working on a project that involves Dried Genepi Flowers, but I am having trouble finding it in bulk. Does anyone know a Genepi supplier?

Thank you

Have you talked with Southern Distilling?

We do some Maple Syrup Old Fashioned's with .25 oz maple syrup per 2 oz of bourbon

We use Atlantic Packaging and there have been great

3 hours ago, Hamilton1980 said:

This feels like a long shot but does anyone have access to a source for empty irish whiskey barrels for a potential finishing project? The only caveat being I don't need a whole truckload, honestly just a couple at first. Any leads would be much appreciated.

Not Irish Whiskey, but we are emptying some 5 year old American Single Malt Barrels that we can sell you

On 5/23/2023 at 7:40 PM, Streven said:

I had a local brewery age some imperial stout in one of our 53 gal bourbon barrels and they dumped today.  I am planning to do a finished whiskey in those barrels for 6 months or so.  To make sure I understand the post above, your recommendation is no washing / rinsing of the barrel prior to filling with whiskey.  Just fill and then filter down to 0.1 micron prior to bottling?  Thanks!

How did this turn out? Did you wash it before hand? Thanks!

On 10/5/2022 at 10:34 AM, Kindred Spirits said:

All those built in ricks allow for you you pull spirits from the first barrel or remove any barrel from them in any location.

Then if you want to replace it, you just set a new barrel in and fill it up. They work great, a single person can drain remove replace and fill a barrel in those ricks.

This is probably a very dumb question from me, but I have always wondered how they pull the middle barrel in the middle rack of the built in racks. Or even how to get to them to sample without moving every barrel around it.

Can you explain it to me?

Thanks

Atlantic Packaging has been great for us

18 minutes ago, NicoleSKR said:

Hello, are you still in need of vida 750mls?

we are

Wright Labels in Thomasville is Fantastic. One of my favorite suppliers we work with for sure

Sounds like a marketing opportunity to me 😉

are you macerating? If so we use large brewing grain bags to hold the Berries and Botanticals

Congrats Dave! You were an integral part in many distilleries. Cheers

We have been using Distilleryproducts.com for 5 years and they have been great

4 hours ago, DrDistillation said:

Glycerin is a viscous liquid that is sweet-tasting.  So you are adding some body as well as a tad of sweetness.  However you are adding such small amounts (if done right) it won't be apparent but will be just enough to add a slight bit more body (different from tannin) and just a smidge of sweetness that will help as well.  It's something worth trying as you only need a couple buck bottle of glycerin and a shot glass or two of spirit to play with.

Some/many people add glycerin to vodka like products.

People add glycerin to their vodka? Wouldn't you have to add that to your label?

we get ours from here: https://barrelbuilders.com/shop-2/?model_number=CSW07

Does anyone know where I can purchase Fruit Juices, like Pear Juice, in Bulk?

Thanks!

On 7/30/2018 at 7:20 PM, Silk City Distillers said:

TCW now carries a Code 7 cartridge filter in the small 10" form factor that will work for chill-filtration of floc and haze.  Really great option for anyone looking to either chill or haze filter at smaller scales than a typical plate/frame setup would require.  If you've toyed around with trying to chill filter using a standard poly cartridge, even sub-micron, you realize that it doesn't actually work.  At first glance, it looks good, but after a few weeks the haze returns since the larger "clouds" just get broken apart and pushed through the filter.  It needs an medium with an ionic charge to attract and hold the colloids/haze.  These kinds of filters are easy to find for plate/frame style systems, but until now, there was nothing good for really small scale filtration.

https://store.tcwequipment.com/products/graver-gfc-haze-pre-filters

I picked one up the other day to try, have a batch of corn whiskey I want to take down to 80pf, where it will haze like crazy. 

Do you have to chill filter the whiskey for the filter to work or will it work without chilling it first?

16 hours ago, bluestar said:

Yes, this is flocc of oligosaccharides from barrel aging. Generally, it depends on the type of barrel and size. Large medium to heavy chars don't show much of this behavior. Small light chars, or any direct exposure to toasted oak will have a greater likelihood to form the flocc. You can remove by chill filtering, but it will change the flavor profile and mouth feel of the whiskey. We get this in a couple of our whiskies, but we consider it a feature, not a bug, since we are NCF for a reason.

That's interesting, because we use 53 gallon char #4 barrels. But this last batch had 1 barrel from a new producer.

This just happened on our 2nd batch of whiskey. It didn't happen on our first batch, but about 3 months after bottling the 2nd batch, I noticed this cloud form in the bottom of the bottle.

Is this what you were experiencing?

$325? Wow. We sell our once used barrels to breweries in our area for $200

Fainting Goat Spirits is a family owned and operated, grain to glass distillery located in downtown Greensboro, NC.  We have been in operation for close to two years and have won numerous international awards for our spirits. We currently produce vodka, gin, American single malt whiskey, rye whiskey, and bourbon.  We are hiring a full-time Assistant Distiller to work closely with our head distiller in operations of our day to day production, with a strong opportunity for quick growth within our company.

Job responsibilities include: Assisting the head distiller in Milling, Mashing, Fermentation, Distilling, Barreling, Shipping/Receiving, Bottling, TTB Record Keeping, and Cleaning (a lot of cleaning).

Requirements: 

·         Must be 21 years +

·        Previous brewing/distillation experience is preferred but we will train the right person

·         Must be passionate and excited to learn about the production of craft spirits

·         Must be mechanically inclined with the ability to operate machinery such as pumps, chillers, steam boiler, hammer mill, etc.

·         Must have the ability to lift 55 lb.

Hours:

·         Will be required to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends

·         Position is full time and would be 40 hours/ week

For more information or to submit your resume: andrew@greensborodistilling.com