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On 5/16/2016 at 11:42 PM, dhdunbar said:

 

 

 

 

 

The proof drop is why TTB requires that you cut to final bottling proof after you have completed the filtering.  

can you provide reference to this requirement?

I am looking into getting a Anaerobic Digester for our distillery for our mash waste. Does anyone have any experience with these machines and could you point me in the direction of a contact to talk to about getting one. Thank you! 

On 10/26/2016 at 2:47 PM, sonnyk said:

Are you just having problems pumping the fermented mash to the still after fermentation?  If so, what type of pump are you using?  We run very heavy mashes (1400 lbs of grain in 550 gallon fermenters and we had problems at first when we were using an electric centrifugal pump.  We switched to Air Operated Diaphragm pumps and they move the mash with no problem.  If you have an air compressor you might want to look at that as a transfer solution.

What kind of Air operated pump do you recommend. We have the same issue of transferring mash (100% corn mash) And what size compressor do you guys have? Thanks! 

1 minute ago, Southernhighlander said:

You can sell it to hog farmers.  My grandfathers hogs were always happy because they always had a little buzz from eating his spent mash.  Happy hogs make good bacon ;o)  You can sell the spent mash to hog farmers.  If you get yourself several of the 270 gallon polypro totes you can unload the empty's the farmer brings back and load the full ones he is taking.  You want to try and get them to pick up everyday that you distill if possible.  They mainly care about the protein and your spent corn mash will have plenty of that.  Try to get at least 50% of what you paid for the grain.  If you cannot find a hog farmer to buy it.  You can usually find a row crop farmer to give it to.  The row crop farmer can put it on his fields for fertilizer, but he probably will not pay you for it.  There are a lot of hog farms in NC.  I would run an add in your local paper..

Thank you! That's great information!

5 minutes ago, 3d0g said:

Put a classified ad in the local paper. Livestock farmers will fight each other for free feed.

Thank you! We will look into that.

We are a distillery that is going to be opening in the next couple months in North Carolina. I wanted to ask around and get some good ideas of what other people in the industry are doing with their used mash. I have a pretty good idea, but to make it better id love to hear some other techniques that people use. it will be 100% corn mash. Thanks in advance! 

Same question as above?

Are these still available?? and How many?