Hudson bay distillers

this may be dumb question but what is dwld

tim 

great thread you guys , in my mind nailing down a process is like building a knife first get the basic shape and then keep sharpening it till its as sharp as it needs to be to do the job that intend to use it for . 

tim 

sorry i dont know anything about fermenting rye but im curious about the pvc pipe stuck in the cap . never seen that before what is the science behind them . 

tim

you could stuff the guy in there that sold you that mash tun with a scrub brush .......im kidding i jus couldnt help myself ..imglad you got ur out fit going ....onward and upward buddy 

tim 

hey paul how does a guy tell if the prv are the correct ones for kettle and the one on the jacket 

tim 

thanks silk how many psi is are you pushing thru that eductors . 

morning was wondering if anyone has any opinion and suggestion about steam eductors for steam injection into mash tun . just for reference the boiler is 15 hp low pressure steam . thanks 

tim  

our jacketed baine marie has to have the air bled off every time we use it to get the max out of the jacket , seems when the jacket cools the vapour break sucks in air and needs to be bled off . 

would you gain anything by steam injecting your mash tun to max out the efficiency of the boiler  

broken English be afraid  

silk i would have thought they would jus get sucked in and burn but that makes sense they would track back to the source . so explain how do they run wood fired stills like the one at victoria spirits . there are alot of wood fired stills that have the fire box under the still . 

tim 

the distillery is Victoria spirits in the video im talking about . 

dont know about down there but i watched a video from BC and the guy had a wood burning german made still in his distillery . in some ways wouldnt it be safer , if there was a vapour leak it would get drawn into the stove and burned instead of building up and pooling into a huge explosive vapour puddle waiting for a spark . i guess if the kettle ruptured that would be different but i dont think anyone has mash high proof enough to burn . if you do build it make sure you share pics id love to see it .

tim 

  here a plan for u let your feints, low wines or high wines cool in a open top vessel , all oily stuff should float to surface , once its floating lay paper towel on top and let it float , all the oils will stick to paper towel , drain the vessel from bottom and leave the oil soaked paper towel behind , alcohol will drain out of the paper towel and the oil will remain in the paper towel . not telling u why i know this lol 

kim 

thanks tom starch tests are fine conversions are fine with starting gravity at 70 points , just curious if there was a way of figure out if the 70 points of sugar are all fermentable sugars . 

morning was wondering if anyone has a method to determine how much if any un fermentable  sugars are in a mash , other than pitching and seeing what the yeast uses . 

well noted silk were talking about a 600 gallon zero tank.... up here the only tanks that are cost efficient are milk tanks  . we ll just have to try it and see if there enough steam power to keep it moving . thanks 

tim 

thanks silk gives us something to think about .

tim 

is anyone mashing and distilling on grain using steam injection with out agitator , relying on steam mixing educators . if so how many pounds of steam are you pushing thru to get good agitation . 

tim   

silk that sounds brilliant , hope it works out for you . how are you going to know how many pounds of grain goes thru . 

tim 

paul is exactly right however he is missing the fact that by the time you add shipping and duty and exchange its not such a deal . im not starting a fight paul but the exchange and shipping out of the states now is unreal . i suggest to ya elexer try and source as much as u can from the dairy industry . 

tim 

what province are u in

tim

another way of looking at it is 10% abv is 10 gallons of absolute alcohol per hundred units, gallons or liters . 10 gallons of absolute is 20 gallons of barrel proof at 50 % abv , 20 gallons times 4.5 gives you 90 liters of barrel proof , times 1000 gives you 90000 ml divide by 750 ml per bottle equals 120 bottles at 40%abv or ten cases ......leaving 10 %abv for margin of error  . thats a quick rough calculation . 

tim 

 we painted , was expensive and does not stand up at all , total waste of money 

kim 

pete our over flow is same it draws off bottom , our thinking was it would be pulling off the bottom where there should be the least chance of any alcohol remaining in bottoms product . 

tim