MMDC

Hi, 

I'm looking to source Juniper Communis juvenile trees for a client in California, ideally that are suitable for producing juniper berries for gin production. Any leads would be greatly appreciated! 

On 12/5/2019 at 5:07 PM, AdriftDistillers said:

@MMDC We were supplied Watts Regulator WFT 3/4" steam traps. Max differential pressure 15psi, SN: 1547. The same traps were on our 400 gallon MT as well as our 100 gallon still. 

Thanks so much @AdriftDistillers & @starcat.  You're the best!

On 12/5/2019 at 5:07 PM, AdriftDistillers said:

Hi Everyone,

My current company didn't get the promised steam traps with their suite of Corson equipment. We have the 300 gal sized system (300 gal Mash Tun, 300 gal pot still, and 4x300gal fermenters). Our condensate return outlets on our mash cooker and still kettle jackets are 3/4" NPT. Would anyone know what exact spec steam trap was supposed to have been supplied?  I'm thinking a 3/4" parallel trap is what we should be using. Am I missing something?

On 10/15/2019 at 1:35 PM, Sevan said:

Hey all,

I know this is a weird question as people are usually always asking how to remove haze but.......

I have a product that I make with Realemon Lemon Juice that I am trying to get a stable opaque haze in.  When it is blended it has a really nice opaque pastel yellow hue to it that once bottled slowly starts to drop out and within 3 week there is 1 inch of pectin/pulp on the bottom of the bottle and the above is almost crystal clear. I expected that to happen so I experimented with filtering to reduce the amount of pectin to the point where it is still opaque but not enough to fall out of suspension. I started with filtering instead of any enzyme because I didn't was to drop out all of the haze and to my surprise didn't clog the pads. I have gone through 5 batches now and with 1-4 I gradually moved to the next level of pad to further reduce haze percentage in solution. To still have it fall out until the 4th batch I filtered clear and added back a small amount of non filtered to reintroduce the haze. This was just enough to get the opaqueness I was looking for  but still resulted in the haze separating out. For batch 5 this last batch I just filtered it clear like in batch 4 but didn't reintroduce any non filtered and I just do not like how it looks. Does anybody know of any additives, processes or something else that would create a stable opaque haze?

This is usually done by creating a stable emulsion of your 'haze' component and your product. There is a lot of work being done in this area by the cannabis infused beverage people, so you may get better answers looking at this from that angle. Some folks are using sonication (equipment for this is pretty spendy), and my experience is the sonicated mixture settles out eventually. There are a number of emulsifiers on the market that do different things. It sounds like you are happy with the haze that is in the product at the start, so you may just need a simple emulsifier additive. 

Maybe the info in this link will be helpful. 

https://www.newcannabisventures.com/wp-content/uploads/white_paper_ascb_v9.pdf

3 hours ago, Donbroadbranch said:

There is a protein in rye that creates the foam and stops transfer of heat. Sebpro pl will solve these problems for you. Also try viscoferm for viscosity. Haven’t had a foamy rye fermentation in years.

+1 for SEBpro PL. 

I also have been dosing my defoamer slightly diluted onto the top of the mash with a pump sprayer if it's foaming during the cook. It's also easier to knock down foaming in the fermenter with a sprayer. 

Its not the buckets. yellow tinge could be caused by iron oxide in small amounts or you could be having evaporative loss concentrating non-alcohols in the product to the point that the color changes. your condenser may have welds that need to be re-passivated