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    What are y'all listening to?

    in Speakeasy

    Posted

    12 hours ago, matren92 said:

    You know, I really like to ride this cool bike and listen to some rock like Scorpions, Linkin Park or Muse. It clears my head

    OK where are the moderators to ban a spam account like this?  All it does is link unrelated bullshit products.  CLEARLY SPAM.

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    Distillery Waste Water Characterization

    in Beginners

    Posted

    23 hours ago, Golden Beaver Distillery said:

    For your consideration, we run three stills (750g, 350g and 150g) and a 400g mash tun and have moved away from using any caustic or acid to clean our vessels.  We dump the spend grains and wash into totes for a farmer and immediately pressure wash down the stills while they are still hot to remove any residual proteins or starches. It's not the most enjoyable work but we are able to collect the waste water and it goes out to water livestock which is a big help during our current drought here in CA.

    BRILLIANT

    Vodka from sweet potatoes?

    in Technique

    Posted

    BUMP is a specific use, NOT a 14 y.o. post.  One does not just bump after such an extreme interval; one can revive the discussion by adding or asking for info, as slickfloss mentioned.  "bump" in this instance is just "hey look at this 14 y.o. thread!  wowza cool and nifty doo."  So wtf, who cares?  Ask or answer or add something.  Don't just wave your arms and yell bump.  Galapadoc apparently understood when I lightheartedly pointed out the age of the thread, which he hadn't noticed.  But obviously you have a different concept of time and place, and probably length and width as well.

     

    AND YES I AM THE ARBITER OF THAT RULE.  SO SUCK IT.

    ISO Air cleaner/rinser for glass bottles

    in Wanted To Buy

    Posted

    ISO = In Search Of, for those not following along with the rest of english speaking humanity.

     

    But make your own.  I did and it's easy and inexpensive.  You already have the compressor, hopefully oilless, probably since most non huge industrial ones are.  Run that hose to a 3-stage medical grade air filter from Caltrol, (P/N 2/100-12-DX ,P/N 2/100-12-BX,P/N 2/100-12-SA).  From there connect that to an air foot pedal, fork it to twin air nozzles mounted table height, I just repurposed the extendable nozzles on cheap blow gun kits from big box stores, just invert the bottles over the nozzles, and voila,  compressed medical grade air to blow out your bottles two at a time.  I've been using this for years, works awesome.  Filter housings indicate when to change them.  

     

    Electric Mash Tank Canada NL

    in Wanted To Buy

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, Dungeons said:

    What do you mean on or off the grain?

    That's probably a typo, meaning on or off the train.

    Fermenting close to train tracks is subject to the rhythmic rumbling and clanking of the trains, producing mechanical and pressure sound waves which can affect the fermenting liquid.  Thus the fermentation tank must be constructed to account for these pressures.  If not, the fermentation may behave in an abnormal, or wildly uncontrolled way.  This is referred to as the ferment going off the rails.

    If you are off the train, at least 125 miles, 200 km, or 40000 rods away from train tracks, you are clear from any influence of the waves.  This is what is referred to as neutral spirit because all external train forces are effectively neutralized by distance.

    Hope this helps clear things up.

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    Distiller looking for something different.

    in Job Wanted

    Posted

    On 4/18/2022 at 6:20 AM, Hans Walker said:

    Hi Dan, I am looking for a Distiller looking for something different.

    I cant open your resume.

    Yo can contact me on 

    +97333335955

    wobsterwho@hotmail.com

    Apparently the OP is looking for something different as long as they use Apple products.  Your hotmail address may be a non-starter...

    wtf arak

    in Distilled Spirit Specialty

    Posted

    oh my goodness, my op was made 2 years ago in response to some numbnuts posting the same stupid arak post in many forum topics.

    I DO NOT NOW NOR HAVE I EVER HAD ANY INTEREST IN ARAK.

    If I didn't before, I definitely have araknaphobia now.

    Water Treatment/Purification

    in Welcome & Introduce Yourself

    Posted

    I've had an 1800 gpd water purification system from the getgo, though not from you folks.  Carbon filter, softener, RO.  When it came time to once again replace the membrane on the RO unit, I began wondering...what if I didn't?  What if I didn't replace the membrane, what if I didn't use RO at all, or the softener, what if I used just the carbon filter?  

    We're all familiar with distilleries that tout the awesomeness of their spring water, their naturally great-tasting water with minerals and life-giving goodness and God's great bountiful wonder found right next to the distillery, plain and simple, pure and tasty.  So why do I need to purify so much?

    Background info:  my county water is sourced from deep underground aquifiers after starting as rain filtered through thousands of feet of volcanic rock.  So it's perfectly pure at the source.  Chlorine dumped in to manage the travel to my taps.  So if I remove the chlorine with a carbon filter, shouldn't I get pure natural delicious water?  I began to think I would.

    So I did a test.  Made vodka with 190 and carbon filtered water.  Waited quite a while to see if there was any cloudiness, or other unwanted outcome.  There was not.  Presto, my next batches were diluted with carbon filtered water only.  Same product as my previously highly purified water.  No muss, no fuss.

    Obviously, depending on your water source, YMMV.

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    Bigs Colluding to Kill the Craft Distilling Industry?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    As it's always been, making the stuff is pretty easy, selling it is the hard part.  Now making it is a bit more costly, but selling it is still the hard part.  One must find one's niche. 

    When I started not that long ago there were around 80 distilleries in the US; now there's what, 2500+ ?  I think that goes a long way in explaining your shortages and price increases.

    Bigs Colluding to Kill the Craft Distilling Industry?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    18 hours ago, Patio29Dadio said:

    Have you priced custom glass?  $120k investment for your first order.  $60-$80k per order after that.

    120K???  where are you getting this from?  Go to Rockwood in China, French run and terrific.  $3500 mold.  Sure as hell not 80k per order, unless you want your bottles layered in 24k gold and platinum...

    I can get GNS, it is just a lot more expensive.  

    a lot more expensive??  Calculate your per bottle cost for GNS and cry me a river if it's over $1.  More like 60 cents...ohhh that's sooo much $...

    Labeling "whiskey" so you can take advantage of used barrels?  I might be wrong here, but I think you need a qualifier. 

    used barrels and call it whiskey. Consumers won't give a crapola...

    Grain is 2x the cost it was 18 months ago. 

    again, calculate your per bottle cost and revel in your massive profit margins.  100% increase is huge but you don't take percentages to the bank, you take dollars and cents...

    I am crying all the way to the bank!

    use a wheelbarrow for all your money, it will save your back...

     

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