Friday

Beta Gulcan, try starting you mash at 116f for 20 or 30 min before you bring it up to full mash temp. Filtering won't work well, it's to thick all your going to do is clog a lot of filters.

Isn't it supposed to look like that after vinegar has been run through it and a proper cleaning has yet to have been preformed? I though copper turned green when in contact with vinegar.

It's rumored that Cascade herbs buys Kirks herbs and they keep them for their own personal stash. Anyway Kirk has a reputation for growing the best absinthe herbs that can be had, expensive yes but garbage herbs are much more expensive in the end.

It seems to me that the biggest reasons to kiln it would be that arresting the germination would give results that where easier to duplicate. It would also be easier to do a large batch and store it rather then having to malt a fresh batch every time you wanted to do a new ferment. That said since your just eyeballing it I don't know that your going to get consistent results, so you might as well use it green if you don't mind the hassle of malting all the time. It's also easier to knock the rootlets off of kilned grain.

I worked in a detail shop for a few years and the best all round metal polish I have ever used is Maas. It's easy to get, affordable, and easy to use.

15% of your total grain bill. This is just a ballpark figure. Type of barley, conversion temp, and the amount of starch to be converted all play a factor in the amount used. One a potato vodka I suspect you could use a lot less but someone else should weigh in.

Thank you Lucy.

How does one account for evaporation losses in book keeping and tax payment? I guess what I'm getting at is say I produce 50 gallons of 125 proof spirits. I take that 50 gallons and barrel them for 5 years. For the sake of this discussion I lose 5 proof per year, so at the end of five years I have 50 gallons of 100 proof. How would I account for the 20% loss? I didn't destroy it and I didn't take it out of inventory. Also say I record 125 proof going in and a year latter the TTB stops by to check and it now at 120 proof, how would that be dealt with? Would I need to make periodic adjustments in the records? If so what would be the appropriate interval? Do I pay taxes on the 125 poof that went into the barrel or the 100 proof that comes out? If this subject has been addressed elsewhere please point it out. Thanks, Friday

What about a straw man setup? Say have a spouse or sibling hold the distribution permit. Adequate distribution seems to be one of the big hurdles in getting a DSP up and running. NO one can or will sell the product you make with the same passion as you can. I apologize if this is a little off topic, I'm just looking for a answer outside the box as so many of us reside in 3 tier states.

What about holding 2 permits in a 3 tier state? Seems to me that to begin with, this would be the way to go for a small outfit.

I have the skills and resources to build a small direct fired pot still. So building it isn't a problem, but it's begining to look like a regulatory nightmare. How can the colonel sell a 60 gallon pot still for less then 5k with all the regulations?

I'm considering building a pot still as opposed to buying one. I'm currently in the planning stages and I'm looking for a little advice. What are the obstacles to building your own? Are there regulatory hassles? Because it's being used in food preparation, do you need a welding certificate? How exactly do you go about registering it? Is it automatic with the ttb app? What material would be best: copper or a stainless pot with copper in the vapor path? Stainless would be a lot easier for me to work with, not to mention more durable. What capacity? I see a lot of folks using 100 gallon or so stills. I'm thinking a 60 gallon pot should do what I need and it would be easier to handle and fire but I don't want to suddenly be caught without any spare capacity. So is going twice as big as you think your going to need a prudent thing to do? Or should I just build a new one if the time comes? I'm also considering running a worm coil as a condenser. Are there any drawbacks to using a worm on a still this size? Thanks for the advice, Friday

Hello, I've been lurking around this forum for some time now and decided to join today. Sarting a distilery is a gole of mine and this forum has a weath of information. So thanks in advance, FRIDAY