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Yeah Paul will work with you on an electric Mash Tun, he actually just got back to me today saying that a 300 Gal would be the max that a electrical system could do. More likely a 200 gal would be appropriate. We are trying to avoid a boiler and gas hookup overall.
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I've been in touch with this company, looking at purchasing a stripping still from them. Does anybody have an experience with this company? Or know of anyone that is using their equipment? https://distillery-equipment.com/
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Hey CountSeat, Like I've said before we are in the same boat at my place. We are just going electric, I've been in touch with Paul at Affordable Distillery Equipment. https://distillery-equipment.com/index.htm Very Very helpful guy and takes the time to answer all your questions. I might be calling you Joe to see what you guys are offering as well.
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Not to be vague but there is a lot of debate and questions about the same thing on here. I myself have been going back and forth on the same exact thing. I'm almost positive but think it will come down to local codes that you need a separate room for your boiler. I'm 95% set on going electric currently, various reasons like energy costs and what type of safety codes a boiler could bring up.
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yyaahh
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Yeah corn can just be no fun if lautering or separating. As I'm learning as well. If your having a local brewery doing your mash for a single malt, well that's convenient in terms of production. Especially if you can work closely with them on mashing procedures. As far as tips go just be sure they are making to your spec and at the same time they are doing what they feel is best. Also grain, Corn shouldn't be an issue. Are you close to rural areas? I asked a question like this about a month ago and somebody said to check your local Ag extension through a university. Roughly a month later and I have Barley, Wheat, Rye, Oats, Corn and possible custom planting just 40 minutes up the road. Worked out great!!
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I have a hell of a time trying to separate wash from grain during our bourbon mashing. I have not used an official lauter screen in a tank. Would like to know more about your tank; steam injection, jacketed, electric.etc Have you played around with any recipes yet?
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Any update on this? I was going to be trying the same thing except on a Bourbon mash, curious about Rum too.
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Heating and cooling with the same jacket
NEPA-still-chillin replied to Max Action's topic in Equipment
HedgeBird, Are you using that Mash Tun from Kothe? I agree it seems like a lot to add the all the extra fittings and effort. But at the same time the heavy-duty jackets seem to be somewhat okay with it -
OOhh wow I missed out!! The wine had me!! I only did Lark and Hellyers when I was there. Keep your eyes on this great Australian state folks, superior craft products. I still can get my Work Visa so I might have to make a trip downunder again.
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Cool thanks guys. I think for now maybe a Label Statement could be the route we'll look into taking And thanks Salish I will keep you in mind for the future
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Just wondering if anyone has done this and could let me know. If we were to make a Spirit with all Certified Organic grains/ingredients, do we need to be certified at our place to put Organic on the label??
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Really good to know, I'm finding out too unlike beer that Bourbon mashes are just near impossible to lauter with the Corn ratios. From what I read about your posts Rye isn't fun either. I would really like to try it, maybe a old washing machine will show up soon... like an industrial one from a laundrymat. Thing is if we get an agitator for our still I think it could eliminate the need to spate liquid from grain, but still separation would be nice. I have a call into our Carl still rep now to see what he has for us, Also getting in touch with the people from Dynamix to see what they recommend, cause we will need one for our still and mash tun. Also we are definitely looking for electric, we prefer not to have a air compressor going at our place. Does your source have electric?
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Wow
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Wow will surely check into that, even just running a sample to get a SG reading cheesecloth blocks up. But nobody knows everything, I'll see what they have to say I would love to have a large surface area SS perforated screen ( 4'x4' ) with a bin catching liquid underneath
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sorry devils in the details. I would have two Mash tuns/Open top fermenters, each one we do about 125 gal each
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Thought I would throw this in, not totally off topic but if you have connections this is another possible route. http://adiforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4361
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Okay this might be off the wall but always good to theorize. I read in a post previous of this a guy saying " the spin cycle on an old washing machine wont do for this" Now I think it could work for what I'm doing, max 250 Gal of mash a week. I'm having horrendous issues with our corn spirit and Bourbon mash. That being we don't have an agitator on our still, even though its a jacketed electric kettle I still get clumping mash and grain stuck on the inside. We are looking at buying an agitator since there is already a port for it on the still, but also heating that mass with grains still takes some time as opposed to the liquid. Anybody have experience with using a old washing machine? I mean could it be that bad of an idea?? Our equipment is primitive as of now. I grow unstable
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In my opinion they are USED bourbon barrels, so I'm pretty sure that works, its not really clear if the used barrels have to be uncharred or the new ones. What other type of whiskey do you think it would fall under?
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I'll be making a mash tomorrow and adding some Rye malt extract, lets see how that goes
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What about a malt extract?
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I'm interested in the same question, trying to improve our yields and wanted to add sugar. We are doing an " American Whiskey " but our production equipment is lacking currently and I need to get better yields ASAP But could not find a outright definition of what this type of product would be considered
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Toasted or Charred barrels for unique whisky
NEPA-still-chillin replied to infinibev8's topic in Whiskey
Yeah that's for sure, care to share where you are getting yours? Also maybe a silly question but these craft ales, are they hopped? -
I'm having the same issue at my place, we started using corn meal and ferment on grain...dear god what a dilemma We have a steam jacket so complete separation isn't critical or even necessary, I just prefer more "liquid" in the still rather than total grain. I'm thinking of some type of " plunge screen " attached to our pump, I've seen it before but to work with corn meal, we shall see. Panoscape sounds like he is getting a very clean wash, also cold crash is a great idea, Wineries as well as breweries use cold to drop solids out
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Any electricians in the house? 50hz to 60hz question
NEPA-still-chillin replied to mendodistilling's topic in Equipment
oh very nice!! sorry no answer for your question