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John Schaerer — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:35:23 GMT

This gave me a good explination of what you were talking about. I nearly had heart failure at the thought of my wholr rig exploding into nothing when I

Re: Re-Distilling

tgfoitwoods — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:06:13 GMT

Thanks for picking this one up, yokel, and you're right, of course. Sometimes I can't get to my computer for a while. ZBob on the road in San Jose ... abv. it

Re: Total Newbie here

Jeffrey Embry — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:51:32 GMT

Okay folks...got my first run through the air still today. The fermentation seemed to go so-so. The output after distillation did have a yeasty odor. It is

Need a little guidance

et_couldry — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:51:14 GMT

I have a simple sugar mash. I use a 3gal pot still. With a water heating element for cooking. I only seem to get about two cups of drinkable shine out. I also

Re: Re-Distilling

local yokel — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:50:31 GMT

there is a relationship between the starting abv and the collected abv. it varies from distiller to distiller due to still design and cuts made and kept in

Re: What barrel should i be looking for????

jsducote — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:56:05 GMT

Ah, I misunderstood. I thought the sole purpose of the process you described was to vacuum-seal the jar. Like using a vacuum to accelerate marinading meat.

Re: What barrel should i be looking for????

tgfoitwoods — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:07:31 GMT

I'm guessing that would work well, although perhaps not as quickly as when the wood itself is heated. ZBob on the road ... spirit into an old (thoroughly

Re: Re-Distilling

tgfoitwoods — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:53:30 GMT

Alli, The reason many (or most) potstillers try for a wash ABV of 27-29%, is so that still output begins at ABV close to where you would collect hearts. This

Re: Re-Distilling

fatbloke — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:08:26 GMT

My first still was a little 4 litre air still. I had some cloudy spirit that was 80% ABV. What I didnt know at the time was about using boiling stones or even

Re: Re-Distilling

Ken Martin — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:43:04 GMT

I have heard 50 percent ABV or higher in your boiler can cause an explosion. I never re-distill at higher the 80 proof in the can for safety. Ken

Re: What barrel should i be looking for????

jsducote — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:38:46 GMT

Do you think you could accomplish the same thing by putting "green" spirit into an old (thoroughly cleaned, of course) wine bottle with oak strips or chips,

Re: Re-Distilling

fatbloke — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:21:12 GMT

Never heard that. I just let my spirit down to 40% or less before redistilling.allibugger wrote:I read in either Making Fine Spirits or

Re: What barrel should i be looking for????

allibugger — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:55:13 GMT

Blackhat, When storing moonshine for 30 days or so as noted below, what do you recommend covering the storage containers with to keep out the dust and bugs?

Re-Distilling

allibugger — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:13:21 GMT

I read in either Making Fine Spirits or The Compleat Distiller that when doing a spirit run or re-distilling a spirit run one should aim for a 29% ABV in the

Re: What barrel should i be looking for????

Robert Hubble — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:46:57 GMT

I agree with Blackhat, and will toss this in: On the Artisan Distiller forum, there has been some experimentation with another heat/pressure cycling aging