What I Did Today

[YHB]

Why not write a couple of lines about what you did today.

I have just finished a 20L Rum spirit run. While that was bubbling away, I racked off 25 litres of Weetabix and All Bran from the heated fermenter into the settling bucket then recharged the fermenter with another batch of the same.

[edwatters]

I put together my first sugar mash today in anticipation of receiving my t500 in about 4 days. I can't remember the last time I was as excited as I am now. Lol

[Normski]

I found a local Feed supplier who sells Mollasses. Got my self 5L for £7.95p
That saves me a long drive to Stockton on tees and back.

I also recently bought a SS Super Reflux. I may sell on a few of my other stills.
Shame there isnt a Sell Your Stuff section on the forum.

I'll be selling a Smart Still, Mint condition.
And a 30" column 2" copper pot head with a condensor and a tri clamp with silicon seal, and a free 50l beer keg.

Norm

[Almanac]

After 3 months of no action I stripped my first 50lt wash of the year. Just a sugar wash but it feels great to get the equipment up and running again.

My new workshop/distillery in more or less finished but I'm going to have to rearrange my equipment setup to make it easier to manage things. While trying to make a minor adjustment to my parrot on the stripping run I managed to crack one of the joints and I'll have to remake it before I can use it again

AM

[Admiral Toad]

And I flogged some gear for cash then got my old Porsche 928 oot the garage washed it and then contributed to global warming sheer bliss

[ontario23]

Shovel snow read a good article from a magazine April/May 1981 called Harrowsmith .The new Mooshiners Article

[ontario23]

Is there a lot of still makers in the Uk. There is a couple of stores carrying in Canada . I was told there is problems shipping from USA to Canada

[KerryW]

I went to a new to me LHBS and found some yeast nutrient, now I can make some rum
Also went to the LHBS that i like to shop at and picked up a package of stillspirits turbo yeast for another batch,,

[Magnu420]

washed and cleaned
1x pressure barrel
2x fermenting bins
5x 1 gallon demijohns
6x wine bottles
1x litre whisky bottle

shook me JD up,looked at many pictures and designs of different types of lm/vm coloums (i cant decide )

went shopping on fleabay for a water boiler,got out bid on two of them at the last second,and now just sampling some neutral white rum and cola while looking at coloums again

[Capt-Cudellez]

3x 35l single malt strips. 2 pukes. Had to run a lot slower than usual, was very foamy.
Looks to have been a busy old day for all us folks on here

[Frank]

Fixed the 4stroke generator
Beeswaxed the hiking boots and the workboots
Bottled a homebrewed Stout
Collected heaps of fruit and firewood
Set up a system test plan for a startup IT company
Recalibrated SWMBO-based favours via NUMEROUS domestic engineering duties

Blah blah blah....

What I do now is enjoy a gifted Laphroaig Triple Wood single malt (Barrel strength, neat).....as its 10 years (to the day) since I gave up smoking, and I reckoned that's a good thing personally.

Cheers to all. Have a great day.

[YHB]

I tried to make the cuts on yesterday's rum - I failed, will try again tomorrow.

[Capt-Cudellez]

Cooked some oxtails on an all day slow cook for dinner tonight, then helped my daughter paint a model castle for a school project.

Then did the spirit run on my single malt, got just shy of a gallon at barrel strength. Cut worked out about 74-63% so expecting a light whisky. Just running out the feints just now.

[KerryW]

I woke up, then decided to make the Robostil rum and a turbo yeast batch,
I got a start SG of 1.114 on the molasses/yellow sugar wash for the rum,,
The turbo is bubbling pretty good,

[edwatters]

Going to spend the day playing with my two granddaughters and babysitting my first ever sugar mash.:-)