First distillation

[Corps012588]

Thanks guys.
Well the turbo 48 I set off on Saturday morning is still bubbling away.
Now for clearing, would normal 2 part finings be ok?

[chill]

It should be, finings are finings. I think the general consensus is that Sparkleoid is the cheapest for the best effect.

[John51]

Back when I was using Gert Strands 24hr turbo, I did one wash during a heatwave. That's when I found out what 'fusel oils' really meant. I'd never had a worse hangover.

Conversely, I've drank plenty of airstill first runs using Vodka Star and no headache in the morning but they were low power runs, about 160w. For the morning after, I prefer it to Aldis cheapest vodka but as others have said, double distillation is way better.

[Easydrinker]

Somewhere,amongst all the posts on this site,I stumbled upon one where the poster said only use half of the bought Turbo yeast pack,per wash,to get less taste in the distilled product.
I tried this last night,(alcotec 48)and the wash is now trying to climb out of the bucket......
I did expect it to take longer to finish,I didn't expect such a vigorous start.
I may try this with the alcotec turbo clear,and see if I can make the products go twice as far.

[YHB]

The last time I looked, the two part finings from Wilko's was basically the same stuff as Turbo Clear. It was half the cost and half the price but stated that it would take twice as long, i.e. 48 hours instead of 24.

I have just done 3 TPW's and used the cheaper Wlko's product, each time it cleared well in a lot less than the predicted 48 hours.

[alan]

what YHB says is right the cheaper stuff works just as well as turbo klar
alan

[Corps012588]

Somewhere,amongst all the posts on this site,I stumbled upon one where the poster said only use half of the bought Turbo yeast pack,per wash,to get less taste in the distilled product.
I tried this last night,(alcotec 48)and the wash is now trying to climb out of the bucket......
I did expect it to take longer to finish,I didn't expect such a vigorous start.
I may try this with the alcotec turbo clear,and see if I can make the products go twice as far.

REALLY? So you can effectively get 50ltrs of wash from just the 1 pack of alcotec 48?
That's incredible!

[Corps012588]

Now here's a question and please tell me if I'm being over ambitious.
I'm getting married next year and would love to be able to make a drink I
Could give out to the male guests.
What I'm thinking is just something aged really nicely on chips of which I have the essensia
Ones an loads of jd smoking chips.
Do you think it at al possible to produce something nice enough for the occasion?

[YHB]

d would love to be able to make a drink I
Could give out to the male guests.

I am sure you could and it is a nice idea, but please be careful. As well as giving all the male guests a drink, you are also announcing to them that you are making spirits, you may be in New Zealand where this is not a problem - if you are in any other country then perhaps you should give it some serious thought.

[Corps012588]

d would love to be able to make a drink I
Could give out to the male guests.

I am sure you could and it is a nice idea, but please be careful. As well as giving all the male guests a drink, you are also announcing to them that you are making spirits, you may be in New Zealand where this is not a problem - if you are in any other country then perhaps you should give it some serious thought.

Ah, very good point. And thank you

[Almanac]

At my place I generally have my spirits in bottles with my own labels but if we have anyone new coming over who might be having a drink I have some JD and Absolute bottles that I fill so as not to raise any questions On one occasion I had to buy a bottle of JD as a friend of the brother was coming who was a long time JD man.

Don't Tell and Don't Sell are words to live and distill by.

AM

[FullySilenced]

Corps...

someone has a tag line says... three people can keep a secret if two are dead...

[Corps012588]

I put finings in my wash yesterday and now my bucket is on the cold concrete floor
In my shed. Does it normally take long for a wash to clear?
Can't wait to do a proper stripping and spirit run

[chill]

If it is fully fermented and fully degassed, it should clear in a day or two. If there is a bit of gas left or the yeast is on its final few grams of sugar, it can take a bit longer. I've had a few lately that just would not clear, I suspect some sort of infection. I ended up tossing a couple.

Chuck