StillSmart

If you have an empty fermenter, the yeast monster can be scooped into that and poured back a couple of days later.
Works pretty good.
Been there often.

Robert.

gaza the instructor wrote:Yes kitchen grade laminate floor.
Good one better than lino.
Top of brew chest will be padded
Of course need interthingy and T.V.
Weather vane or flashing red light

..."I see Fred's shed light is on again, and the snow is melting from the roof, must ask him what he does in there" ...

Robert.

Easydrinker wrote:If you have an empty fermenter, the yeast monster can be scooped into that and poured back a couple of days later.
Works pretty good.
Been there often.

Robert.

the yeast I scooped into the second fermenter has started it going, although it is slow, I'll maybe put the other tin of yeast in with it tomorrow so the two will finish together,

That is more or less what I do, two strips give me one spirit run.
Try to catch any escapees, give them a while to calm down,and pour back.
And a WHOLE tin? I thought that I used a lot with 100g!

Robert.

23ltr rain water
1 x 5Kg granulated sugar
1 x 1Kg Toasted Wheatgerm
1 Teaspoon Citric Acid
1 x 125g tin Alinson Dry yeast

I use these whole packet ammounts so there is no need for me to measure,
finishes in 7 days to dry .990
around 13% - 14% No need for me to use the Hydrometer

that's a lot of sugar for the bread yeast to convert hence the whole tin,

works for me when I do a DWWG

Hey, good to see you here Squint must have missed you joining up! I'm Al-Q over at the other place - are you doing a pot stilled sugarhead whisky with that? or neutralising it with your VM?

Hi Capt,
Been keeping one eye on you lol

when I've stripped this 10 gallons I will put with the 4 gallons of stripped DWWG already collected , then spirit run with the pot and age on Oak for a whiskey,

doing this one for a 80 year old Uncle, he loves it,

I have in the past run some through the VM for Vodka,

works for me when I do a DWWG

I just hate it when I think I am advising a Newbie, and find I am speaking to someone that maybe wrote a book on it!
LOL

Robert.

Stripped a turbo sugar wash and used the cooling water to start a new cachaça wash and a Cellar 7 red wine.

I did pretty much as the last post said, and scooped it all up as it tried to grow legs and run away.Again.
I'm loving it,loving it loving it, loving it like this.

Robert.

Just ordered another bubble section from SD for my Still, afterwards I decided to look back through my previous orders and total up everything I've ordered from them, it adds up to a very scary €1878 and that doesn't include my torpedo I bought from them before their online shop opened!!!!

Feel a bit sick now, on the plus side, I'm almost where I want to be with it, just another couple of bits in the future and I will have my dream still that will last a lifetime

How much do you need to drink to break even

Squint wrote:I couldn't wait and pitched I tin yeast in one fermenter, not hard to guess which one, wish I hadn't now, I have been scooping out the escaping yeast and putting it into the other fermenter.

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It's finished, been in the shed all wrapped with bubble wrap no heating, been sitting at 17C, think the fermenters have been keeping each other warm.

I run my cooling water from an outside water butt, went to get some water from the Water butt, ( wasn't going to type water, thought I better had ) lol the w/butt was empty, big crack down the side water gone.

have bought another 250 ltr/50 gall W/B and as soon as I get it set up I will strip the 10gallon wash

Mash wrote:How much do you need to drink to break even

About 100 litres of my finest Neutral Vodka should cover it if you call 1 litre £18 worth

When you put it that way, it really doesn't seem so bad.

Robert.