StillSmart

We do dinner around 1900 so I chucked two medium sized chickens, that I had brining overnight, onto the grill with used oak chips and a little hickory for the smoke.

I cook them for 3-4 hours depending on meat temp and they were delicious along with a huge jug of iced Raspberry Nukins that everyone loved - thanks to FS for that one

End of a lovely day. Good Weather, Good Food, Good Drinks, Good Company it doesn't get much better

AM

Well I was here https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/970282_10152842384375591_1712869477_n.jpg

Sunny Barbados...bit of a change from Breton Island I'd imagine

I got up this morning, after a glorious sunny day on Sunday, only to find the good old reliable Irish weather had returned and it's once again pissing down rain upon my plans to get my deck finished.

For that reason I'm extremely jealous of your current location.

Enjoy the Rum

AM

Started to strip my Cornflakes Wash. Can't smell much of a flavour carry over though.

Got enough through to do a spirit run tonight.

Will have to see how it goes after that.

Took a while to get it sorted, but set up new email and paypal accounts for future transactions.

myles4copper@gmail.com will find me.

Hi Amaark, one of the major drawbacks of the Airstill is the need for double distillation.

This together with the lack of power control means it's not really suitable for making spirits with flavour. More suited to adding flavour after the event as the product from the spirit run in the Airstill will be quite neutral.

AM

Three days later than planned but I have the boiler set up and ready to strip the latest washes first thing in the morning. I even preheated the wash to 70oC and the insulation will keep it nice and hot for the morning when I can turn the power on and get low wines flowing within 30 mins.

The two washes I had were 55l after racking and the boiler only takes 40l on the strip so my Airstill has been pressed into service for the morning too. I'll be nuking the wash before charging the Airstill to get it producing as quickly as possible. I have four Airstill runs to do and I want them all finished tomorrow while the main potstill strips the main batch.

Optomistic aren't I

AM

been suffering a bit earlier,with a hangover after celebrating
yesterday,by becomming a grandad again for the third time
me daughter gave birth to twin girls, 5 week early
so im havin a quiet night,just chillin to a king edward cigar
and sampling me jd lookalike which i made a few months ago

cheers

Congrats Magnu!

i had some neutral on hand waiting for the chance to do some flavouring, so I decided to give the nuking a try, added some french oak to 750ml of 65ABV and blasted it twice,, I was amazed at how fast it changed colour,, I am now waiting for it to cool off so I can filter, and dilute, then I will give it a test.
ans SHMBO has gone to get me some JD chips for the rum,,,

Life is good....

Try neutral with the JD chips for bourbon. I give it three blasts. Add a 1/2 tsp of sherry first if you have it on had. That reminds me, I am thirsty...

I am impressed with the nuking and am enjoying a very nice bourbon flavour from the french oak,, a nice way to end the work week

Had to help the missus pickup, put together and setup a new office desk . Time to head out to the shed with a rum and strip some tpw .

I did a wee bit of wiring today,shrink wrap the terminals and colour coded the wire,white for the 1500w and black for the 2000w
need to remount my carbon filter housing setup tomorrow.

Very neat and tidy welding

I presume both elements screw out but what type are they and where'd you get them?

AM