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Icefever wrote:Double post...poxy keyboard.

Is that your windows 10 keyboard.

No it's still my old HP laptop....I can't afford a new one..spent all my money on a smegging caravan..

Icefever wrote:No it's still my old HP laptop....I can't afford a new one..spent all my money on a smegging caravan..

Which is fine if you tow the van like you would a trailer, and not like most caravanners who need to be rammed off the road, dragged out and strung up (same as about 80% of horsebox drivers).........

Ran some gin with my new chunky gin basket.

Capt-Cudellez wrote:Ran some gin with my new chunky gin basket.

Nice bit of kit there Capt..what have you used to insulate your boiler?? love the copper basket.

I've got an old copper boiler, had it for a couple years now. Thought I may make a "proper moonshine" still...a la Popcorn. maybe one of these days.

Icefever wrote:Nice bit of kit there Capt..what have you used to insulate your boiler?? love the copper basket.

I've got an old copper boiler, had it for a couple years now. Thought I may make a "proper moonshine" still...a la Popcorn. maybe one of these days.

A wrap or 2 of that silver foil bubble wrap sold as shed insulation, then wrapped in black PVC tape, I did my fermenters in the same way.



If you are considering chopping a hot water tank, all the strength is in the spun top and bottom, once you chop them off the walls are pretty flimsy. If you can think of a way of modding it without chopping the top off it will be a much stronger boiler.

I need to do my boiler, been thinking about it for some time but never get around to it.
The copper is thin I know.. when I have more time maybe..

Did my second stripping run this evening.

The wash wasn't my best - hadn't fully fermented out but still yielded a decent amount of strip.

Now got to find the time for a long and slow spirit run

Sometimes washes don't go all the way, but as long as you take whatever precautions your particular setup requires,they usually come through, if a little light in Ethanol.

Robert.

I have 2 by 25ltr Kale washes on the go.
One has finished no activity, the other still
going. Thats 3 weeks 3 days. Will take a
reading tonight, but is that a record

Just mixed up a few drinks for the long trip up to Sheffield for tonight's play off game!

gaza the instructor wrote: Thats 3 weeks 3 days. Will take a
reading tonight, but is that a record

Sorry mate I had a sugar wash take about 6 weeks..

Ok I'll bite. I had an apple and elderflower wine which carried on after racking, was perfectly crystal clear but bubbled for 18 months at least. Was then and still is a mystery.

Well its at996 ,the other one 2 points lower
so will rack and degass tomorrow.

18 months??? Smegging hell....you win first prize matey...