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I am doing a spirit run on T500 condenser from a several strip runs of cider. What do you guess my percentage of heads hearts and tails would be?

Until someone comes along with better numbers;
I suggest 20+% Fores/heads
And depending where you stop collecting, maybe 30% Tails.
You don't get owt for nowt.
Those numbers relate to units in the boiler.
For best results do dilute to sub 30%.

Robert.

Bit of guess this, I think you should get to about 1.4751 gallons, when you are finished.

Mash wrote:Bit of guess this, I think you should get to about 1.4751 gallons, when you are finished.

Your precision leaves me in awe mate

Robert.

A new shiney calculator for birthday I have

I'm not sure just how much a 1/10,000th of a gallon is: my nearest calculation is roughly 16/100ths of a fluid ounce.

Looks like quantum physics here we come.

Well done Mash!

Does anyone have a recipe for a quantum brew?

Robert.

Yup. Here you go

Quantum Ale

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Boil Time: 120 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.056
Efficiency: 70%

Original Gravity: 1.084 (gonna be a big fella)
Final Gravity: 1.019
ABV (standard): 8.63%
IBU (tinseth): 34.11


FERMENTABLES:
11.75 lb - Belgian - Pilsner (75.3%)
1.75 lb - German - Munich Light (11.2%)
0.5 lb - Belgian - Special B (3.2%)
1.6 lb - Belgian Candi Sugar - Clear/Blond (10.3%)

HOPS:
0.75 oz - Challenger, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 22.89
1 oz - Styrian Goldings, Type: Pellet, AA: 5.5, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 9.8
0.3 oz - Saaz, Type: Pellet, AA: 3.5, Use: Boil for 3 min, IBU: 0.47
0.25 oz - Challenger, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.5, Use: Boil for 3 min, IBU: 0.95

Mash. 65c for 75 min.

YEAST:
WLP570.
Or co-inoculation Gervin English or saf 04 with BDX

Great!
Thanks Mash. How many litres of malt whisky do you think this brew will produce after twice through the still?

Robert.

(I will cut and paste, just in case I ever do AG beer)

I got 1 gallon of hearts at 80%

Mash wrote:Yup. Here you go

Quantum Ale

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Boil Time: 120 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.056
Efficiency: 70%

Original Gravity: 1.084 (gonna be a big fella)
Final Gravity: 1.019
ABV (standard): 8.63%
IBU (tinseth): 34.11


FERMENTABLES:
11.75 lb - Belgian - Pilsner (75.3%)
1.75 lb - German - Munich Light (11.2%)
0.5 lb - Belgian - Special B (3.2%)
1.6 lb - Belgian Candi Sugar - Clear/Blond (10.3%)

HOPS:
0.75 oz - Challenger, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 22.89
1 oz - Styrian Goldings, Type: Pellet, AA: 5.5, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 9.8
0.3 oz - Saaz, Type: Pellet, AA: 3.5, Use: Boil for 3 min, IBU: 0.47
0.25 oz - Challenger, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.5, Use: Boil for 3 min, IBU: 0.95

Mash. 65c for 75 min.

YEAST:
WLP570.
Or co-inoculation Gervin English or saf 04 with BDX

Hops in a wash....will taste crap mate...

Easydrinker wrote:Until someone comes along with better numbers;
I suggest 20+% Fores/heads
And depending where you stop collecting, maybe 30% Tails.
You don't get owt for nowt.
Those numbers relate to units in the boiler.
For best results do dilute to sub 30%.

Robert.

Interesting, why dilute to minus 30%

I refer here to diluting the strip to sub 30% for the spirit run .
This is accepted as common practice by commercial distillers and home ones alike.
It seems to be the percentage that allows for the cleanest cuts.

Robert.

That seems a remarkably tasty recipe you have detailed Mash. If I was an All Grain Brewer I would immediately have tried it out.

This thread seems to have already wandered off centre, so I might observe that the efforts of the all grain brewers I have had the pleasure of knowing, over the years, have produced brews which one can only marvel at. My own first reaction, on sampling such, was that it didn't taste like the popular beers available in Pubs. Gradually learning that that was exactly the intention,was a part of my taste education.

Much the same can be said of one's attempts in producing an all grain whisky. The intention is not to replicate commercially produced whisky but rather to produce the best possible whisky, limited at all times, by ones knowledge, materials, equipment and time.

My own product, whilst tasting unlike any commercial whisky is highly thought of by whisky drinkers of my acquaintance., and not simply because it's free. One would really have to be dim witted to spend an evening drinking an inferior whisky simply because it wasn't costing. Life is really far too short for such mindless frugality.

guest5234 wrote:I got 1 gallon of hearts at 80%

Nice one. Are you pleased with it.