StillSmart

RJ good to see you posting again..

Chubba the t500 is a great bit of kit, I will usually strip 2 25litre washes then combine and dilute to 30% then strip, nothing wrong with a bit of turboklar if you are in a hurry it works well.

RumJohn wrote:@Mash: The loss is minimal. Once I have finished the simmering, I lid it. I make 48L per batch, If I lose a liter it is of no concern. The end product is worth it.

Thanks. I don't doubt the end product will be good.

I'm still a novice at this but I really like my T500 and find it a great piece of kit if you don't have a lot of space. It's a lot smaller than an extra freezer, LOL, and can be easily stowed in the loft or a cupboard when not in use. I'm planning on adding the alembic setup to it to have a go at rum and whiskey so it's also quite versatile. I use mine in conjunction with my Air Still to make some really nice gin (6 x 70cl bottles from a 24 litre wash on average). The AS is a definite keeper for me, but the slowness of stripping a wash was also what drove me towards getting a T500 so I understand where you're coming from.

Thanks for the recipe Rum John.

Remember making my first and only batch early last year. It was a fantastic tipple and look forward to making much, much more this year with my new upgrade. The guys at camp drunk a lot of it, and still went home with the rest !!. Have finally found a supplier of the apple juice concentrate. Will be trying it out very soon.



Brewhunter. Will be straight into the freeze stripping as soon as the first couple of washes are done. Its a no brainer for me really. Huge chest freezer in the man cave with not too much contents. Plus, I'm never really in that much of a hurry to make it, even when I don't have a stock ready to drink. I actually enjoy making it for friends and family. Remember one of my oldest daughters college mates came over for a few freebies on New Years Eve a couple of years ago. Big lad, big drinker, he was warned by the daughter that daddies homebrew was a bit strong. Half a tumbler of it virtually straight down, taxi home 20 minutes later, in bed by 10 and never got out to celebrate. Daughter is a bit more sensible but already put her order in for the first batch.

Thunderbird. The Alembic setup is one that has caught my eyes a few times. It looks a hell of a lot of money for what it is, but it does look good. Now I have the T500 boiler, I have the rest of the gear for all grain brewing. I previously made the mashtun using a Gatorade insulated drinks cooler with lid. Also made up the sparging and draining bits out of copper pipe and somewhere have a glycol pump for transferring hot liquids. As a proper newbie some of the posts on builds are a little too far ahead for me. Been reading a lot recently , but need to read a lot more before I attempt to make my own gear, unless Santa is very kind to me.

I think that I can see and understand the maths here.
Just sayin'

Robert.

Easydrinker wrote:I think that I can see and understand the maths here.
Just sayin'

Robert.

Sorry Easydrinker, don't quite understand the comment. More than likely me being a little wet behind the ears.