Waste of electricity in this weather!

[Anavrin]

Anyone else running their still in this weather?

With the XMAS deadline looming I’ve no choice but to crack on and strip a wash, just feel like I’m throwing good money away by doing it in the freezing cold!!

I’m surprised my wash wasn’t frozen as it’s been sat in the still for a week!

[Anavrin]

Apologies for the wonky picture, it’s been quite a while since I uploaded a pic.

That’s Ice you can see on the lid by the way

[Moss]

Apologies for the wonky picture, it’s been quite a while since I uploaded a pic.

That’s Ice you can see on the lid by the way

@icefever ~ what are you doing on that lid?

[Icefever]

Apologies for the wonky picture, it’s been quite a while since I uploaded a pic.

That’s Ice you can see on the lid by the way

@icefever ~ what are you doing on that lid?

It wert me Gov...


@Anavrin.....I'm in the same hole dude, I've been thinking about stripping a 40-litre sugar wash for the last week. On the bright side it's getting warmer over the weekend, have a safe journey up to Scotland today mate.


Ice.

[Mash]

There is no gas, so why not increase the insulation?
Pop a sleeping bag round it? Camp mat and a bungee cord?

I had some beer priming in the crates @ 19c, under a pile of stuff. Ambient never moved from 5c.

[Mash]

My problem is a can't thaw fermenters outside.

[Anavrin]

Hi Mash

Are you still freeze stripping washes?

I forgot that was your go to method

[Mash]

Oh yeah. Very good, very easy. I have a thought (no proof) that it helps with a neutral in a pot still.

[StillDave]

This cold weather has scared me out of my shed! I have a still full of backset to chuck and clean, and until I do that I havn't got room to start a new brew. But I'll be there when the promised warm weather arrives. I'm down to my last gallon of hooch, so I need to get some more on the go !! My new rule is....if I need to heat the shed to work in there, it's too cold to be in there!

[Icefever]

If the warmer weather they promise does arrive tomorrow, I shall be running a strip wash this week.

Ice.

[Mash]

Tis the joy of airstills. Pop the little fella on, and in a wee while the shed is cosy again. Enough to get on. Pop two on and it is positively tropical

[gaza the instructor]

I'll put the Mankini on and pop over Mash, get the G&T's ready.

[phantom]

I'll put the Mankini on and pop over Mash, get the G&T's ready.

Wow! Now that's a scary thought that can't be unimagined.............

[gaza the instructor]

Mr P well I never!!! Just trying to be friendly and Mash did say he was somewhere
hot and exotic. Or were you thinking I like the cold weather?

[Mash]

Tis the joy of airstills. Pop the little fella on, and in a wee while the shed is cosy again. Enough to get on. Pop two on and it is positively tropical

Mauritius is 4 hours ahead, so give it a couple of hours and we can catchup for lunch. Rude to start too soon. You didn't take me for a "gin on my cornflakes" chap did you?

[Mash]

I'll put the Mankini on and pop over Mash, get the G&T's ready.

Wow! Now that's a scary thought that can't be unimagined.............

There are scarier things on the beach

[buffalobob]

Just stripped 200l of tffv and done an all feints run in my feckin freezing garage, only have 100l of cornflake wash to sort out before Christmas now , can't face refluxing tffv all day today.
As I was left totally unsupervised I prepped a bit of oak and popped it in the oven for a couple of hours at 210 C to find out if our coconut/lime defuser would overcome the smell of hot oak, er, no it doesn't. I don't have any white dog to oak so I nuked some tffv instead. it turned out way better than expected, vanilla oaky loveliness prevails. Normally I blowlamp oak and have to filter out charcoal dust from cf whiskey , not any more though.

[Mash]

Dear future reader..

NEVER EVER toast oak in the kitchen in the oven. It will cause an explosion and a fire. I know. I have.

[Mash]

I don't have any white dog to oak so I nuked some tffv instead. it turned out way better than expected, vanilla oaky loveliness prevails. Normally I blowlamp oak and have to filter out charcoal dust from cf whiskey , not any more though.

Sounds great, did you sweeten it slightly with maple syrup too. Mmmmmm. Better have a go myself before Christmas

[buffalobob]

I wrapped my sticks in foil and only toasted 8 sticks 120mm x 20 x 20 Mash, just curious to see how it faired against blowlamping. I didn't need to sweeten it mate it was good as it was. I'm now wondering how much wood you need to blow your oven door off

[WelshGin]

Yeah! Love my Airstill.

However. Not necessarily bothered how much electricity I use. Or how many polar bears get fried. It is he cost.

Having reviewed the contract my wife has arranged with our power provider, I discover, after 8pm or after 8 pm at a weekends, power we purchase at £0.12 per KWh. At other times £0.42 per hour.

I am mindful of when I switch the Still on. I want to produce a UKU (10ml of Alcohol, calculated at 100% Abv) at £0.03 pence.
I am still able to do that.

Forgive me, I have not digested the whole thread, however, I have commented on this before.