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I use one of these

It’s a manifold transfer pump for caravans etc, it can be run dry so won’t ever fail, touch wood. Pumps at 17L/hr :music-deathmetal:

Are you telling me that it would take almost 2-3hrs to transfer wash into a 50L boiler with one of those?
Or should that by 17L/min?

Would make for a long day waiting for the boiler to fill :D :teasing-tease:

What packing are ya useing and how do you clean it ?,I would clean and citric acid bath the colomn as well ,a scrubby cable tied to a dowel can help too.cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:

scythe wrote:Are you telling me that it would take almost 2-3hrs to transfer wash into a 50L boiler with one of those?
Or should that by 17L/min?

Whoops :angry-banghead: 17L/min
Only takes a couple of minutes to fill a boiler, a second longer and it’s over full.

Rossgillespe are you mixing with soft drink? Could be sour from soft drink? I have been noticing sourness in my uj guess its sour mashed but ph is about same as water. I notice it in my rum as well that doesnt suffer from lacto like my uj..the final taste finish is very similar to lemon juice, saliva inducing... :wtf:

I saw my ph meter sitting their and couldnt resist
Uj and rum 4.7 with coke 3.5 and 3.1 respectivly :wtf: :scared-eek:
Is that even accurate. Have I killed my ph meter. Is something bad not disscused yet gunna happen?
Man I may as well be drinking battery acid...
All samples discarded..

Hopefully “discarded” humanely down the gullet :obscene-drinkingchug:

:laughing-rolling: at 40% uj 4.6 rum 4.8..should ph be adjusted on spirits?

So after more research spirits actually get more acidic the longer it ages..

bluc wrote:...a sour/bitter taste...

Not aimed @bluc but a point of clarity (if you please):-
My wife uses “Sour” & “Bitter” interchangeably, and to me, they are two very very separate and distinct tastes! We argue this point all the time...

Sour is what I would call lemon juice, also any acidic fluid...
Bitter is what I would say you taste in beer, or an alkaline liquid!

So as you can see, they are very different! As such, a ‘sour’ taste would come from an infection (as suggested above) while a ‘bitter’ taste would come from sediment/cleaning issue (also mentioned above). My apology for being so anal, but it would clear up misunderstanding and focus the help provided in a far more productive way.

My opinion! Carry on.

:text-+1: I was thinking the same thing ezi

db1979 wrote::text-+1: I was thinking the same thing ezi

:ugeek: thats coz wes both like Chemistry! :handgestures-thumbupleft: I just don't remember it as well as you do!

So why is it called bitter lemon everywhere??? 8-} :laughing-rolling:

Dig Brinker wrote:So why is it called bitter lemon everywhere??? 8-} :laughing-rolling:

I believe it’s a mix with bitters...

EziTasting wrote:

Dig Brinker wrote:So why is it called bitter lemon everywhere??? 8-} :laughing-rolling:

I believe it’s a mix with bitters...

I think it's a mix of lemon and quinine.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.