Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Have aquired a bubbler today, didn't think it would happen this quick, but a call with a old mate couple day's ago, see this machine now in my shed, :teasing-neener:
Not sure why I can't attach pic :doh:
FSD 4" nuteralizer, 5 plates, 50 lt boiler, 2 x 2400 w elements all braided water hoses 60lt fermenter and bits n pices, also all the gear to build voltage controller x 2

Sweet as :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Score! Nice one mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Try this thread for the photo issue

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woodduck wrote:Score! Nice one mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Try this thread for the photo issue

viewtopic.php?f=57&t=3097

Thanks, just working from a android phone

You Bastard! :D

I do to. I downloaded photo editor, it lets you resize the photos. Or you can email them to yourself and they will automatically resize themselves

woodduck wrote:I do to. I downloaded photo editor, it lets you resize the photos. Or you can email them to yourself and they will automatically resize themselves

Cool, I'll try the email

Here's the new child, i believe there will be favouritism

Nice :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Nice rig :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Freeze that's sweet. Keep us posted on what you are doing with her

Good work Rock!
You wont know yourself now... don't let the mrs see you showing favoritism :laughing-rolling:

dans.brew wrote:Good work Rock!
You wont know yourself now... don't let the mrs see you showing favoritism :laughing-rolling:

He's got a back-up see the Matrice in the back ground?!?!? He'll just have more time to spend time with his 'favourite' child ... :laughing-rolling:

Tomorrow i put my 1st run through the bubbler. 4 plates from what I've read, Mac rum wash 5 days mostly over 30° , Finnish 1006 gravity :smile:
I also have a TPW and a turbo wash ready but haven't cleaned the copper mesh packing which I believe is boiling it in vinegar.
Anyways, i update the runwith it.

I finally got to run my 1st go on the bubbles.
Used my 1st ever mcrum.
Alot of learning to do but it basically ran fine , I'll look at my notes tomorrow, but i think I was collecting at 2.2lt ph.
Took a generous 250ml foreshot, then 150ml cuts till J 18 ,
Then i put down a gen 2 mac rum , haddnt off when I left the shed, but it was warm and wrapped up.
I probably over thought everything today but there you go, and f r om next run i will be on rc water from a 1000lt ibc :D

Good to hear she ran well for ya mate. You'll have it down pat in no time :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Hi there fellow stillers , been a while since I've updated. I'm a quick stalker everyday,
So ,I've been brewing the Mac Rum recipe, some success and failures getting generation to finnish , but all in all i have been getting some of that rum into glass and oaking with staves , i have been hard on the cuts , generally going only for the middle third ( not sure if I've mastered this yet , as i actually don't like the taste and smell off the still ) .
Now have about 12 l at 65 % oaking , about to remove the staves from the 2 month old oaking. Ivebeen drinking from this btl , and I luv it ,guess it just tskes time or possibly I've just never drank good rum before, smmoooth as .
Also scored 5 x 260 lt blue plastic drums the other @ $15 each ,some nice fermenters.
Anyhow thanks to all the members who hsve ssid hi snd luv reading everyone else news, grest forum.

Good to hear your getting into the macrum. I find this stuff definately taste better after aging on oak, gives time for the rum flavour to really intensify.
Fermenting at a fairly warm temp helps this also. Doing it in the middle of summer works for me.
Good score with the fermenters, just be sure they are food grade though :handgestures-thumbupleft:

dans.brew wrote:Good to hear your getting into the macrum. I find this stuff definately taste better after aging on oak, gives time for the rum flavour to really intensify.
Fermenting at a fairly warm temp helps this also. Doing it in the middle of summer works for me.
Good score with the fermenters, just be sure they are food grade though :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Hi there , Dan , I've got a couple of heat belts and do my 25 Lt ferments in a old fridge ( which has just become obsolete lol )
I've been keeping the backset do i csn judt start off 2nd gens straight away, i fill milk bottle to the very top and csp and store it.
Ive just brought a ph pen I'm sure it will help.
Last couple of runs i added a jar or 2 of the first of tails into hearts.
Yes the blue drums had USA almonds in them.
Also never really been a spirit sipper, but it could become regular now i like the stuff lol
On a side note Dan , did you guys get a crop this year ?

Rock wrote:

dans.brew wrote:Also never really been a spirit sipper, but it could become regular now i like the stuff lol
On a side note Dan , did you guys get a crop this year ?

Yep, its hard to not sip a bit more often when there is a good stash of topshelf liqueur in the cupboard 8-}
Harvest is a couple weeks away at this stage depending on the weather. We were lucky enough to have a good splash of rain a while back which saved quite a few crops from a disaster. All in all we are doing a lot better than others further north.