Sam. wrote:I still don't think you will ever top "the shortcut" :teasing-tease: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
shortcut wrote:Last night while running the still, I was busting for a shit.
Instead of turning her off and going up to the house I decided to snap one off into an empty beer carton.
I dumped about 300mm of fore’s on it and set it alight to get rid of the evidence.
The smell of the smoke was atrocious it filled up the whole carpark area,the shed and apparently it could be smelled up at the house. The missus had to shut all the windows.
All the ash has blown away, now I have a burnt patch of grass with a fossilised nard.
Listo wrote:I needed 3 more jars for oaking, so headed into town to see what I could get.
Only 2 shops had 3l jars, both with the clip type lid. At one shop they were flash Italian made ones for $20 each, the other, the reject shop, $8... with me being such a tight wad, I went the cheaper option.
I opened one last night to drink & was greeted with a mixed smell of bourbon & a condensed rubber balloon type smell. After mixing a drink, yep, that rubber taste had gone right through it :angry-banghead:
The missus soaked the jar over night for herself to use, but it still stinks. Turns out it doesn’t pay to scrimp on your jars.
I just hope it’s just a one off & hasn’t happened to all 3. It’s hard to see 2 litres wasted without saying goodbye to 6 :pray:
j0sh2008 wrote:Last time I bought some. I just took off the rubber and put a paper towel over it to seal it.
I also noticed the lids sometimes are made of plastic, so I don’t use any lid.
Listo wrote:So not fully sealed is ok for a few months oaking?
I’m having a drink of the next one now & it’s not bad, it must’ve been a dodgy jar.
Funny thing with this one, it’s a second generation wbabb but it’s nowh near as grainy tasting as the first generation. The first wash was a year old, smelled amazing when opening the fermenter & smelled like a cake shop when running through the still. Second generation was nearly a month old, smelled winey when opening & like a regular still when running. Is that a generation thing, or just the ridiculous time the first lot spent in the fermenters?
RC Al wrote:So I think I should turf this lot of TPW.....
Cute little fella's but not sure I wanna drink em....
RC Al wrote:So I think I should turf this lot of TPW.....
Cute little fella's but not sure I wanna drink em....
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