by beardrinkshomebrew » Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:11 pm
10kg sugar (I used 12kgs this wash, it gave an SG of 1090)
40 weetbix
8 cups All Bran
100g bread yeast
2 teaspoons epsom salts
1.5 teaspoons citric acid
water to the 60lt mark
I left this for 2 weeks in the fermenter until the SG reached 990, I then removed the heat & left it for 4 days to settle, then I got my long spoon & moved the junk from around the tap & left it for another 3 days to clear. I then took 4 days to do the stripping run (as I have an air still) & only took one day to do the spirit run
stripping run
use the boil enhancers & a capful of conditioner or a drop of olive oil
I got 1200ml when I did the stripping run from 4lts & the alcohol is ~40% ABV
spirit run
no need for boil enhancers or conditioner or olive oil in the spirit run
place 6 x 600ml bottles in the distiller & fill to the full mark with water, this gives ~30%
turn on the distiller & wait an hour
the first 50ml is foreshots, throw away
the next 250ml keep for heads run
collect 1500mls, that is a mixture of hearts & some tails, it will be ~70% ABV
the next 100ml the ABV was 40%, but the smell was going off, so I did not include it
I collected less in the stripping run than when I used TPW, but, I collected more in the spirit run than when I used TPW; and I don’t have to carbon filter this :) so this wash has won me; any wash is better than Turdbo. mix this 50- 50 with water for 40% ABV