Wobblyboot wrote:wynnum1 wrote:
Awesome still vq :handgestures-thumbupleft: is ur agitator on a triclamp or permanently fixed?
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Wobblyboot wrote:wynnum1 wrote:
Awesome still vq :handgestures-thumbupleft: is ur agitator on a triclamp or permanently fixed?
warramungas wrote:Something ALL of our recipes have other than the odd gin is to 'allow to clear' before running.
Why do we say that? Because uncleared washes produce off flavours. All the trub and grain and mollasses bits and pieces when boiled create horrible esters and other undesirables in the spirit. If you're doing a 3000 gallon batch like the big boys do and there's a few floaties in there it probably wont hurt much but I doubt even the big boys ferment and distill in the same pot. Even siphoning the liquid off the top of the grain has to produce better results than giving it a stir while you're boiling the lot of it.
It seems like a very expensive waste of time trying to boil the entire mash.
Having said that, experimentation is the name of the game and you may find other uses for it like mashing corn so I recommend keeping it as cheap as possible. If it works a dream you haven't spent much and can upgrade to a better setup. If it doesn't work you haven't wasted too much money.
Wobblyboot wrote:warramungas wrote:Something ALL of our recipes have other than the odd gin is to 'allow to clear' before running.
Why do we say that? Because uncleared washes produce off flavours. All the trub and grain and mollasses bits and pieces when boiled create horrible esters and other undesirables in the spirit. If you're doing a 3000 gallon batch like the big boys do and there's a few floaties in there it probably wont hurt much but I doubt even the big boys ferment and distill in the same pot. Even siphoning the liquid off the top of the grain has to produce better results than giving it a stir while you're boiling the lot of it.
It seems like a very expensive waste of time trying to boil the entire mash.
Having said that, experimentation is the name of the game and you may find other uses for it like mashing corn so I recommend keeping it as cheap as possible. If it works a dream you haven't spent much and can upgrade to a better setup. If it doesn't work you haven't wasted too much money.
If u are happy doing ur sugar heads then that's good :handgestures-thumbupleft: distilling on the grains is how it's always been done, too much waste and cost involved in straining. Most of OUR recipes are sugar heads for running on elements :handgestures-thumbdown:
Wobblyboot wrote:wynnum1 wrote:Apparatus fitted inside a copper pot still, consisting of four rotating arms that carry a copper chain mesh. The rummager prevents solid particles in the wash ...
And the rest of that sentence.
Apparatus fitted inside a copper pot still, consisting of four rotating arms that carry a copper chain mesh. The rummager prevents solid particles in the wash sticking to the bottom of the still when stills are directly fired, but with most stills now steam-heated, rummagers are comparatively rare.
That is a rummager, different to a agitator, which u obviously found here
.http://www.whisky-pages.com/glossary/glossary_a_z.htm
Discussion and different opinions are good but please start another thread for them, this is about ideas on making a working agitator and not whether people think they any good or not.
Awesome still vq :handgestures-thumbupleft: is ur agitator on a triclamp or permanently fixed?
Bushy wrote:Hands up who's jealous of VQ's setup. :greetings-waveyellow: ^:)^
On a smaller scale, I have been making all grain washes in me double boiler. My agitator while mashing is just a drill setup which clips into the keg ring.
Fermenting on the grain and then i give it a stir before I run the still on it. On the grain. Spirit is showing a lot of potential but still young.
bayshine wrote:Bushy wrote:Hands up who's jealous of VQ's setup. :greetings-waveyellow: ^:)^
On a smaller scale, I have been making all grain washes in me double boiler. My agitator while mashing is just a drill setup which clips into the keg ring.
Fermenting on the grain and then i give it a stir before I run the still on it. On the grain. Spirit is showing a lot of potential but still young.
:greetings-waveyellow:
I'm jealous, nice setup VQ :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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