Chemist here, been watching for several years. To expand on George's explanation on tails causing cloudiness. Tails consist of the higher order alcohols (mainly isomers of amyl alcohol, which are formed from amino acids by the yeast) which are sparingly soluble in water (because of the long carbon chain, as compared to the short carbon chains in ethanol methanol etc), and higher boiling. In concentrated ethanol solution they are soluble, however once the ethanol to water ratio is diluted past a point, the fusel alcohols reach their point of insolubility, and drop out of solution as small droplets of oil. Eventually this would float on top of the solution like an oil if left long enough. Love the work you do, George! I won't hesitate to keep giving chemical explanations if it helps everyone. Cheers.
@@MrBloodprice hard to say, I enjoy supplying myself and drinking buds with next to free booze, extracting thc oils from pot without toxic chemicals just my hobby style booze. I'm just saying I have learned more from George in 2 yrs give or take, than the yahoos who taught in my podunk school system that I grew up in. Every video I watch drags my attention closer down the hobby hole that is "Distilling Happiness."
Fantastic video George. After I have soaked the chips long enough, I put them in a saucepan on a flame, dry them out, re char them and use them again. I’m happy with the results. How long do you leave it in a barrel ?
After watching you for so long IV learned to stop collecting my “drinkables” at 100 proof and tails after. My likker has gotten significantly better thanks to it. Thanks George and happy distilling
I made myself a Pennsylvania Single Malt. I did get the peated malted barley and went 40% peated and 60% pale ale malted. It's very much similar to Lagavulin. My Scottish heritage did not fail me, lol
Hi George! I had the problem of cloudy jars on my last sugar run. I had watched one of your filtering videos and tried running it through a zero water filter just to see if it worked. It came out crystal clear! So that is another option for pulling out fusels even after you've proofed it down. Thanks for all the videos! Happy distilling!
George, Mike is right. I my parents were dedicated teachers and I taught Ag but only one year. You have the talent to teach and convey what you are saying. It's a gift many teachers do not have, only 10% I would say. Keep it up, your a blessing to those that hear you.
Thanks George. I am really enjoying your content. You have made what seemed a very esoteric and mysterious subject very entertaining and easier to understand.
Thank you so much I'm honored by your shout out I really appreciate it like you I'm just trying to help others be the best they can be and will continue to help when I can loved the video once again chocked full of great information. HAPPY HAPPY STILLIN
I thought it was really kewl that George mentioned you too, especially after you had answered my question about my curiosity. Wish people in general were more like George and you sir.. hope life's treating you well in your world. And thanks again.
@@mikebullard1797 Thanks Mike your comments are greatly appreciated. I was lucky enough to have my Great Grandfather and Grandfather to learn from most people aren't that lucky so me helping others is my way of honoring them. I do agree we need more people like George in the world it would be a much better place . Happy Happy Stillin
I want to thank you for all the information it is very helpful for me being new to distiling and you teach in a very simple and easy way for us all to learn from you.
Thank you for all the videos and information you give us, I hope one day we can have this craft legal in the US! For now I will just enjoy watching you and the others that are able to make this a hobby.
You took a drink of what's in your cup....... Anybody ever notice how rare that is in the videos???...... I've watched your channel for a while and love love all the content...... There's almost never a time you don't have a cup of something and you almost never drink it!!!! Thank you for all you do!!!!
@Anthony Good Thank you for your service from a fellow veteran '86 -90 USAF AFSC 46350 for me. Only about 1.5% of population are veterans btw. Thx again :)
Your package arrived first thing this morning George and I want to say Thank You so much it is greatly appreciated and I'm waiting for the live streaming event to open and enjoy then the signed bottle will be given a place of honor among my beer mugs and wine bottles that I collected from all over the world during my 15 years of military service. Had and idea for the event maybe you could spend so time on distilling onions or helmets I've seen them called both and their use and if you think that they are worth the expense of adding them to our systems or not. Once again thanks for the gift and all your help in making me a better distller Happy Happy Stillin.
Thank you so much for all of your help and advice. I am just getting started. I have watched all your videos. Taking notes. You are an amazing teacher. Please keep making amazing videos. Thank you.
Hi George. Renato here. I've been watching your videos for a while but just subscribed to your channel. I'm a winemaker myself but wanted to experiment a little with other things we can do with grapes ( Brandy ). Personally I really enjoy your tutorials. Thanks so much. there is a lot to learn.
It's been a while since I've "needed" to watch George, and to be honest...I've forgotten how much I love this guy. He is an amazing Teacher/Instructor and his love for the craft is evident. Thanks George for being who you are!! Cheers!!
Hey George big shout out to you all the way from the home of whisky Scotland. Just starting to try my hand at home brewing and found your site. Loving the videos and will be attempting to build my own still as they are so dam expensive. Hope to pick your brains for some ideas. Thanks and keep up good work
I made some Red Wheat whiskey a few months back. I aged a quart with medium toast oak chips. Proofed to 100 this morning, going to add 1/2 oz of glycerin to 1 bottle and leave a 2nd bottle without. Still trying to decide whether I like it or not. Your help is much appreciated George !! Thank You Sir.
Oaking Question. I have read/heard from some that pre-soaking and straining will reduce some of the tannins and reduce alcohol losses. A short boil (5-10 minutes) will even reduce more of the harsh tannins. I like the idea of a quick boil to reduce oaky-bite and to sterilize the wood before introducing wood to shine/wines. Wood being porous, it is a great location for microbes/fungus to lay dormant just waiting for moisture to release nasty off-flavors.
George, you are a wealth of knowledge. Love your wisdom. From Kelowna British Columbia where we are in a fruit basket. Brandy is my fave thing to make. I use an eSpring Water Treatment system for all my water use. I market them as well online. You are so right about using good water. Makes a huge difference in final product. If you’re interested in a purifier, I would love to get you some info. Best regards Mel
One thing I tried with the wood chip aging, was temperature differences, kind of a microcosm of a barrel warehouse. Over 3 months, especially with a single malt, it went from warmest room in the house, to the refrigerator, to the coolest room in the house and every 3 days, I would rotate. I had very good results with that. Thought I would share.
Thanks! I am planning to use our cold room to rotate in and out of weekly during the cold months and then garage and house with AC in the warmer months. I wasn’t sure that idea had “legs”...but it sounds like it should work.
I just started trying to distill and I don't usually use the internet at all(I'm a bit old school, lol). I had to ask my wife how to prescribe, as it is my first time. George thanks for the info and im excited about learning.
George, you R an AWESOME teacher!! The only disappointment is how many damn commercials I now need to friggen click through!! I HATE them!! Damn iiit!! I remember youtube last year and only needing to click through 1 or 2 of them in a 20-25 minutes clip. I think I clicked through about 8 of them in this 20 minute video. So aggravating! Not your fault but youtube should really control them better than this. Otherwise...AWESOME CLIPS George!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💜💕🌷 Happy distilling!!🙌 Dubbing you "Dr.Distilling"! Lol!!
Love your show .l am going to try to make my own still.And l am thinking that I will succeed by watching your videos.Thank you very much looking forward to making some wabbly pop.😜
Good morning, sir. I'm so happy you're back for us to enjoy and learn. I lost some of my motivation of my hobby when my mentor retired. Lol. You're a great instructor. I lost my original app for Barley and Hopps. After seeing this video, I'm excited to play again. Could you please send me the link for your app? Should I message you my # rather than post it? Thank you for your time. Be safe. Charlie. BTW. I am traveling to San Antonio in March from Fl. Do you have a suppy store? If so, where in Tx?
I have had that cloudiness in my spirit a couple of times and could never work out why. everything tasted OK but now I know what caused it. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
George try putting in the fridge or freezer and pulling it out and letting it warm a few times, what this does is contract and expand the wood as if it was in a barrel outside for years it simulates the weather changes and puts the vanilla and Carmel flavors in the oak at a faster rate just something you may want to try.
New subscriber here George & I've been watching quite a few of your videos. You're very educational the way you explain things. I'm a newbie w/ distilling & I'm in the process of wanting to build a distill so I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions along the way.
Thanks George for all the info you answered all my questions by watching your videos now I'm pretty good at the craft but it took a lot of disappointment for me to get there lol
Hi George, I know theses are older videos but we are just new to all of this and came across your videos and love them! You mentioned a calculator app but we are unsure where to find it and wondered if you could help? Thanks
Have played with the apps. Very cool - Haven't tried wood chips, only barrel aging which is a long ass process (9mo to a year) but has given me super results. George you now peaked my interest to try chip aging to see how the results compare. How long does one soak their shine to get good results? I am not sure if that was mentioned. Cheers🥃
Georgia I don’t know where I was talking to you the other day. But I was asking you how much you get out of 4 gallons of mash. I got up almost a gallon. I got 165 proof. Thank you so much for your help this is my first run
Hey George I'm new to home distilling and I'm hooked! Thanks for explaining the science and like you said there are endless possibilities. I am a person who believes waste not want not. Can I discard the old mash be it corn or peaches apples etc. into my vegetable garden? I mean it is all organic and can't seeing it hurting the soil. It must break down over time. Thanks again.
George, a suggestion for the Sugar Wash Makeup Calculator....In the Results section (at the bottom of the Calculator window) have a toggle to switch the units from imperial to metric (example - gallons to grams).
Catch& Fry , Your feedback is noted and thank you very much for it. I will put it on the improvement list and you should see the update in the next week or so. Thanks again and AGWS (as George would say) 'Happy Distilling' :)
I've always loved the taste of ole #7JD AND I've wondered about do the let their whiskey drain through charcoal as it leaves the still or do they do a process like what your doing?
As always, thank you George and everyone else who works on this. I watched, listened and read a couple dozen comments but still can’t find any reference to what the app’s name is that you refer to. You never mention the name. Please share and I apologize if you said it or if a dozen other people already asked. I promise I looked. :)
George, watched the sugar wash video and followed to the T. Didn't have time to run so I stored it like you suggest. While the mash was fermenting I cleaned my stainless and copper with your cleaning ideas, I even ran the unneeded 'sacrificial run' of just pure water. Now my issue, I ran what I felt was the easiest batch I've run in 10 years, the first half quart came out a light green. The following 2 qts came clear, the next 6 came with a light tint of yellow and progressively darker. Do you have any clues why this went yellow? Is it consumable? Thanks again and love the channel.
Hey George, thanks for all the information from your videos. You help demystify this craft for so many of us rookies. I'm grateful! You mention in this video what tails are, ethanol and fusel oils. This got me thinking, if tails are a blend of ethanol and something else, this blend of ingredients have to share a common boiling point in order to combine in the product. As you run your still, you have to increase temperature in order to keep it flowing. At some point you increase it enough to evaporate ethanol and fusel oils. Is there a known temperature that ethanol and fusel oils begin to combine in the vapor? What is that temperature? Thanks again!
Chemist here, been watching for several years. To expand on George's explanation on tails causing cloudiness. Tails consist of the higher order alcohols (mainly isomers of amyl alcohol, which are formed from amino acids by the yeast) which are sparingly soluble in water (because of the long carbon chain, as compared to the short carbon chains in ethanol methanol etc), and higher boiling. In concentrated ethanol solution they are soluble, however once the ethanol to water ratio is diluted past a point, the fusel alcohols reach their point of insolubility, and drop out of solution as small droplets of oil. Eventually this would float on top of the solution like an oil if left long enough. Love the work you do, George! I won't hesitate to keep giving chemical explanations if it helps everyone. Cheers.
Thanks so much
Very well said sir thank you. So a lot of what we do really is rocket science.
Thank you bro good to know
isnt science and chemistry the best?
Thanks photon, I was about to write something along those lines :) love the show, but we might as well keep the chemistry correct :D
Man if I had teachers in school like you I'm not going to imagine we're I'd be know. Thank you my friend... Happiness is Distilling!
Working as a professional distiller?
@@MrBloodprice hard to say, I enjoy supplying myself and drinking buds with next to free booze, extracting thc oils from pot without toxic chemicals just my hobby style booze.
I'm just saying I have learned more from George in 2 yrs give or take, than the yahoos who taught in my podunk school system that I grew up in. Every video I watch drags my attention closer down the hobby hole that is "Distilling Happiness."
Fantastic video George. After I have soaked the chips long enough, I put them in a saucepan on a flame, dry them out, re char them and use them again. I’m happy with the results.
How long do you leave it in a barrel ?
I agree Mike. Learning from him is simple, easy and is still exciting.
@@PrimeMummy please excuse my grammar, the half pint I was into distracted my thinking.
Thanks for all your knowledge, George. You're my go to guy and I really do Appreciate you, Bud.
After watching you for so long IV learned to stop collecting my “drinkables” at 100 proof and tails after. My likker has gotten significantly better thanks to it. Thanks George and happy distilling
I’m new and appreciate what you do I’m going to watch everything you’ve made before I jump in
Running a batch of my Missouri Single Malt and I get 2 videos from George 👍👍 Thanks George, HAPPY DISTILLING !
I made myself a Pennsylvania Single Malt. I did get the peated malted barley and went 40% peated and 60% pale ale malted. It's very much similar to Lagavulin. My Scottish heritage did not fail me, lol
Love the video and sharing your knowledge thanks George
Hi George! I had the problem of cloudy jars on my last sugar run. I had watched one of your filtering videos and tried running it through a zero water filter just to see if it worked. It came out crystal clear! So that is another option for pulling out fusels even after you've proofed it down.
Thanks for all the videos! Happy distilling!
George, Mike is right. I my parents were dedicated teachers and I taught Ag but only one year. You have the talent to teach and convey what you are saying. It's a gift many teachers do not have, only 10% I would say. Keep it up, your a blessing to those that hear you.
Wow, thanks
Thanks George. I am really enjoying your content. You have made what seemed a very esoteric and mysterious subject very entertaining and easier to understand.
I have learned more from you George than all my teachers I had in the 7 years I went to school put together. Thank you.
Did my very first run yesterday and ended up with 170 proof!!! Couldn’t have done it without you George!!....now onto learning how to dilute lol
How the hell did you get 170?
@@davidjohnson1494 ran it slow as fuccckkkkk
@@Mychannel-fw5mb Can I ask what you mean by slow as...? I'm only getting around 140 and want to increase it a bit.
Thank You for putting these videos out they have been a tremendous amount of help. 👍👍👍
George again thank you for all your help. My PID should be here tomorrow. 😀. Cant wait. Also Your videos are really helpful....tony
New favorite channel. 😎
Thank you so much I'm honored by your shout out I really appreciate it like you I'm just trying to help others be the best they can be and will continue to help when I can loved the video once again chocked full of great information. HAPPY HAPPY STILLIN
Chuck
Send me an email with your address. I want to send you something.
George
I thought it was really kewl that George mentioned you too, especially after you had answered my question about my curiosity. Wish people in general were more like George and you sir.. hope life's treating you well in your world.
And thanks again.
@@mikebullard1797 Thanks Mike your comments are greatly appreciated. I was lucky enough to have my Great Grandfather and Grandfather to learn from most people aren't that lucky so me helping others is my way of honoring them. I do agree we need more people like George in the world it would be a much better place . Happy Happy Stillin
@@chuckdontknowdoya6100 love your input bro. Totally helps everyone's growth when the channel gives back like you do! 👍
I want to thank you for all the information it is very helpful for me being new to distiling and you teach in a very simple and easy way for us all to learn from you.
I distill here in the Philippines with a 20 gallon column still . Your videos are the greatest. Thank you.
Thank you for all the videos and information you give us, I hope one day we can have this craft legal in the US! For now I will just enjoy watching you and the others that are able to make this a hobby.
You took a drink of what's in your cup....... Anybody ever notice how rare that is in the videos???...... I've watched your channel for a while and love love all the content...... There's almost never a time you don't have a cup of something and you almost never drink it!!!! Thank you for all you do!!!!
I served in ft. hood from 99 to 03 thank you for your continued service
@Anthony Good Thank you for your service from a fellow veteran '86 -90 USAF AFSC 46350 for me. Only about 1.5% of population are veterans btw. Thx again :)
Best man for the job keep it up, great information here
Videos are awesome... look forward to the next one.
I've watched a lot of your vids
This is your best one...I love how you talk to people not at.....great work...and you've helped me out alot....thx
Your package arrived first thing this morning George and I want to say Thank You so much it is greatly appreciated and I'm waiting for the live streaming event to open and enjoy then the signed bottle will be given a place of honor among my beer mugs and wine bottles that I collected from all over the world during my 15 years of military service. Had and idea for the event maybe you could spend so time on distilling onions or helmets I've seen them called both and their use and if you think that they are worth the expense of adding them to our systems or not. Once again thanks for the gift and all your help in making me a better distller Happy Happy Stillin.
Thanks George, I am learning a lot from you and your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for all of your help and advice. I am just getting started. I have watched all your videos. Taking notes. You are an amazing teacher. Please keep making amazing videos. Thank you.
about to proof and age my first run. Thanks so much for your channel. George, you Rock! Thanks for the info and guidance!
Hi George. Renato here. I've been watching your videos for a while but just subscribed to your channel. I'm a winemaker myself but wanted to experiment a little with other things we can do with grapes ( Brandy ). Personally I really enjoy your tutorials. Thanks so much. there is a lot to learn.
You are great. Thanks for telling us everything. Keep up the great work friend.
I am a new subscriber. I love your videos. I have learned very much watching. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for the incite , I find your input invaluable in my brewing education.
I am so glad I found this channel! I have learned so much. you are gold!
It's been a while since I've "needed" to watch George, and to be honest...I've forgotten how much I love this guy. He is an amazing Teacher/Instructor and his love for the craft is evident. Thanks George for being who you are!! Cheers!!
Hey George thank you for the videos it really helped me out through the who process.
Hey George big shout out to you all the way from the home of whisky Scotland. Just starting to try my hand at home brewing and found your site. Loving the videos and will be attempting to build my own still as they are so dam expensive. Hope to pick your brains for some ideas. Thanks and keep up good work
Sounds great!
I made some Red Wheat whiskey a few months back. I aged a quart with medium toast oak chips. Proofed to 100 this morning, going to add 1/2 oz of glycerin to 1 bottle and leave a 2nd bottle without. Still trying to decide whether I like it or not. Your help is much appreciated George !! Thank You Sir.
You Rock George!...You Da Man!.......Thank You For Sharing!
the go to guy for all your questions. Thanks
I really enjoy your videos very educational. I mostly make beer and hard ciders but love your distilling vids.
Great video! God is good! God bless!
Oaking Question. I have read/heard from some that pre-soaking and straining will reduce some of the tannins and reduce alcohol losses. A short boil (5-10 minutes) will even reduce more of the harsh tannins. I like the idea of a quick boil to reduce oaky-bite and to sterilize the wood before introducing wood to shine/wines. Wood being porous, it is a great location for microbes/fungus to lay dormant just waiting for moisture to release nasty off-flavors.
Ha! I got tails. One bottle of 4 is cloudy. Was wondering why. Thanks George! Again you have answered my question before I could ask it! You Rock!
George, you are a wealth of knowledge. Love your wisdom.
From Kelowna British Columbia where we are in a fruit basket. Brandy is my fave thing to make. I use an eSpring Water Treatment system for all my water use. I market them as well online. You are so right about using good water. Makes a huge difference in final product. If you’re interested in a purifier, I would love to get you some info. Best regards Mel
George, CONGRATULATIONS ON 60,000 SUBSCRIBERS! You deserve it! :)
One thing I tried with the wood chip aging, was temperature differences, kind of a microcosm of a barrel warehouse. Over 3 months, especially with a single malt, it went from warmest room in the house, to the refrigerator, to the coolest room in the house and every 3 days, I would rotate. I had very good results with that. Thought I would share.
Try the freezer it works better.
Thanks! I am planning to use our cold room to rotate in and out of weekly during the cold months and then garage and house with AC in the warmer months. I wasn’t sure that idea had “legs”...but it sounds like it should work.
I'm brand new and really appreciating your videos! Thank you!
Glad you like them!
I just started trying to distill and I don't usually use the internet at all(I'm a bit old school, lol). I had to ask my wife how to prescribe, as it is my first time. George thanks for the info and im excited about learning.
I just read two hours on how the source water is important to the outcome of distilling. So much is out there for us to learn.
Hey George. How about using charcoal in a funnel at the output of your condenser to filter out the fusol oils. BTW, another great video.
Thanks for passing the knowledge!
I love this Channel, so good for me to learn as a new distiller there is so much information i will have to watch it several times LOL
George, you R an AWESOME teacher!! The only disappointment is how many damn commercials I now need to friggen click through!! I HATE them!! Damn iiit!! I remember youtube last year and only needing to click through 1 or 2 of them in a 20-25 minutes clip. I think I clicked through about 8 of them in this 20 minute video. So aggravating! Not your fault but youtube should really control them better than this.
Otherwise...AWESOME CLIPS George!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💜💕🌷
Happy distilling!!🙌 Dubbing you "Dr.Distilling"! Lol!!
Great channel George!!
Great video series. How do you get the app your talking about?
Love your show .l am going to try to make my own still.And l am thinking that I will succeed by watching your videos.Thank you very much looking forward to making some wabbly pop.😜
I’ve been watching for a couple years always super educational and fun thank you for the vids
Thanks Sir you are so wonderful and I have now great Mentor🙏💙🙏👑
Keep up the good work -I learn something new ever video!!
I commented jorge, you are GENIUS, makin my first mash and it is ROLLING, WILL CALL IF I SCREW UP.
Thank you for your expertise George. I would like to get that app for proofing. Thank you again for all of us newbies thank you.
Following
@@joshwalters2878 I wish too
I just bought the still you demoed on here.the vexer lol 18 gallon football vapor still.i ran it once I can wait to do it again..I love it
Man your videos are excellent!!!!!
Love your video’s
Good morning, sir. I'm so happy you're back for us to enjoy and learn. I lost some of my motivation of my hobby when my mentor retired. Lol. You're a great instructor.
I lost my original app for Barley and Hopps. After seeing this video, I'm excited to play again. Could you please send me the link for your app? Should I message you my # rather than post it?
Thank you for your time. Be safe.
Charlie.
BTW. I am traveling to San Antonio in March from Fl. Do you have a suppy store? If so, where in Tx?
I'm jus started distilling....wish I had ur knowledge good job!!!
I love your vids there making me a better distiller
I have had that cloudiness in my spirit a couple of times and could never work out why. everything tasted OK but now I know what caused it. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Thanks for sharing!
Greetings George: The rule of 2🤗🖖. After breaking 3 hydrometers in as many months, I got a spare. 5 years later still have 2!
I broke a hydrometer in my early brewing days, bought 2, 20 years later still have 2
Thank you . Professor...
Thank you for taking the time and making your videos! I wish everybody explain things as well as you do.
Glad you like them!
George try putting in the fridge or freezer and pulling it out and letting it warm a few times, what this does is contract and expand the wood as if it was in a barrel outside for years it simulates the weather changes and puts the vanilla and Carmel flavors in the oak at a faster rate just something you may want to try.
New subscriber here George & I've been watching quite a few of your videos. You're very educational the way you explain things. I'm a newbie w/ distilling & I'm in the process of wanting to build a distill so I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions along the way.
Nice vid thanks. What is the reason for the glisirin?
I'm new to this from UK thanks for the tips
I'm a humble man, you are the man.
As always great video, using the same spring water for my wine, but yet to try it out on brandy cutting. If it taste great, why not!
This may be the video I've been looking for.
Thanks George for all the info you answered all my questions by watching your videos now I'm pretty good at the craft but it took a lot of disappointment for me to get there lol
I’m very interested in the app. How can I get it?
The knowledge that I am gaining from your channel is invaluable, thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you George!!
Been watching 👀 can't wait to get my micro distillers license and get started!
Hi George, I know theses are older videos but we are just new to all of this and came across your videos and love them! You mentioned a calculator app but we are unsure where to find it and wondered if you could help? Thanks
Have played with the apps. Very cool -
Haven't tried wood chips, only barrel aging which is a long ass process (9mo to a year) but has given me super results.
George you now peaked my interest to try chip aging to see how the results compare.
How long does one soak their shine to get good results? I am not sure if that was mentioned.
Cheers🥃
Soak it to your desired level. I usually do not exceed 2 weeks
Georgia I don’t know where I was talking to you the other day. But I was asking you how much you get out of 4 gallons of mash. I got up almost a gallon. I got 165 proof. Thank you so much for your help this is my first run
I seen Big blue and all of the rest of them. Really nice Job. I do want too make a still. I do make a lot of Wine.
Love your videos. I have been watching them for a little less than a year. I use your techniques for the baseline for my own spirits.
Hey George I'm new to home distilling and I'm hooked! Thanks for explaining the science and like you said there are endless possibilities. I am a person who believes waste not want not. Can I discard the old mash be it corn or peaches apples etc. into my vegetable garden? I mean it is all organic and can't seeing it hurting the soil. It must break down over time.
Thanks again.
Awesome.,just starting totally impressed!,
Great to hear!
George, a suggestion for the Sugar Wash Makeup Calculator....In the Results section (at the bottom of the Calculator window) have a toggle to switch the units from imperial to metric (example - gallons to grams).
Catch& Fry , Your feedback is noted and thank you very much for it. I will put it on the improvement list and you should see the update in the next week or so. Thanks again and AGWS (as George would say) 'Happy Distilling' :)
you are awesome thank you
I've always loved the taste of ole #7JD AND I've wondered about do the let their whiskey drain through charcoal as it leaves the still or do they do a process like what your doing?
Where do you find the app? Great videos thanks for the help
As always, thank you George and everyone else who works on this. I watched, listened and read a couple dozen comments but still can’t find any reference to what the app’s name is that you refer to. You never mention the name. Please share and I apologize if you said it or if a dozen other people already asked. I promise I looked. :)
Thanks George, I really learned something.
George, watched the sugar wash video and followed to the T. Didn't have time to run so I stored it like you suggest. While the mash was fermenting I cleaned my stainless and copper with your cleaning ideas, I even ran the unneeded 'sacrificial run' of just pure water. Now my issue, I ran what I felt was the easiest batch I've run in 10 years, the first half quart came out a light green. The following 2 qts came clear, the next 6 came with a light tint of yellow and progressively darker. Do you have any clues why this went yellow? Is it consumable? Thanks again and love the channel.
Love to watch your videos. I just bought a new steel reflect steel from Mile high. I'm trying to learn a lot to take in
Hi love the chanal can I ask how do i get the app
Hi George I love your videos. Can you please address a concern I have about using an aluminium pot to distil rum thanks.
Thankyou george once again
Hey George, thanks for all the information from your videos. You help demystify this craft for so many of us rookies. I'm grateful!
You mention in this video what tails are, ethanol and fusel oils. This got me thinking, if tails are a blend of ethanol and something else, this blend of ingredients have to share a common boiling point in order to combine in the product.
As you run your still, you have to increase temperature in order to keep it flowing. At some point you increase it enough to evaporate ethanol and fusel oils. Is there a known temperature that ethanol and fusel oils begin to combine in the vapor? What is that temperature?
Thanks again!