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I'm 75+ years young in Phoenix, AZ USA planting zone 10a and retired electrician for over 40 years, electronic tech. in the USCG in the early 1970's. I brew beer and Makgeolli. I also ferment my own Kimchi. If you have to use yeast in making Makgeolli, only use Angel Label Yeast (Yellow label version!). I almost forgot to add that from 1981 to 1993 I lived in the Appalachian Mountains in Madison County North Carolina and that is where I started and learned brewing. I have a 9L Kombucha jar and a 21L onggi and 3x 6gal brewing pails. I also signed up to the Hobby Distillers Association.
I gave up my driver's license in 2023 when my insurance went up over $250 every 6 months and my 1954 Dodge M-37 (I bought in 1978) needed two new batteries and with my only income being social security, the AZID is good enough for me and I started home delivery back during the "lock down" and continue it to this day. Because I don't have a valid ID (It expired and I can't get there in person to renew it) so I just have to make my own liquor.
I needed something small to change my leftovers from my 6-gallon Korean Makgeolli into Korean Soju. I usually get about 2 gallons of the clearer Cheongju and carefully siphoned off the top and you only want to distill that!
I just bought a Still Spirits Air Still Companion Pack and Still Spirits Air Still from Walmart, sold and shipped by Home Brew Ohio Pro Seller for a total of $395.86 including shipping using OnePay 6-month plan.
I have had an 8-gallon Claw Hammer still for about 10 years, but it is way too big for this purpose. My Still Spirits Air Still came without a switch, so I use the wall switch for the garbage disposal, it also did NOT come with the Botanical Infusion lid basket, I had to buy that separately with 100g of copper saddles.
Checkout my public playlist "The Still Spirits Air Still(s)" and share it if you find helpful.
My cleaning spirit run after 1 hour I go 50mL at 50% ABV and put that in my charcoal lighter bottle. After 3 hours I turned it off and was getting about 5% ABV. The total not including 50mL 4 shots gave me a little more than 800ml at 20+%.
To a 6-gallon pail I added 4lb cane sugar, 4 gallons of warm 000ppm water, 6oz can tomato paste, 1tbs yeast nutrient, 1tbs pure citric acid, 1tbs acid blend and stirred vigorously to remove any lumps and to oxygenate the wash, then sprinkled in 1 packet of Safale s-04 yeast and stirred and sealed.
After it fermented for 6 days, I put in my 3-gallon EZ carbon filter and filtered overnight then added 3 letters of wash, 60 g ceramic boil enhancers and 1 cap full of distilling conditioner into the still the next morning. I only run 3 letter batches to insure NO PUCKING. After the first 48 minutes I have collected 50mL and put that in my charcoal lighter bottle. At the end of the 3-hour run I have 800+mL of drinkable spirits at 20 ABV. After a 45-minute cool down I clean it out and repeat the process. If I run 2 letters wash and 1 letter of the spirits, I just made, at the end of that run I get 800+mL of 30% ABV spirits. I hope this helps you.
I gave up my driver's license in 2023 when my insurance went up over $250 every 6 months and my 1954 Dodge M-37 (I bought in 1978) needed two new batteries and with my only income being social security, the AZID is good enough for me and I started home delivery back during the "lock down" and continue it to this day. Because I don't have a valid ID (It expired and I can't get there in person to renew it) so I just have to make my own liquor.
I needed something small to change my leftovers from my 6-gallon Korean Makgeolli into Korean Soju. I usually get about 2 gallons of the clearer Cheongju and carefully siphoned off the top and you only want to distill that!
I just bought a Still Spirits Air Still Companion Pack and Still Spirits Air Still from Walmart, sold and shipped by Home Brew Ohio Pro Seller for a total of $395.86 including shipping using OnePay 6-month plan.
I have had an 8-gallon Claw Hammer still for about 10 years, but it is way too big for this purpose. My Still Spirits Air Still came without a switch, so I use the wall switch for the garbage disposal, it also did NOT come with the Botanical Infusion lid basket, I had to buy that separately with 100g of copper saddles.
Checkout my public playlist "The Still Spirits Air Still(s)" and share it if you find helpful.
My cleaning spirit run after 1 hour I go 50mL at 50% ABV and put that in my charcoal lighter bottle. After 3 hours I turned it off and was getting about 5% ABV. The total not including 50mL 4 shots gave me a little more than 800ml at 20+%.
To a 6-gallon pail I added 4lb cane sugar, 4 gallons of warm 000ppm water, 6oz can tomato paste, 1tbs yeast nutrient, 1tbs pure citric acid, 1tbs acid blend and stirred vigorously to remove any lumps and to oxygenate the wash, then sprinkled in 1 packet of Safale s-04 yeast and stirred and sealed.
After it fermented for 6 days, I put in my 3-gallon EZ carbon filter and filtered overnight then added 3 letters of wash, 60 g ceramic boil enhancers and 1 cap full of distilling conditioner into the still the next morning. I only run 3 letter batches to insure NO PUCKING. After the first 48 minutes I have collected 50mL and put that in my charcoal lighter bottle. At the end of the 3-hour run I have 800+mL of drinkable spirits at 20 ABV. After a 45-minute cool down I clean it out and repeat the process. If I run 2 letters wash and 1 letter of the spirits, I just made, at the end of that run I get 800+mL of 30% ABV spirits. I hope this helps you.
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