That’s a really good point about the scrubbies.
There’s cheap stuff (at the dollar stores etc.) that are bad to use.
I’ve been using this stuff:
It’s nice stuff to work with. I’m always worried Lee Valley will drop the product so I order the 100ft roll, I use about 60 feet & I have enough ‘left overs’ to pack the column a couple times now. From what I gather (chatting up the staff) packing still columns is the primary use for their product…
My favorite new recipe for eggnog this year.
1 oz of ‘high test’
1 oz of Kahlua
top up with eggnog of your choice
I can’t get Woods Old Navy Rum anymore and this is a good substitution
when you say cut off the first 30-50 ml are you using this figure in regards to a certain amount of wash? Is there a certain ratio in regards to the amount of wash that is being heated? I have in the past heard something like a ounce for every gal of mash. If this is true I would personally cut off 2 per as well as keep a eye on the temp to know when it was in the range where ethanol vaporizes. Not trying to be crappy, was just wondering if someone read this and applied it in a large setup like say a 20 gallon boiler if they would have removed all of the methanol with 30-50ml. I know one thing hangovers suck and the thought of going blind really blows
When using a half keg as a boiler,( 17 gallons mash maybe?) the amount of methanol produced is pretty damn low unless you are working with apples, which produce more methanol,( and a worse hsngover)
We used to throw out the first pint or so to be safe, but it turns out we threw out too much. Going off an old memory here but seem to recall that methanol is produced between 165 and 175 degrees as the still heats up, so throw out what you collect in that temperature range. ( and double check my memory, but this info will get you on the right track) By 178 degrees its the good stuff😁
I can only get 4 liters of mash in my still at a time and I throw out the first 50ml to be safe. It doesn’t get wasted, I keep it for sterilizing my shroom equipment, or put it in my tiki light I use in the summer when I run an almost sealed room to make extra co2.
Stone fruit (peaches etc) produce the most methanol… but it’s not a serious problem…
You know what they give you at the hospital for methanol poisoning?
Correct. I was always told the same thing, about an ounce (30ml), or two, per gallon. The nice part is, if you want to be more “cautious” you are only cutting into the start of the Heads, which you wouldn’t use any way (unless to throw into the Feints jar).
If I am doing stripping runs, I take only Fore Shots from each, and then, during the Spirit Run, I will take a bit, at the beginning, just to be sure. Can’t hurt. I will usually do about 5 gallon runs and take about just under a cup from each, then a few ounces from the Spirit.
Also, in most cases, you are not going to produce enough methanol to go blind. The problem is in how much you drink, alcohol wise, not the level produced. You are right, though, even a small amount will give you a wicked hangover, think the next day after drinking a bottle (or two) of wine.
LOL, I know a distributor (for distillation supplies) in Ottawa Canada and that’s his source as well.
There’s no markings on the box to give any hints where Lee Valley is getting it from either…
If you are in the US, Lee Valley has a US mail order operation operating out of Reno Nevada.
I make green dragon and deck by the gallons, if theirs one thing I know……it’s how to make killer green dragon and feco…… let me try and find a video I made this past harvest……I decarb in my ardent fx, then pop in blender with 190 proof ever clear……then I let it be in freezer for 1 month take it it out every morning and shake my jars then back in the box they go……… I then strain with 220u,160u,73u,25u in that order…….then I take everyrhibg in screens and stuff in 25u dab press bags and 1 by fucking one….I press them in my 6 ton to get every last drop…… then I let sit in 2x2 tent with air purifier an exhaust outside no fan on it the trick is to get the water to evaporate faster than alcohol or you’ll be left with a mess
