Coriba
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Trying to make whisky. Brewed a nice ale, SG ~ 1.045, finished 1.012, no hops. Ran a stripping run today and it puked at about 60 C. Cleaned and restarted and distillate came out brown with lots of floating ‘trub’. Like a colloidal suspension. Don’t know the ABV of initial distillate, too much ‘trub’. By the end, the distillate was clear at about 30% ABV. Collected until less than 20% ABV.
I’m sure the ferment was finished. I boiled the wort and racked off sediment twice. I know there is something you can add to the wash to reduce foaming and puking. Didn’t think I needed to with a stable finished beer.
What should I do to address this? Do I need to filter the stripping run before the spirit run? I have another beer ready to distill and plan to add this stripping run to the next whisky wash. Probably more after that.
So far, brandy is easier than whisky.
I’m sure the ferment was finished. I boiled the wort and racked off sediment twice. I know there is something you can add to the wash to reduce foaming and puking. Didn’t think I needed to with a stable finished beer.
What should I do to address this? Do I need to filter the stripping run before the spirit run? I have another beer ready to distill and plan to add this stripping run to the next whisky wash. Probably more after that.
So far, brandy is easier than whisky.