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I would degas and let sit in primary for a few more weeks to let the yeast clean up behind themselves

6 gal bochet 1 gal OB trad =421

The Teflon ones I have are hard as bricks and don't compress very well unless with a tri-clamp. Give a couple wraps with some Teflon tape if you can't get a good seal as is.

What kind of gasket did you put under the column? I made a gasket out of a copper sheet cut to the OD and I'D of the flange and wrapped Teflon tape around it. It lasted 2 years:)

Good luck and update when your moving along

I won't argue with you but I believe you're wrong and really need to do more research. I've done mine and I know what it does to a spirit and will do to your body when ingested.

I use it in primary, and if it's too slow to clear during secondary I'll do sparkolloid. Sparkolloid is a hot fining agent, boil recommended water, add sparkolloid and stir. Wait 5-10 minutes and add to mead. Mine usually clears within a week at room temp or 2 days in the fridge

Well I toss this out just for ***** and giggles. 1 keg=35-45$ from local scrap yard 1 copper 2" tube=40-50$ local scrap yard copper 2" ferrules amazon 23-25$ ea 5/8" ID soft copper tube 70$ Ferguson 50' 55 gal food grade drum 35$ Craigs list. Blichmann Hellfire burner 150$ I can boil 20...

70 f will be fine, it may take a bit longer but will work off in due time. I did one last year at 65 and it took 3 weeks to finish and it became infected. What ever it was helped it out and was one of my best to date. What yeast did you use?

I've read many articles about aluminum and I'll plead for you not to expose it to vapor or any acidic liquids. WAY back in the day I had an aluminum thumper that I used for 2 runs, it was pitted, lost volume of thickness and the likker was off tasting after just 2 runs. I don't know where you...

I do it at pitch 24 hours 48 hours lastly 72 hours Degassing twice a day for 6-10 days Most of my meads are clear within 3 weeks and at the abv I want

It says it has 100 billion yeast cells so I would think you're good, I should look up that yeast before lending other advice. What is the name of it? I see its made by White labs so I'll try and look up that first.

My wife can't stand the smell of mine either. lol One thing or the other always but I keep on doing what I love to do and she doesn't really bother me other than when the smells of one goes wrong. It happens! Bochet is a wonderful smelling style of mead, I'm sure some nice dark fruit old...

Glad it worked out for ya, .017 is semi sweet and I'm sure it compliments the berries well. I unfortunately had freezer failure and lost more fruit than I'll ever tell folks. Let's just say it was over 300 lbs of various fruits. I've been onto other projects now and boysenberry seems to be my...

Sure you can bernard, no matter your elevation, stove or whatever keeping the honey just barely boiling will do the trick. This isn't rocketmath, it's just a simple recipe that really doesn't need to be complicated. Simply keep enough heat on it to keep it boiling. I just reread my op and I...

Last Sunday I started my first bochet, it's a 1 gallon batch. 3 lbs local wild flower honey lalvin 1116 yeast fermaid o yeast nutrient go-ferm yeast starter I made a starter for the yeast in the Sunday morning am, gravity of 1.030 and pitched at 10 pm Sunday night. I used my stove top to...

If you don't mind asking, what all do you know about makingnlikker? Making a wash is easy Running a still is easy but can get dangerous very quickly Making cuts will be the challenge for the first few but don't discouraged by a not so good run/cuts and give up. I've been home distilling now...

Triple what your boiler will hold and strip it down to do a single spirit run. If you have copper in the column you do not need to use scrubbies. They serve no purpose in a potstill but the more copper in the vapor path the less likely you'll end up with sulfur smells in your spirit. Potstills...

It does, just remember that you need to strip run and then do a spirit run if you want good flavors. Some might jump and say they can do single runs and get good stuff...possibly but not likely. I run a thumper and thought it was good as it gets, I did a stripping run for a rum just to shut up...

go to modern mead makers on FB and look through the file section. Many good recipes on there for buckwheat trads, bochets and others. Sorry mods if that was inappropriate for suggesting another site, if not allowed please delete.