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Offline Bayou-Ruler  
#21 Posted : Monday, October 29, 2012 10:04:59 AM(UTC)
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Hi Bayou, are you going to be useing your Blichmann burner on that barrel or do you have something bigger?

I'm assuming this is for ethanol production and if you don't mind what recipee are you useing?

Thanks.


Yes I'm goingto use the Blichmann burner, here is a picture of my boiler stand for the 55 gallon barrel and burner:

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#22 Posted : Monday, October 29, 2012 10:11:24 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Bushy Go to Quoted Post
Hi Bayou, are you going to be useing your Blichmann burner on that barrel or do you have something bigger?

I'm assuming this is for ethanol production and if you don't mind what recipee are you useing?

Thanks.


And yes its for ethanol production I do have a Alcohol Fuel Producer Permit (AFP-LA-15027) that allows me to legally distill ethanol for fuel use.

I'm going to use a Sugar wash, here is my Recipe:

50 Gallon Simple Sugar Wash
50 gallon wash (189 Liters)
14.1% ABV. Should yield 26.9 Liters (7.2 Gallons) of 93% (186 proof) Ethanol.

Ingredients:
100 lbs (1600oz) Sugar (dissolved in hot water)
3 lbs (48oz) Tomato Paste (8 - 6oz Cans)(Yeast Nutrient)
10oz Diammonium Phosphate (DAP)(Yeast Energizer)
1 lb (16oz) Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (Bakers Yeast)

Instructions:
(1)Dissolve 3 lbs of tomato paste in 1 gallons of hot water.
(2)Dissolve 100 pounds of sugar in 20 gallons of hot water stirring until all
of the sugar is dissolved and not gritty.
(3)Pour the dissolved sugar into the fermenter with the tomato paste slury.
(4)Top off the fermenter to 50 gallons with cold water and stir well.
(5)Once the wash has cooled to 80 degrees Fahrenheit or less add 1 lb of
bakers yeast and stir well.
(6)Place lid on fermenter add airlock and allow to ferment until complete.

The beginning Specific Gravity of the wash should be 1.092
The ending Specific Gravity of the wash should be 0.980"
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#23 Posted : Monday, October 29, 2012 12:23:06 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for the reply Bayou, I was'nt aware that Bakers Yeast would do 14%, is it the addition of the DAP and Tomato past that gives it a higher % ability?

Have Fun.
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#24 Posted : Monday, October 29, 2012 1:37:11 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Bushy Go to Quoted Post
Thanks for the reply Bayou, I was'nt aware that Bakers Yeast would do 14%, is it the addition of the DAP and Tomato past that gives it a higher % ability?

Have Fun.


Yes indeed bakers yeast will do 14% ABV washes but, that is the maximum and pushing the yeast. The tomato paste is a Yeast Nutrient and the DAP keeps the yeast vigorous, yeast need nitrogen but not too much.
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#25 Posted : Monday, October 29, 2012 5:57:24 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for the yeast info Bayou. I just noticed the berrel stands on either side of your cooker, did you pour those out of concrete on top of those blocks? That's a great idea. It looks like that would also save on gas consumption by relecting and retaining heat while still having enough air flow through the blocks for the burner.

Have Fun.
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#26 Posted : Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:31:25 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Bushy Go to Quoted Post
Thanks for the yeast info Bayou. I just noticed the berrel stands on either side of your cooker, did you pour those out of concrete on top of those blocks? That's a great idea. It looks like that would also save on gas consumption by relecting and retaining heat while still having enough air flow through the blocks for the burner.

Have Fun.


No there not concrete, there wood. Its actually a piece of treated 2X6 lumber attached to the concrete block with liquid nails adhesive and piece if 1/2 inch plywood screwed to the top of it. The stand is made from scrap material I had available.
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