Cloudy Product

[Blange]

I just build a new 2.5 gallon copper still. I’ve only ran about 3 gallons of shine through it and every batch comes out cloudy. I’ve been told I could be cooking to hot, but I cook right at 182 degrees. How can I prevent it from clouding and is it save to drink.

[Richard Coleman, Jr]

What is your mash recipe?
Are you dumping the mash into the still?
Are you mixing the entire run together?

[Blange]

Just corn mash. Filtering about 3 times to get all solids out before running it. I’ve been keeping every jar separate. Keeping the tails for later runs.

[Richard Coleman, Jr]

What I would do is- filter it before you ferment it-
Let the yeast and trub settle to the bottom of the fermenter- then use an auto-siphon to siphon the liquid into the still. Even though you are straining it you are not letting the yeast settle- so the yeast is being transferred to the still- that can cause cloudyness.

[Author]

Posts