How to Know When Fermentation Has Finished

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Emmet Leahy is the Chief Operating Officer and lead product developer at Clawhammer Supply, a small scale distillation and brewing equipment company. He loves the process of developing new equipment for making beer at home just as much as he does using it to brew his own beer. He's also passionate about teaching people how to use distillation equipment to produce distilled water, essential oils, and with the proper permits, fuel alcohol and distilled spirits.

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96 Comments

  • BM
    Comment Author: brandon muzzey

    How long will it take till my mash is done . Its two bottle of corn syrup and one pound of super with two talbespoons of yeast .

  • P
    Comment Author: Pat

    Can you distill a 5 gallon wash in a one gallon still if you do it a little at a time?

  • GW
    Comment Author: Greg Waters

    Kyle,
    Great info, if you leave the mash in the fermenter and you have a good seal on the bung how long do you have to start the distillation process. Some of the things that I read said to start immediately or else the flavor will not be the best it could be.

  • J
    Comment Author: jim

    About how many lbs of sugar per gal would tipicly be used.

  • W
    Comment Author: wayne

    Thanks for the info can you send me some places to get new stuff I work on the road and when I returned home this year I found that someone taken all of mine I have tried to track them down but have had no luck so I have decided to start all over thanks in advance Wayne