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SCP-087-1

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Opaline said:
Is it that loud? Funny.

I really want to try home brewing. How did you get into it? Didn't you find it complicated?
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Yeah. The pressure builds up then releases a bunch of CO2 through the fermentation lock and it makes a loud bubbling/gurgling noise. It's driving me nuts

I started because I was too young to buy alcohol but strangely there was no problem buying brewing equipment. Now I do it because it's cheap booze and it's kinda interesting.

I started out making nasty tasting wine out of organic grape juice, yeast, sugar, and a balloon. Then I started making vodka with a wee distiller kit I bought. Now I'm making 30 liters of mead out of a tub full of honey.

I read a lot about it online. I still don't really know what I'm doing but it's hard to mess up as long as you sterilize everything and follow basic instructions
 
kilojoule

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SCP-087-1 said:
Yeah. The pressure builds up then releases a bunch of CO2 through the fermentation lock and it makes a loud bubbling/gurgling noise. It's driving me nuts

I started because I was too young to buy alcohol but strangely there was no problem buying brewing equipment. Now I do it because it's cheap booze and it's kinda interesting.

I started out making nasty tasting wine out of organic grape juice, yeast, sugar, and a balloon. Then I started making vodka with a wee distiller kit I bought. Now I'm making 30 liters of mead out of a tub full of honey.

I read a lot about it online. I still don't really know what I'm doing but it's hard to mess up as long as you sterilize everything and follow basic instructions
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Hi SCP ....I'm a real worrier so please excuse my intrusion. I'm sure you have but at the same time I just wanted to check you had read up on safety regarding methanol in home brewing. I'm sure you've been careful and followed all the procedures. . .
 
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kilojoule said:
Hi SCP ....I'm a real worrier so please excuse my intrusion. I'm sure you have but at the same time I just wanted to check you had read up on safety regarding methanol in home brewing. I'm sure you've been careful and followed all the procedures. . .
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Thanks for your concern :)

I have read about methanol and other undesirable alcohols. In beer and wine the methanol content is negligible. When I make spirits I discard the first 50ml and filter the rest through activated charcoal a couple times.
 
kilojoule

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SCP-087-1 said:
Thanks for your concern :)

I have read about methanol and other undesirable alcohols. In beer and wine the methanol content is negligible. When I make spirits I discard the first 50ml and filter the rest through activated charcoal a couple times.
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I'm sorry for the intrusion... and for being minus fun on this one. Distilling at home concerns me. If I had to distill at home I would be throwing away more than the first 50ml and the charcoal while it's good at removing impurities unfortunately it won't remove methanol, it doesn't bind well with alcohols. To be honest I really just wouldn't distill alcohol at home at least not for drinking purposes. If you do insist on distilling at home do you know the cure if it goes wrong is ethanol. Might be no harm to keep a small bottle of shop bought whiskey nearby.

I just sucked all the fun out Im so sorry. I had a professor who accidentally poisoned himself making his own spirits at home.He was fine because he had the antidote. But if he can get it wrong...y'know I would just advise against home distilling.
 
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SCP-087-1

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kilojoule said:
I'm sorry for the intrusion... and for being minus fun on this one. Distilling at home concerns me. If I had to distill at home I would be throwing away more than the first 50ml and the charcoal while it's good at removing impurities unfortunately it won't remove methanol, it doesn't bind well with alcohols. To be honest I really just wouldn't distill alcohol at home at least not for drinking purposes. If you do insist on distilling at home do you know the cure if it goes wrong is ethanol. Might be no harm to keep a small bottle of shop bought whiskey nearby.

I just sucked all the fun out Im so sorry. I had a professor who accidentally poisoned himself making his own spirits at home.He was fine because he had the antidote. But if he can get it wrong...y'know I would just advise against home distilling.
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No need to apologize. I have heard about ethanol being the antidote. Thanks anyway :)

I might research some methods for minimizing methanol. Just to be safe.
 
kilojoule

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SCP-087-1 said:
No need to apologize. I have heard about ethanol being the antidote. Thanks anyway :)

I might research some methods for minimizing methanol. Just to be safe.
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:brindis: thank you for indulging me

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S_Spartan

S_Spartan

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kilojoule said:
I'm sorry for the intrusion... and for being minus fun on this one. Distilling at home concerns me. If I had to distill at home I would be throwing away more than the first 50ml and the charcoal while it's good at removing impurities unfortunately it won't remove methanol, it doesn't bind well with alcohols. To be honest I really just wouldn't distill alcohol at home at least not for drinking purposes. If you do insist on distilling at home do you know the cure if it goes wrong is ethanol. Might be no harm to keep a small bottle of shop bought whiskey nearby.

I just sucked all the fun out Im so sorry. I had a professor who accidentally poisoned himself making his own spirits at home.He was fine because he had the antidote. But if he can get it wrong...y'know I would just advise against home distilling.
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Whiskey is the antidote to methanol poisoning?
 
kilojoule

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S_Spartan said:
Whiskey is the antidote to methanol poisoning?
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Yup. The body will prioritise the metabolism of the ethanol first and the methanol will be elliminated naturally. So yea a swig of whisky and seek immediate medical attention.


The drs will likely administer ethanol in a drip form slowly over days until the poison is elliminated
 
S_Spartan

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kilojoule said:
Yup. The body will prioritise the metabolism of the ethanol first and the methanol will be elliminated naturally. So yea a swig of whisky and seek immediate medical attention.


The drs will likely administer ethanol in a drip form slowly over days until the poison is elliminated
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Interesting. So during the brewing process the methanol rises to the top? How is it separated from the actual spirits?
 
Graeme1988

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Conked oot... Need a few days sleep tae make up for that night oot on Saturday and trailin' aw the way tae Edinburgh yesterday mornin' for a 3 hour long hospital appointment - which went better than ah expected tae be honest.
 
kilojoule

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S_Spartan said:
Interesting. So during the brewing process the methanol rises to the top? How is it separated from the actual spirits?
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Theyre separated by boiling points. methanol has a lower boiling point than ethanol so it will vapourise first rise up the distillation column and condense first along with acetone, aldehydes esters all of which have lower boiling points , highly toxic stuff which must be disgarded.
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