Help,It burns my eyes.

[Evans]

Ive been distilling a couple of months now using bakers yeast and sugar. I
also used a mixture of cracked corn,oats,barley and molasses. It has always
worked pretty good after about 7 days.

Recently I made a mixture of 16 gallons water, 2 packs of turbo yeast, and
about 3 inches of the grain/molasses mixture. At 5 days I cooked off 8
gallons of the stuff and it was about same as always. After about 14 days I
cooked off the other 8 gallons. What happened now is when you go to smell
the cooked product it burns my eyes and if you take a sip it'll take your
breath away. Is this stuff safe to drink ? Is there a way to test it ? Or
should I just stick to sugar and no grain. Any help with this would be
appreceiated.

[breeze]

Post by Evans
Ive been distilling a couple of months now using bakers yeast and sugar. I
also used a mixture of cracked corn,oats,barley and molasses. It has always
worked pretty good after about 7 days.
Recently I made a mixture of 16 gallons water, 2 packs of turbo yeast, and
about 3 inches of the grain/molasses mixture. At 5 days I cooked off 8
gallons of the stuff and it was about same as always. After about 14 days I
cooked off the other 8 gallons. What happened now is when you go to smell
the cooked product it burns my eyes and if you take a sip it'll take your
breath away. Is this stuff safe to drink ? Is there a way to test it ? Or
should I just stick to sugar and no grain. Any help with this would be
appreceiated.

use it to light the barbie
or distil it again

stella

[atec]

Post by Evans
Ive been distilling a couple of months now using bakers yeast and sugar. I
also used a mixture of cracked corn,oats,barley and molasses. It has always
worked pretty good after about 7 days.
Recently I made a mixture of 16 gallons water, 2 packs of turbo yeast, and
about 3 inches of the grain/molasses mixture. At 5 days I cooked off 8
gallons of the stuff and it was about same as always. After about 14 days I
cooked off the other 8 gallons. What happened now is when you go to smell
the cooked product it burns my eyes and if you take a sip it'll take your
breath away. Is this stuff safe to drink ? Is there a way to test it ? Or
should I just stick to sugar and no grain. Any help with this would be
appreceiated.

http://www.beer.org/~tpark/hch.html
and just to be sure run the clear liquid through an activated carbon
filter
google will tell you how .
make the fall tube larger than 55 mm inside dia to avoid skin effect .
and at least 1 metre long filled which activated carbon with a drip
rate controlled to less than 1 cup per minute .
this will polish and smooth the taste and remove fusil oils .
if its still hot to taste then I expect its high in content and should
be watered .
Tasting should be very small amounts initially as to much can have
some dangerous effects :_)