November had a week of above 35C weather in the city where the above alcoholic lemonade originated. All my lemons fell down and I turned to my 1971 "Making...
Hey Zymurgybob, Â I'm a big MUM wash fan as well but I'm curious. How much time does it take you to do 2 beerstrips and one sprit run on washes that large? Â ...
I have noticed a lot of people place their thermometer in the column just above the packing. I was wondering why not place it in the head of the device...
Mason, I owe you one. I just finished a batch of your MUM wash, finally scaled to my keg-based potstill. I've got a new Rubbermaid Brute 32-gallon fermenter...
wal saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Australia blitz on drink violence ** Thousands of police are to flood Australian...
I am building the valved reflux home still that I downloaded from moonshinestill.com. The construction is almost complete, but I am having trouble finding a...
...about a gadget with specs similar to the following... What it is: A Vapour Management Control device. It's a mysterious little box of tricks that you can be...
First off, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoy www.homedistiller.org and have spent many a late night reading and calculating because of it. Over the past...
Did anyone happen to catch The Simpsons last night (I'm not sure how it's distributed internationally).They took a poke at our hobby, with no more perversion...
Over this past summer (Northern Hemisphere) I was working on creating and re-activating activated charcoal. I thought I'd share my efforts so far. With...
Recently a friend who works as a sugar tester donated to the cause "BBFE" "better booze for everyone" about 300 kg of raw sugar "straight from the mill" full...
Me thinks this finally proves the age (pun intended) old question of if liquor (or ummm Beer) will actually gain in alcoholic strength when aged in oaken...
Hi to this great group from a newbie! I'm building a copper pot still 25"dia. I don't have a bottom for it yet. I have a 1/8 25"dia. Brass disk that I could...
Hello all! What type of boiler seems to be the best. The easiest to me seems to be a 6 gallon (22 L) Electric Hot water tank! I have found these tanks with...
Thanks Harry,  Apparently I need to do some more research. I have been mainly doing grain mashes and pot stilling them like zymurgy bob. I only run...
One thing ! I went back to home distilller and under neutral spirits there is a calculator that I plugged my info into and it says I need to take off at 7 ml...
Saw a small doco piece on Landline today featuring Lark, but not limited to Lark distillery..... Â Landline 22/11/09 http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/473413...
I'd like to share my limited experiance with Kafir Lime leaves & other Citrus/Melons and the infusions I have so far made. After 7 days all of the following...
Has anyone used distilled water for there second distill? how did it work. my water is not the best tasting water so i am considering useing distilled water...
After a year's search of the UK, USA, Canada and beyond, we have eventually found a source of dry Juniper berries. If you are not from the UK you may think it...
wal saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Alcohol 'protects men's hearts' ** Regularly drinking alcohol dramatically cuts...
Hi Riku, I've made a 10mm pipe x 10" long 2" internal diameter condenser coil. (for the recommended 3" pipe housing in the Valved Reflux Still plans) And...
Hello to everybody here! I know it may sound strange but I think this is the best place to get some advice about VM still. I would like to make my own ethanol...
Has anyone made a cooling spiral out of 10mm pipe, and if so how tight did you wound it? I'm planning to make an aircooled product condenser and would like to...
I came across a large(300 Gallons) tank that was made by Barnstead. I am told it used to be part of a water distiller for the local hospital. Now it looks...
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