Hi Dean, stick with the 2 1/8" pipe and the 50 litre keg. Never hurts to have too much head room in the boiler. Something to consider when building the still...
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shinershane
Jul 5, 2004 10:39 am
Would you Gentlemen take a moment to look over a drawing I have linked below. It is a set up that is giving 80 to 85%. What do you folk see that I could do to...
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Rik
nosbobbob
Jul 5, 2004 4:35 am
... Have you read the Absinthe/Artemisia absinthum entries in Ott, Jonathan. 1993. Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History. Natural...
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William Cook
wwcook101
Jul 5, 2004 3:35 am
Yeah, all the coil turns are decending. I obviously am not going to get the magic answer here. So I am just going to scrap the coil, and design some sort of...
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justin_dittmann
Jul 5, 2004 2:50 am
Hi guys, I'm looking at getting this book, most likely the PDF format. I'll get it from here: http://www.home-distilling.com/HD_mpcw_desc.asp However I had a...
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the1foy
Jul 5, 2004 1:52 am
... 8o) ... thujone, ... There is a lot of evidence to support the theory that thujone is pretty much a marketing ploy to get people who are into drugs to buy ...
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Josh Wilson
goodfella26426
Jul 5, 2004 1:21 am
Bein in college I dont have a whole lotta money for ingredients.. so I wondered about ferminting a half a bottle of maple syrup I had.. I didnt do it.. I...
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Maxime Belair
maxime_belair
Jul 5, 2004 1:21 am
Wow! If the marc is around a gallon, what's the size of the whole batch? ======= I suppose that all depends on what size batch you make. I like to make...
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linw992003
Jul 5, 2004 1:18 am
Go here (http://www.taet.com.au/distillers.nsf) and do a search on "aluminum";. There are not many basic questions that haven't been thrashed out previously. To...
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linw992003
Jul 5, 2004 1:08 am
Does each of the coils have a correct downward slope? I can't see how they can as the law of gravity has not been defeated as far as I know. It sounds like...
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muskegshine
Jul 5, 2004 12:23 am
Well, I've got two OK's and one don't use. No offence but for the first little while I'll use it. I never paid much attention to the whole process when I was...
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the1foy
Jul 4, 2004 11:41 pm
A decent source for herbs online is www.mountainroseherbs.com They have most of the stuff you'll need. The hardest things to find are Florence Fennel (as...
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Rik
nosbobbob
Jul 4, 2004 11:19 pm
... Try it both ways, and let us know the outcome. If you can't tell the difference, is there one? ... Sounds like another good side-by-side experiment. ... ...
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Maxime Belair
maxime_belair
Jul 4, 2004 11:13 pm
Of course it will convert to alcohol, but I think there's not enough nutrients in it if it is like honey so I'll add some molasses to it. I can get maple ...
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William Cook
wwcook101
Jul 4, 2004 11:09 pm
The condensor enters the top of a 5 gallon bucket, makes about 20 turns in the bucket and exits the bottom. That was why I was wondering what I was doing...
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Rik
nosbobbob
Jul 4, 2004 11:07 pm
... Well.............that's the key ingredient, so you'll just have to find it somewhere. Have you tried to find live plants at a local nursery? What you want...
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confederaterebel@...
bmusall
Jul 4, 2004 10:38 pm
i don't know the if maple syrup would convert ta alchohol. when i was younger we would tap the sugar bush (sugar maple tree). it takes right at 32 gallons of...
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Rana Pipiens
ranawater
Jul 4, 2004 9:59 pm
Pete, Wornwood is bitter. I:think that I read that it is one of the most bitter herbs. Here in the US I was able to find wormwood in a nusery and it is...
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davis668
davis6682001
Jul 4, 2004 9:13 pm
Ok RIK Thanks for the mint bit, where do I get wormwood, do you have any idea what it tastes like? Thanks Pete --...
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the1foy
Jul 4, 2004 9:03 pm
The reason double boilers/water baths are used is simply that you do not want to scorch the herbs in the pot, which is much easier to do with direct heat. For...
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Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
kiwi_distiller
Jul 4, 2004 7:52 pm
... Did you have your condenser so that it both entered & exited the water via the top ? You should always try to have your coil so that it will easily &...
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Rik
nosbobbob
Jul 4, 2004 5:54 pm
... Do the first maceration with the strongest alcohol you can get ahold of. Water will extract some undesirable things. Break the herbs up a bit, but not to...
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Rik
nosbobbob
Jul 4, 2004 5:23 pm
... Hyssop = Hyssopus officinalis In the mint family. Substitute some mint or other, if you can't find it. Rik...
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rodmacd2000
Jul 4, 2004 4:18 pm
I agree 100% with linw992003. Any still design with so-called reflux cooling tubes running through the bottom or middle of the column is a bad one done by...
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Grayson Stewart
southerngent...
Jul 4, 2004 1:50 pm
I reside in Alabama, US. I recorded the program on VHS but I will see what I can do about transfering the copy to DVD. Email me the address that you would...
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Toni Smith
tonimarie29au
Jul 4, 2004 12:03 pm
Personally I would avoid aluminum. That pitting that you see is caused by slightly acidic foods eating away at the metal and that is how we end up with...
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deanthms
Jul 4, 2004 10:32 am
... Hi mark what was the name of the program I want to see if i can get it in the land of oz or if need be on the net. Thanks Dean...
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Spiderfly
whperdix@...
Jul 4, 2004 9:50 am
Hello Rana In europe we cannot see that channel only via the cable CNN. In your location living some of my mates. (These are flyfishers) Thanx for your info ...
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Spiderfly
whperdix@...
Jul 4, 2004 9:47 am
Howdy Grayson EU-TS sender is the same as like BBC. What is your location? Maybe can you making a dvd? and you can send me a copy of that file to my...
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DeanThomas
deanthms
Jul 4, 2004 8:35 am
Hi Robert, at the moment ive been able to aquire the parts i need reasonably cheap much of it because of my line of work. so far i have a boiler and a lid and...
