Hopefully I will be starting up my still in a week or so for a test run. It's a valved reflux with an N\S head and a 6 gallon commercial stock pot fired by a...
I was just thinking a chrome still would look pretty cool. I think copper is one of the first metals to be plated on a steel part, followed by nickel, then...
How many people out there have insulated their Stills? I was planing on polishing mine but cant see the point if Im going to cover it up with insulation. also...
What is the point in stripping a sugar wash before running through a reflux column. Or, is this just a method of cleaning up dirty stuff like grain or fruit...
Just over a week ago I put a small piece of vinyl tube an a sealed glass with 37% alcohol in it to see what effect it would have. today I pulled the piece of...
i had asked last week if pvc was safe and didnt get much feed back, so i tried it. it was 2" pvc pipe graduated into 1/2" copper. i suppose the temperature is...
Alright when making whisky most of the commercial operations ferment on the grains, but do they strain them out before they distill the mash? or do they...
The file http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Distillers/files/ then Triac.PDF Is that a zero point switching or a phase control version, or is that determined by...
See msg 23003, 22989, 5340, 5339, 4541 for background information. I have modified the earlier recipes (see below) to conform with more knowledge gained. The...
I fired up my still yesterday to do a batch - standard 25l 18% wash in 3 foot long, 2 inch dia. reflux column and I could not get it to stabilise or run...
Can anyone tell me if the thermostat can be taken out of a Breville 1600 watt hot plate so that i can stop it from switching on and off all the time??? or any...
i use 20l food grade beuckets for femeanation, i dislove dteh sugar in just normal white sugar then added 4 rounded table spoons in of fermaid k in then let it...
The Turbo Yeast package says never to make more than 25 litres of wash in one batch. Why not? Has anyone made sugar wash in larger batches. Would it be...
See msg 5334. I have come across some more information. he Bhang Liqueur recipe below should be amended to 1 oz. of cannabis leaves (bhang)/litre of alcohol....
I went to a whiskey tasting last week where we sampled wares from Scotland, Ireland and USA. All were made with traditional ingredients using pot stills. I...
I'm thinking of adding Vapor Management to my, Bokakob designed, elliptical inline collector, Liquid Management still head. The 1/2" (13mm outside the USA and...
What are the reasons (I know there's got to be some) for not re-using a spent sugar wash for the next batch--adding sugar, nurients, and yeast, and fermenting?...
Does anyone know if its okay to use Nalgene plastic bottles to store 80-100 proof ethyl. Are there toxic consequences in drinking the alcohol after being...
Any recipe suggestions for an apple wash to run through my plumbers nightmare? We have unlimmited quantities of apples, pears, apricots, peaches etc. The...
Does anyone have experience using Calgon water softener (active ingredient sodium hexametaphosphate) as an inexpensive source of yeast nutrient? This has been...
I purched Jack Daniels wood smokeing chips( US) used for smokeing meats. They are used Jack Daniels barrels Chiped up. Ok now for the question I used a handful...
My last experiment failed !! My wash stopped at 3 weeks due to nutrient deficiency.... according to instructions 4 tsp should have been enough DAP for 25...
Does anyone know what the law says about home distilling in the U.S. or where one might find a copy? I know you can own a still...just can't use it to make...
I have to jump into this one with my two cents. I have been a commercial brewer for about nine years and have won numerous awards with the beer I produce. I...
