Distillation Controller Dear collegue-distillers, below a description of the controller I'm making. On my blog a bit more info and a few extra pictures....
ooops! That darn <enter> key. I meant to ask for help in the distillation of slivovitz Who would like to share his/hers experience in this subject. What to...
My first inclination was to stick the end of a coil of 1/4 inch copper tubing in the top of a pressure cooker, cool the coil, and see what happens. However,...
Hi all.I'm considering distilling ethanol on a alt. fuel permit, but trying to decide if it would be worthwhile. I gather the process would be the same...
I believe I have made a major mistake while trying to make a peated scotch. I am wanting to make an Islay-type scotch with the high phenol flavor. Although the...
I've just finished a batch of spirits using vodka star turbo yeast. I've taken generous cuts of 14% heads, 24% tails. Then I've filtered (50:50 dilution) for...
Although the article is cloaked in pseudo-alchemy jargon, and purports to be aboutr distilling vinegar, the technique applies to 'spirit of wine' also: Spirit...
For a long time I've made double runs from the pot still. I'd like to build a thumper rig to cut down on time from running everything twice. I'm running a 15...
We are going to once again offering our 1 day distilling course. During the day we will go through all the processes from grain to glass with hands on...
I am hoping you will find this to be as interesting as me. Everyone knows about sugar in producing Ethanol, but I have come across interesting plants, fruits,...
I didn't get any responses from the New Distillers group so I'll try here. Building my first Boka and I have a few questions: Was wondering about thermocouple...
I decided to experiment with sugar wash as a means of establishing a good base formula for future mash and wash experiments. To date, 6 experiments were...
Kev Please pull me up if I'm wrong, I've been using Spirits unlimited's Euro carbon for a while now, with great success (or so I think) the instructions say to...
Sometime in the past few months I read that there was an interest in having a spreadsheet available to input all of the typical data taken during a spirit run....
I just wondered if any of you out there with Stainless boilers have tried using an induction hob? Just thinking that because they are so efficient they might...
Pot stills for distilling essential oils were once a major industry. Some remain and the technology is interesting for distillers - http://tinyurl.com/9uslhl7 ...
