PETE plastic Coke bottles have a slightly porous microstructure and is not recommended for alcohol above 40% as it can evaporate, and even for coke only for 6...
Hi there, I have been going through my backlog of distillers emails (1`85 to go although last week it was closer to 1200) and I read your recipe for a "fool...
I thought I read every posting everyday,but looks as thoug I slipped somehow as I did not happen to see either of those just finished. Not that it makes any...
You don't need a thermometer in the pot. If you are just interested or want your rig to look cool -- by all means stick that thermometer in the pot! Rocky S...
This is simple thing! Considering that you bought enough sugar and yeast, plus you have the hot water, here it goes: 1. Empty required sugar in the bottle (I...
Hi The higher the column the better the spirits. Often the ceiling is the limit and it's not very practical with a very tall still. But if you use two columns...
This link appeared in the biofuels yahoo group courtesy of Keith Addison. It is a great online 'how to' book about a whole range of subjects ranging from...
I managed to find a 2" brass (threaded) floor flange at a plumbing supply. So, something other then iron DOES exist. It was total luck as it was the last one...
Hi all... happy new year! I have a Duplast still with a 330 mm (1') high, 100 mm (4") wide column. I have replaced the marbles that it came with, with SS...
Robert Stam wrote: Subject: [Distillers] 100 mm (4") Diam. Column Mike Nixon/Mike McCaw mention channelling in wide diameter columns and the need for...
Hi Mike, greetings for the new year. I have a few ideas for plates. That reminds me of the viewing ports in those German stills we got documentation on. I...
Living here in the USA I have noticed their is no commerical whiskey from Sweden in any of our liquor stores that I have seen. Could you pass along the names...
... For the Federal Government the license is free. The tax payable on a gallon of alcohol was very little. I do not remember how much but it wasn't a...
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The Tax Poem Tax his land, tax his wage, Tax his bed in which he lays. Tax his tractor, tax his mule, Teach him taxes is the rule. Tax his cow, tax his goat, ...
Hi Robert, If you get the extended column that is available with your still, it will increase the performance and alc%. Mikes comment regarding the path of the...
Sorry to butt in here, again, but this flange crap has been going on for weeks. For Heck's sake, nobody here is from any Third World economy battling to get a...
Hey, Rob! I think if you extend the column a little more, making the total height of at least 3.5 feet (or 1.067 meters), the spirit will come out close to...
Chris, it is nice to have the base of materials seemingly what you have. If only I could afford to build all those things what are dwelling in my head. Cheers,...
Somebody here emailed a question to me and I had not replied (husband in the
hospital when it came in, he's fine). Anyhow, I upgraded my mail program
and lost...
There has been a lot of discussion about copper packing on the lists recently. Mike Nixon and I have also been experimenting with it, and it does a very nice...
Most famous exported Liquor from Sweden is Absolut Vodka: Check their ugly homepage: www.absolut.com There are most likely more brands exported as well, I...
