hey everyone. theres been alot of talk about vacume stills here lately but i have no idea what one is because i just recently heard of them in this group....
It is a normal still but the air in the still is removed with an air ejector or vacuum pump. When the pressure is low, alcohol and water will boil at a lower ...
Kind of difficult to provide an answer when the question keeps changing...:>) ... _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN...
Hi all, I've recently done a run and due in part to laziness decided not to carbon treat my distillate as I was satisfied with the taste. I distilled it to...
... A clarifying agent I have used is 1/4 of an egg white whisked up with a 1/2 litre of the wash then stirred in, I saw the tip on a beer brewing site . Eat...
I was reading thru some old messages I had stored on yahoo, One post talked about using 1pkt turbo extra to ferment 15kg of sugar in 1x 50litres or 2x 25litre...
I admit that I'm a lowly "newbie" compared to people of Nixon / BOKAKOB / etc's level, but: I've been running a pot still for a pile of years, just got into...
Something important is being missed in this debate - the fundamental difference between commercial and hobby practices. I first noticed this same divide in...
Someone mentioned to avoid brass. I disagree. Brass is typically 65% copper 35% zinc. Some brass alloys have between .5% and 3% lead added to improve...
On Tony's site am getting tripped-up at -Fermentation- "How Much Yeast To Use dept". First paragraph stating 2-4 grams per gallon - t third paragraph - 100g...
Into a 24L batch I will pitch two 5g packages. This is double the amount written on the yeast package. I could very well have only pitched one packet. By...
Air seems to play an unseen but nevertheless important role in "aging". Air is in contact with alcohol when it is in wooden barrels. It plays a role when...
... still in a quick manner. This can either be through a crude pot still, or through a reflux column but without worrying about using any reflux. The idea...
bob johnson wrote: Subject: Re: [Distillers] Changes Taste With Time hey this is just a gues but mabey what happened is that the stuff that the carbon dosent...
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LesH
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Feb 1, 2003 10:50 pm
I would think that the use of lead in solder for water supply systems is now illegal,lead in plumbers brassware would be most unlikely. LesH(plumber)...
hey this may be a little off topic to the reply but i got a bunch of parts for building a still and itll be my first one i built and tony told me to go with...
There is no hard and fast answer. How much yeast you need depends on how much much work there is for yeast to do, and how hard you make their job. The first...
bob johnson wrote: Subject: Re: [Distillers] Re: Still Design hey this may be a little off topic to the reply but i got a bunch of parts for building a still...
I,here-by,nominate that post,for the Guiness World Records longest sentence...:>) ... _________________________________________________________________ Help...
hey tony i been all over that i could find looking for the distillers pic list and i couldnt find it and was hoping u could help me out again here. if u could...
here is a webpage that lists directions on how to soak the surface lead off of brass alloys using white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide: ...
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Feb 2, 2003 7:12 am
... Thanks for the link,I use a dilute solution of Hydrochloric acid to flush out the oxide on the copper internal parts of my still,and then wash out with hot...
Mike, Man I sure did enjoy reading this post. Hell I read it three times. To me this is what it's about. I was once told that this game was not worth the time...
We must keep in mind that charcoal filtering was practiced in Poland and Russia because the early product from commercial pot distillation was terrible, and...
Storing a fermented wash will expose it to several dangers: It could get infected with organisms and for example turn into vinegar (like wine). If not...
