I read lots of past posts about filtering with "activated carbon" but couldn't
find any info about it.  What is it, where do I get it and how do I use it?  Is
there a simple filter like a water filter I can buy for filtering?

thanks in advance,

Andy

For goodness sakes man; do not use flip-flops! Perhaps these folks can help:

http://www.stilldragon.com/gaskets--seals.html

Hi all, i took up distilling about a year back and stupidly enough didn't
research it at all, just went "hey chuck this all together and see what i get."
Using nothing but un-distilled water, white el-cheapo brand sugar, instant dry
yeast and unclean equipment i somehow came out with a 17% product which i then
drank. after then researching it a bit i feel luck that i didn't kill my self
with wood alcohol or bacteria and i have now decided to take it up again and
advice would be appreciated.

Please and thanks.

How much alcohol do you lose with carbon filtering? Is there a substantial drop
in the proof?

Hey all im looking for an easy recipe for getting started i've got most of the
equipment required but i cant seem to find any simple recipes for newbies :(

please help!!!

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Thanks guys for the great info,

Andy

> You can use a Britta water filter or there are ready made ones for distillers.
One is a "snake" filter and one is called a "Z" filter or you can make  you're
own out of a length of PVC.A lot of home grew suppliers carry activated carbon.
Also there's a lot of good info on how to use carbon at the " Home Distillation
of Alcohol" site. Here's one of many shops and the HD
link.http://homedistiller.org/  here's the link to a good "distiller friendly"
shop  http://www.store.homebrew4less.com/default.asp . And I take it you
haven't been to the "Artisan Distillers" site yet , much to learn there, A
REALLY GREAT place to study ,http://www.artisan-distiller.net/phpBB3/index.php.
Enjoy
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I want to try my hand at bourbon with barley and corn but the malted barley is
to expensive for me and I cannot seem to germinate barley successfully, So I was
thinking about using enzymes instead of the malted barley.
do you no where I can get enzymes in Australia
and if you got a good recipe for bourbon, I would appreciate that

Thanks to all
bbbob

I recently purchased a PID Controller. Not being at all familiar with
electronics, I am having a very difficult time understanding the instructions.
Is it possible for someone to read the instructions and translate them into
lamens terms for me? Mostly I am unfamiliar with the wiring diagram and symbols.

The PID is an Auberins SYL-2372 and I have a contacter to go with it model #
CN-PBC302-120V.

Well good to know that I can see I still have a lot to learn and still as
egar as ever to get a nice sold batch,  one more question with distill I'm
highly confussed.
How long should I let a 20L batch distill for and how much should I have at
the end?

You should be able to buy carbon filters from any local brewing supplier. Mine are as simple as a funnle with a carbon block in it simply poor it in and let it go.

I built one of these and its gives excellent manual control from 0W up to about
3kW. I haven't done my first distillation yet but I expect it would be just the
ticket. http://www.graham-laming.com/bd/Immersion_Heater_controller.pdf  Matt
Stevens was very helpful with my questions.

Paul

Is there any harm in leaving the mash to sit for a period of time (anywhere from
a day to a month) beyond the end of yeast activity? Want to be sure I won't
cause trouble for myself by waiting until I have time to finish the process.

Thanks.

I have some really good whisky that I aged with oak and raisens and I think
thats about it. Anyway there is this very fine plasma looking stuff at the
bottem of the jar that gets through a coffee filter everytime. I'm pretty sure
its from the raisens. How do I get it out?



                                                 Happy Thanksgiving

> Cool, great info. I am actually using it for a barley mash process. So if I
understand correctly, an SSR performs the same functions as a PID, but better?

No, they're completely different things. The PID is a logic "brain" that
attempts according to the parameters you program in to shoot for a particular
temperature. It determines how long the element is "on" or "off" and makes
adjustments according to results.

SSR stands for Solid State Relay. It's really just an electronic switch - it has
no moving parts. It is the equivalent of the contactor but because the contactor
has moving parts it is not capable of switching power off and on to the element
frequently without destroying itself.

Your PID itself is able to switch loads of up to 3 amps, but this is well short
of 2000 Watts. Remember that Watts = Voltage x Amps. Re-arrange this formula to
get W/V = A, and depending on what your voltage is this will tell you how many
Amps capability you need.

So you employ a contactor, or SSR, to do the heavy-duty switching because these
are capable of handling many more amps.

There is one thing to remember with a SSR, and that is if they fail they switch,
as far as I understand, to full on and will not turn off. The SSR has its own
connection to voltage mains. So, as with all setups like this, you should always
supervise operation.

Paul