Billy, 1) Don't take my experience with shortening the potstill column to 8" as gospel-fixed-in-stone. This worked and works for me, but it was the result of...
Do you discount aestetic values? I have a design for a reflux still shaped as egyptian pyramid made of glass. It would really look nice. And vapors would be...
... etc, will ... Hi John. Look here: REQUESTED RECIPE: Plum Wine Plum wine can be very aggrevating to make, but once made, can well be one of your most...
Hi Jack, what was this in reply to? By the way, the apple brandy you helped me with is coming along nicely. It has now been sitting on medium and heavy toast...
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Sep 1, 2002 9:59 pm
Yep- I get a "website not responding" error message...
... yeah looks like an outage on the DSL line that hosts homedistiller.org. Tony, if you want a temporary or backup location I think I can help out.... -matt ...
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Sep 1, 2002 11:27 pm
vandermeulen@... wrote us a very nice brief about a potstill, the direct descendant from the old alembics. Thanks John V ! ... That´s the trick,...
Hello Rob! the original questions to the anwers were from me. As usual, Jack (ups 474) had the answers. he is unquestionably a valuable fount of knowledge. ...
Hi John, Nova Scotia eh? I have always had a hankering to get up to Canada, I hear it's really beautiful. My uncle spent a few years on Vancouver Island and he...
Harley, I have a 30L vacola steriliser that i use - its just like a coffee decanter (see http://homedistiller.org/photos-ns.htm : "my still" ) I've had no...
John, ... There are many things you can add to flavour your alcohol. See http://homedistiller.org/flavour.htm Tony...
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Sep 2, 2002 10:26 am
Hi John, ... There are many, many kinds of plums, and the same type might yield more or less juice. Remember that ripe fruit is the important issue to get a...
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Sep 2, 2002 10:26 am
... half of the sugar is added to be converted to ETOH during fermentation, to get a 20%+ sugar concentration, this means that we are getting a sugar mash with...
Hello all, Herewith a tip for those stuck with draining mash. The ideal item for this is the nylon paint straining bags sold at paint supplies stores. It...
John, The nylon paint straining bags work well for me as well. I prefer using them over the top of large food grade plastic pails (available free at...
... hmm I wouldn't recommend it, it would be a waste of malt IMHO. Turbos are really designed for fast, complete fermentation to produce high alcohol content,...
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Sep 2, 2002 8:03 pm
Regular beer yeast can handle 12 to 14 pounds of malt extract in 5 gallons of water- a turbo may be able to handle as much as 16 pounds- Other than that-it ...
I wonder what size re-boiler would be needed for a typical reflux tower type still for the second stage. I would think that the max what you might need would...
Hi John and to all interested, I got tired of looking on the Net, So I desided to see if I could call in a few favors from a few good old boys in the business,...
Hi John and to all interested, I got tired of looking on the Net, So I desided to see if I could call in a few favors from a few good old boys in the business,...
Hey gringotony!! Good to hear from you. The hoseclamp idea for the deep pails is a winner. Tomorrow I will search through the hdwe store! Many thanks, JohnV...
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Sep 2, 2002 10:18 pm
Having just read a section of a technical manual about distilling on the flavors of whiskey- I think I know why the old polish plum distiller uses very little...
Hello Robert thanks for the suggestions re apple brandy. As for the malt whisky - it was and remains my all-time favorite dram, and have been fortunate enough...
I am certain that many members of our group have used Prestige Pot Distiller's Yeast. On the packet the instructions state: "1. Add your fruit into a 25 - 30...
