Home Distiller

welcome referman, always good to see another HVAC/R mech on the place .. good luck on your stilling adventures ..

thank you for the kind words...looking forward to more pics of youre setup also..

not a bad looking rig there you have from what I can see of the pics Blind Eye, here is one I built and end up sending it to a friend .. But this was the last one I did .. I dont normally use one during a run much now days I use the alcoholmeter to check my final with But I pretty much know what im ...

I like to think she runs better than it looks .. I am well pleased with the performance , next run I will take some notes and post them ..I especially like the gate valve control , easy to adjust , and holds rock solid , the LM rig does require adjustments during the run seems due to the needle valv...

thanks Coops, appreciate it bud..

to me its tasteless , just blah .. I guess .. I always use it to cut neutral with .. to me its just cleaner ..with neutral im shooting for clean as I can possible achieve ..others opinion may vary .. works for me ..

I would give WPOSW a try . Doing couple passes through a pot still and its about as neutral as you will find coming from a pot IMO. follow the directions to the Letter .. some have tried to improve this but I think over the years that he has developed this recipe It would be hard to get it any bette...

there are several designs and illustrations here on the site starting from simple but very effective to more advance designs depending on skill level of the builder .. lots of folks willing to help out with different ideas on ways of doing things with materials you have at hand . If you decide to bu...

yes expensive ..that was why I suggested maybe having someone build one , along with a keg and a good rig .. I would still think you would have less money in one that you or someone builds for you .. would make life much easier .. and far more productive .

welcome to the site Jester , the 5 l outfits are on the small side of things .. and Im my opinion would make the learning curve a little more difficult than need be .. referring to the cuts , ect.. not to mention the amount of product you would end up with .. which would be very little single runnin...

thats a good idea Blanik, I was trying to think of something for a little bigger hopper for this one ..

I use this for my corn malt ,, this one I got from ebay its a Chinese knock off of a corona I think its called around 35.00 bucks USA free shipping .. I read that some didnt have much luck with it . like plates didn't align or something to that effect .. Im well pleased with mine ( must have got luc...

we use it here to wrap ducts for heat pumps.. we call it bubble wrap insulation , most any HVAC supply house should carry it ..think lowe's and maybe home depot may have it as well..Nice Job on the rig BTW . I like the ease of cleaning you have incorporated into it ..

thank you for the complement Ayay..

Welcome Bumblingblockhead, Sounds like you have a great start on things ... just don't let to much of the town start talking .. any pics of the rig by chance ?

what material is the collection container made from?

thanks for the comments guys.. I will take your advise Harry , Next run I will do a step by with pics .. and details .. You and your ideas were a great help on this project .. the product takeoff suggestion does make a difference in my opinion ...

I operate much in the same manner you as you DrTorque, I have a 55 gallon plastic barrel I fill, then once the temp starts getting too warm for my liking , I redirect my line from the condenser outlet to another container and replenish my 55 gallon again with fresh water ( well water in my case) .. ...

I have used a table spoon of black strap Molasses to a gallon to darken rum down ... A little goes along way very easy to make it too dark.. I like this over the burnt sugar ..

I would make it close to 48 as possible .. and still have room for condenser , 48 inches of nicely packed column works very well .

I found that the a box fan on a table with grain about an inch thick seems to work better than the clothes dryer , i put about 7 pounds in a pillow case tied it shut and ran it with no heat ... worked great to remove the roots but the table fan was much faster at drying .. and all that pounding in t...

freezer cant keep up ... you will be appling more heat than the freezer can recover from....barrel or bucket with a pond pump seems to be the most common method .

Good job Kiwi..!!!

youre welcome Godstilla, lol I like the flag idea also .. looks cool ...

I'll try to take a few pics next time I have it all together .. yes just the head unit can be used right on the keg..

Because of some rather heated arguments that went out of control, a number of people on this forum go completely overboard when plastic is simply mentioned here. A rational look from someone with a chemistry and plumbing background... If you use the tape properly, there is an extremely small amount...

thank you for the kind comments guys, I look at it as a project as something that most here could build without much of a problem IF they were willing to sacrifice the time and had the patience . I was pleased with the end result, But if I did another it would be a little better as would another one...

[quote=" People mention airing or aging. Won't much of the alcohol evaporate if I leave lid off the jar? Isn't aging only significant if it is in barrels? I'm experimenting (the whole thing's an experiment!) but would appreciate anyone else who could guide. I get lost reading in the forums for ...

Boiler

some copper mesh nicely rolled and placed in the center of the coil, from the bottom . makes it work even nicer...