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It seems to me that when you leave longer for couple weeks in the fermenter there will be some yeast inthe wash and no sugar to process it the yeast might process one another. that i think might happen. My next 2 batches I will try egxactly same recepe one just when around 1000 and next at 995 to se...

just found out: on page 73 by Ian Smiley A Professional Guide for Amateur- and Micro-Distillers reads "A mash intended for distillation only undergoes a primary fermentation. Grain mash fermentations are typically 72-80 hours long, and then they are distilled. In fact, a secondary fermentation ...

I do not want to defend one side or the other I just wanted to mention that some time ago I read somewhere either in the books or here on this site that recommendation was to destill when hydrometer reaches just 1010 or 1000, leaving for longer racking reaction in the wash creates a lot of Ethyl ace...

DNS Thank you for standind for ALL of us in Canada I loved the letter you wrote and apreciate that you are talking for ALL
provinces I know I am almost a year behind but I started to be more active recently.

I would like what has been changed since last year.

Papapro

I would not use it the rubber tube smels like diesel fuel I would use silicon instead of course food rated theflon is the best.

I guess you are right Rad I also take safty very seriously that is why I do not use any direct heating elements,
and my column has 2 inch openning.

Or you do not use the clamp just let it sit on top of the column, that would releave the pressure if builds up.

I am on municipal water that water is from the near lake what I read municipal water is treated to be ph close to 7.0 to protect water pipes. When I boil it there is no scaling on the bottom of catle. Maybe that is why there is no difference. I also read that fine scotch wiskey are using water from ...

I used distilled water and boiled water there is no differece for me but I read that you should add product to the water not water to the product.

I did similar thing after 3 days of tring remove the salt I gave up. My double wound coil looked OK so I cut it in the middle the smaller coil I managed flush it the larger.... I quit. Just lost 25 bucks... I went to Home Depot and got another 25 feet of 1/4 inch coper but this time I tied the texti...

I have seen this design in some sweedish publisher book.

Joe I would look at your heating elements maybe some chared sugar leftovers are there.
If this is the case try to clean elements. I use indirect heating in all my runs strip or spirit.
do not give up.

you are running too fast try heat up at full power then lower power to about 800 to 1000 w then equlibrate for 30 min to 1 hr. 2 " column runs for me the best at 50w/cm2. keep at that power for all the run. collect fores at 1 drop/sec, heads at 2 then hearts 3, 4, 5 max till the temps is rising...

c2h505 when you take off some heat to equilize the column try to run at that speed at 4 drips per sec or very slow streem i run 2" at aproximatly 800 w with heat up 1300 I do not increase the heat after equilize. last weekend I tryed to run at 1150 and % was much lower about 80. I think you run...

s there a practicing ELECTRICIAN here on this board? I'd like to ask a couple questions about wiring up a 220v heater element for a keg boiler ... where to insert an ammeter ... where to insert a SPST switch to cut off one powered leg to the element, etc. And this was original question. And I did n...

220v was misleading because every one in US and Canada uses term 240 which means both phases and neutral. As statad before 220v derives from Y system. Iknow European standard and North American and deal
with this for over 40 years.

Rad that depends where you live in North America system is 240 v on two legs with neutral being grounded and i Europe hey use 3 phase where one phase is 220 and 3 is 360 V. The clue is with original question that he lives where is probably 3 phase system. So if it is in Europe SPST would be OK becau...

I run 2" with the spp 4.5 x 4.5 mm similar as der woo I got from Poland my still is powered by induction plate is a small 1300 w. When in heat up mode I run full tilt then reduce to 1000 W at full reflux the temps in the top column rises well above temps. Then I equilibrate 1/2 to 1 hr then I n...

yes shadylane, two lightbulb in series will do the trick make sure that they are in sockets and well insulated.

Rad, I have in my column SPP aout a 1 liter the guy i bought from says that the HETP is about 2 cm i think might be about 3 cm with total about 50 cm according to him might be 25hetp I think might be 15 still gives me azeo. You are right everyone rig runs differently, before I used scrubs. hem I bou...

Yes FS I do use apricorts some time burn them or roast them till they start changing collor ..few weeks adds bit of sweetnes ans the nice deeo color

rad14701, I think you did not read my post carefully...First of all I have read few books John Stone -Making gin and vodka and the second Ian Smiley Making pure corn whiskey. in Stone on pages 61-62 and Smiley on pages 72-73 they give very detailed how to distille. I am not only using thermometer al...

I found somewhere about dried apricots burn them a little bit or toast they give nice sweet flavour and color.
I use 1 per 1 liter.

I bought on ebay this one 12V Cool Heat temp Thermostat Thermometer Temperature Control Switch -50-110°C has 0.1 deg C accuracy has also ability to offset the temp according your elevation. I set it up this way: knowing that the hearts will have the temp 78.2 I loaded still with low wines and fired ...

Howdy All, I hate to ask a dumb question here, but I've read through this thread and did the HD google search and can't find the answer, so I'm hoping y'all can help me. Where can I buy some SPP online? Thanks! Here whe I got my http://pracowniametaloplastyczna.pl" onclick="window.open(th...

Just remember that SS wire has significant spring-back which is one trait that copper wire doesn't have... Due to this trait, your SS SPP may form a different shape and finish up a bit looser than your experiments with copper... Tensioning and speed adjustments will be somewhat different... Keep us...

Guys look at NU-wave cooktop there are two models 1300 W and 1800W 1300 has temp settings at every 10 deg F and 1800 at every 5 deg F the fluctuation on 1300 i 20 - 30 watts per sec and maintain temps very good I use it for las few years. At 180 deg F is slow run and power 670 to 690 W after middle ...

I am using induction hot plate and I have smaller pot 14l and also i have attached power monitor when I set the temp to 180 deg F the fluctuation is about 20 - 30 w and is going up and down, This fluctuation could be also form Hydro fluctuation because the voltage on the lines in not constant. Works...

... and 45 ABV boiled in a still is not "danger"? Hi tomb Just read Home distillation handbook By Ola Norrman (Pseudonym) you can google it for pdf on page 63 there is quote below DISTILLATION 63 Redistillation As a rule only one distillation is required. If one wishes to distil twice usu...

@papapro ...Regarding the Microwave.... I suggest you read about the first say 20 pages of the thread... I Might be a novice in this forum buy I have made my runs some 45 years ago.... sometime ago I looked at some info and found this site with an excellent info so I thought I might learn some more...