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to high as in the jacket part is going to be to long or I should decrease the incline.... I havent found yet a "standard" jacket length for colling purposes

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I am building my first liebig and need flow rate recommendations, or more accurately, will what I have be enough...This is the pump I have, capable of 130gph at 1 foot high...if my outer jacket is 1inch ID and I affix this pump using 1/2inch id to 1inch ID coupler and make my jacket 3 feet long with...

I am building and soldering up my first still, simple pot still with pony keg, 2 inch riser and 3/4 inch arm with a 1 inch jacket liebig...question... looking at these plans http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/BeerBeerBeer/Liebig/LiebigCondenser01.jpg the 1x3/4x3/4 fitting has a stop in it that...

I live in an environment where 4 months out of the year its 115 degF in the day and 100 at night....tap water doesnt get any colder then luke warm and I dont think that would be good for a liebig, so I was thinking a worm in a bucket of ice water or a liebig with a pump with ice water... but this go...

I am thinking of buying http://www.brewhaus.com/Essential-Extractor-Pot-Distiller-Column-P1021C96.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow since making my own still would great exceed the cost of just buying this column (2inch copper pipe is $23 per foot...

When you make this recipe, do you "mash" grind the sweet feed or just put in whole.... seems all the large distillers mash or hammer their corn prior to fermentin

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How does one go about putting slant plates 1/2 way up a 2-3 inch diamter copper tube like in a Bokakob? I have not seen any designs on how people do this and my only guess would be to cut in half install two flanges to reconnect them and somehow attach them to the main tube... Can someone enlighten ...

Ok as I understand it If you want pure "tastless" alcohol you get a reflux still, run a high relux rate and grab 93% ABV if you want a tasty distilled liquor you use a pot still or reflux running at a very low reflux rate (1:1 or 1:2) am I correct here? So if I put time and money into make...