Home Distiller

Silly for sure....gotta hand it to Ol' Sheriff Grady Judd though, even though he probably thinks it kindergarten cops. Few years back, a Deputy was shot and killed while making a routine traffic stop. Scum bag hid in the woods for 2 days until found. They shot him 68 times.....when asked by the medi...

Geez....must have been a slow month for crack busts.

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Not real far from home!

What a nab......7 jars

fwiw....I saw a utube video where a geek like yourself (self described ) uses the heat sink and liquid cooled "plumbing" of the cooling system (in a working system) to "actually" distill a product.

Was no way "functional"....but did drip a distilled product.

I would tend to agree with that......the "puke smell" seems to come with distillation containing "non cleared" washes.

HOLLY COW!!.....I ACTUALYY......think I understand the premise!!!! As a newb..... I've messed with sugar washes because of the simplicity. Trying to figure out the way to run MY still..... Same ole' same ole'....just seems to have the same characterictis....nasty smell. rubbing alcohol then straight...

Anyways, all the silly mistakes are behind me now :mrgreen:. I've made ammonia, nail varnish, nail varnish remover, stuff that removes nail varnish remover, extract of old sock, refined puke, an' some stuff that attracts flies better than a three week corpse... I figure that all that's left is good...

Awesome!!

Wish you were MY neighbor

being chased by

Ran an "all bran" the other night.....it was my 7th run.

Best flavor yet of the sugar washes I've been doing.....maybe I'm getting better

Ha...good idea.

LOL...like I said, it was purdy though

May start using some food coloring......

Would the wash....2 gallons dunder mixed with 3 qts feints, be considered "strippings"?

It had a 20% abv reading......once mixed with the dunder.

So, bearing in mind that with this experimental run I was looking at getting a clean drinkable product without any tails (or worry about methanol), I decided to dump the rest of the output (if I were doing this again I'd keep the rest for a feints run). This turned out to be about 50% abv downwards...

YEEHAW!!.....Heater change went smooth as silk :D But I must confess....I'm now in the same boat as Barney. Along with the water heater I picked up, an assortment of copper fittings went on the bill that had no intentions of being used on the replacement project.....wife says, "This cost a litt...

Added about 3 qts of feints to a 2 gallon brown sugar (rad style) wash dunder that I kept saved in the fridge from a previous charge. Been reading about adding baking soda...so added 2 tbs. First 50 mls were as blue as the header above...and stunk to high heaven. ( but it shore wus purdy) Next 100 m...

cob wrote:are those seams just hammered or soldered? i havn't yet found any seams in my "lid". cob

Looks like soldered...

After talking and sending some pics....99% sure it's a D.Picking & Co, candy kettle.

Damn it; lose the sugar completely. All you need is fancy molasses. Make sure it isn't suphured, and don't bother with blackstrap. No nutrients, no nothing. And get some copper in that still head. Lots of copper. Learning to make cuts is always fine advice, but c'mon folks, he's trying to make rum ...

Welcome oakspring....I had the same interest as you when I stumbled here.

Found it's more enjoyable to drink it, than run it in my lawnmower

Aside from the obvious....

Patience?

How to convert mls to ounces?

Came home yesterday to a stream running out the garage.....blasted water heater!

I'm gonna save about $300....I've learned to solder

Geez....forget distilling....Eat em'.

(got a friend who's a Lil' Debbie distributor )

Yet another fun weekend.....with Chief Osceola and Renegade :ebiggrin: http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx240/XXXShiner/chiefo.jpg http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx240/XXXShiner/band.jpg Now the actual game......never seen one where the winning team, basically WINS because they forced the oppo...

My understanding...and use of Turbo classic (at times)...it inherently causes a heat build up. Way more so than bakers yeast. It also produces less gasses as a bakers yeast, as that is what it (bakers) is cultured to do. I believe the reason for directions of not using more than 21l of wash per batc...

Yea...once I realized what it actually was, and how old it is...I have NO intentions of "messing" it up.

This time I'm going to distill twice to try to get the color out. Am I doing something wrong?

It (your distilled product) is off colored AFTER the first distillation?

Not, JUST the wash? (prior to distillation)

Coming a little cleaner....boy, I'm beginning to not have the heart to butcher this up :? No manufacture stamp of any kind....even gone over it with a magnifying glass :( http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx240/XXXShiner/cleaner2.jpg http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx240/XXXShiner/cleaner1.jpg

....disqualifies me

nice looking fish bigbaddad, i'm coming over to kentucky lake in october (i live in norway). i'm fishing mad, but we dont get freshwater bass over here. i'm staying close to paris. i'm looking to hire a boat while i'm there, are there many places that hire boats out? When you get to paris, Tn give ...

LOL...very good cob. I actually thought about beginning my post with..." I know I have been critical of others when finding......" You got me. I can bet my paycheck (or two)....this has never cooked m...my dad is way too layed back. And, he has all his (original) teeth :roll: Lead....hell,...

LOL....my Dad asked me "Whut ya gonna use it fer, a flower pot"? I replied.....uh, er, yea! (had my fingers crossed) The seams are kinda "simple" after seeing some other antique stuff, although as thick as it is, that may be why...man I wish you could look into "old" st...

Good idea....I know it don't leak. Boiled some water last night.

I've cleaned it up a bunch with the vinegar,salt,flour,lemon juice concoction.

Trying to find some kind of "manufacturer stamp" on it.....no luck yet.