Home Distiller

Ever think of growing your own herbs? I did a check into a while back. I know wormwood (absinth absinthe) is easy enough to get as seeds or even small cuttings. The second ingredient Roman Wormwood, I found being sold out of a place up in canada, I'd post a link but it's on my laptop which I sent ou...

Yikes, I was hoping I could get away with something smaller. Oh well. Was a thought. As far as a copper one, does anyone make such a critter? I'm not opposed to building something, but it would be nice to have some kinds of working mantle piece that looks nice.

thanks guys

Jax

This is kind of an off the wall idea-project that I wish to build and use. From time to time folks have talked about building a "M*A*S*H" type of still out of lab glass. And yes I've thought about it too. But after taking a closer look at how much lab glass is, it's just way way out of the...

I've decided to go ahead and mig this together. Due to some changes in class we're not going to be convering tig at all. Not withstanding, I already have a spool of 308 stainless wire. Just have to get the $$$ together and order the stainless fitting. Thanks all that responded to this thread, Happy ...

Ah, finally had a chance to drag my keg into class. Did a few tests on it, and determined tha the keg is stainless! So, now I'm left with a stainless keg and a copper fitting. Talked to a couple of local plumbing stores (not big box like home depot or lowes), two said they couldn't get a stainless f...

I guess my first step is to determine just exactilly what the keg is made of. As I mentioned in my orginal post, would how easily I can drill through it be a good test of which metal it is? I mentioned that I have a step drill bit, but that will only give me a pile of shavings. Someplace around here...

Could I use an oxy/acc set-up to braze it with? If so, what type of rod do you recommend? Should I use flux with it?


Jax

I would like to convert on of my two beer kegs from propane to electric for winter time distilling. I'm 99.9% sure these kegs are aluminium. I was told some time ago that to weld in the 1" female copper flange that the hot water tank heating element will screw into. It has been suggested to me ...

Ugh! Power's been out for 3 days here! Horrible storms! Anways, for the record, I do have a keg! But, since I live in one "dem yankee" states where it get's cold half the year, figure I could use this pot and for making rum and experiementing with. In doors, using electric heat. Even got a...

Yes, the pot and bowl are thick enough to weld to, the handles on the sides of the pot are welded, as is the handle on the lid. I'm actually welding the bowl to the lid. After I've cut away the center part of the lid, then welding the left over ring to the lip of the bowl. Basically I'm creating a l...

Try and keep this short and sweet. A long while ago i mentioned that i picked up a 30qt turkey fryer at Sam's club cheap, becuase it as dented. I also have a large stainless bowl that i wish to attach to the lid. Once i cut a portion of the lid away. Thing is I haven't figured a good way to clamp th...

Naw, this is a 34qt stainless turkey cook pot. Got it as part of a turkey fryer setup at sam's club...dent and ding area, normal price for sam's is about $90, although I've seen simlar set-up at camping places much higher. Ya know the more I think about it, the more I wonder if I really need to have...

Actually I did buy the welder from Home Depot, and I do agree, some of thier folks don't know much. Although in thier defence, unlike most companies they do try to train most of thier staff. But I only bought the unit there, the rest of the stuff I'm buying from a local welding supply house and a to...

Like many others have mentioned before, always thought it would be nice to have a "labratory" style still. So I started doing research on distilling heads, columns, condensors, ect. Now in the sceme of things, this is no where's near the top of my "must do" list, just something I...

Thanks for all the replies folks! Guess I'll wait for the gas then. I may be a newbit to the welding world, but I have done some research, I only asked this question because I'm going nuts waiting for job interviews and training classes to begin. Just wanted something to do with my time. Oh well... ...

Which gas though? One tool store suggests CO2 only, with tank $90. And he only refills if you buy your tank from him. A Welding shop where I got my stainless wire from said $140, but he mentioned something about a three way gas... CO2, Argon, and something else. Book on welding says normal 2 way CO2...

I just picked up a stainless turkey fryer setup in my local Sam's club dent and ding area. Big savings, normally this setup was $90, I got it for $25, just because the pot and the stand were slightly bent. This is a nice LARGE pot! 34qts! Only problem is the stainless bowl I wanna attach is just a h...

Safeside,

While I may not be an expert, or even half as knowledgable as others here, perhaps we can help if you described your setup more. What kind of wash, yeast, how tall is your column, how fast you collect, ect.... all these things will affect the final outcome.


Jaxx

remus, This isn't for the column, I'm making an electric mini pot still for rum and other goodies. The flange I'm trying to get weld in, is 1" wide female, so I can screw an electrical replacement elementment for hot water heaters. Figure during the bitter cold winter I can keep up with the hob...

Ya know how a glass of fresh, cold apple juice tastes??? That's what I want, only with slight kick to it. I WANT apple taste and sweetness, don't like sour at all. Heck with sparkling, not interested. Although, I wonder, since I plan on aging in a keg, if could get away with adding some cinnomin? Jaxx

I guess sometimes things work out for the best. Back in august I inquired about making hard cider. Sadly, Sam's didn't come through for me this year, and didn't carry the apple juice I was talking about for very long. So I never got my hands on any. However, while doing some lite shopping at Jewl, I...

At the same time I the forums went amuck, I had a minor set back as well, funds I had planned on finishing my still had to go for a set of new tires! ugh... Anywho, let's get this back online, I have two aluminium kegs. I am NOT buy different ones at this point. Someone suggested I use silver bearin...

Eventhought this is off topic, the research I've done about aluminium, it would have to get to temps nearly tripple what we use for our purposes to be of any heath concern. Mind you, next time you go to yer local grociery store, take a look in the cooking gadgets isle, why do they sell so many roast...

Furball or anyone that knows the answer. Was doing online research into those silver-bearing-brazing-rods. And I have two questions. The first, I wanna double check this part. What I'm attempting to do is braze a 1" copper fitting into the side of my aluminium beer keg. Will these rods work for...

I'm building up a small beer keg 7.5 gallon still. Mainly for use to make rum and other pot still goodies. I may even think about having a small reflux for winter distilling as well. Not sure about that bit just yet. I really wanted to have one of those nice stills that I've seen soo many pictures o...

Thanks, I just wrote that down and will start looking around for those two items asap. Anyone have any suggestions about which parts I'll need from brewhaus?

Jaxx

I could actually go two ways with this. Since I'd only wanna buy one npt adapter from brewhaus, I either buy thier pot still rig, or make use of the one I had built for my pressure cooker. The one from brewhaus looks to be 2" stainless. Where as I would take a female 2" npt to screw on to ...

I've been working on my stills for what seems like forever now. At one point I just didn't have the cash to do anything, but now that I can actually afford to complete these projects, I can't find someone to help me! The main problems come with modifying my kegs. I need to have some welding work don...

I'm sorry, Chemist, I was super tired when I posted that. The smaller keg still is my pot still, mainly going to be used for rum, and other pot still goodies, who knows what the future may bring. My local home depot just started carrying electric elements for less then the plumbing supply house has ...

Hope someone can "KISS" this topic for me. Because I really don't have time to go as in depth as some have with this. But I do want to have more control of the rate at which my pot still boils. Something I learned with my now defunct pressure cooker still, I'm now building a newer, larger,...