Home Distiller

thanks guys

i been using the same solder since i started building. its acid core metal working lead free silver solder frome home depot but latly the roll i bought has had a black oil secreting from it when it melts. the surfaces are beyond clean and the temp is right. ive never had this problem before. any adv...

i finally found some hore hounds local. im guna try another pint with this and compare to the rock candy pint

brantley gilbert- hell on wheels

well, id thought of that. technically the thumper should be atleast a fourth the size of the boiler. 7.5 X 4= 30gallons. and on top of that i normally run the kegs as slow as i can which gives me around 140proof (with the colums packed). the thumper would allow for 180 proof and as a slobber box jus...

im heating with two 58,000 BTU burners. i set the kegs on cinders and the burners are bolted into two stainless bowls upside down with a steel circle around it. ill post pics of the burners when i get back into town.the only problem with the setup it propane refils get expensive when running.

i agree

its 2 15 gallon kegs with all copper 2in to 3/4 until the 5/8worm. at times i plan on thrown sone packing on aswell. Gonna throw a thump keg (7.5 gallon keg) on soon as the funds are there. any comments or sugesstions are appreciated.

well ive already got a pint thats been sitting for almost 4days. added 3 6in rock candy stix and 2 ounces of honey and 1tblsp of black pepper and im lettin it work over now. i will say that the honey and pepper will definatly smoothe out a cough but lsat year i ran a fever over 100. i took 2 shots o...

nice rig

anybody got a good cough medicen recipe like they used to make from alcohol. ive heard popcorns recipe but i want a few other to sleep on tonight and hopefully get my ingredients ready tomarrow. and info is appreciated.

theres been times i have packed the colume but its just easier to run without. i have a small pony keg that i put all distillate in and run normally in the hundred seventy proof range. i just swap kegs around depending on what im running. i love the tri clamp! makes it a hell of a lot easier

i got a 15 gallon keg with 2in copper coming out with a tri clamp. i picked up a second one but instear of buying anothe piece of 2in, i think im gunna just use a 2in to 3/4in reducer, to a 90', then drill a hole for a couple into the existing 2 in and sodering. its alot cheaper and faster.

good deal man. glad to see its comin ok. i appreciate the info old dog. btw if you tryn to order a alcoholmeter, milehigh is currently out of alcoholmeters and hydrometers. just fyi. and by the way i finally did get a coil box sealed up right. it looks badass. its an old oil can with the top cut out...

found this pic diggin around lookin at some thump barrels. latly im not satisfied on the abv of my spirit. wat do yal think the glass jar was for??? obivously the small thumper is just before the jar but im not sure if it was filled with fruit for flavor or mash for a thumper. ( keep in mind this st...

personally i didnt think a leibeg would work that well. seein as my worm sits with the same water fo about 30mins before it needs changing. but i was wondering if the majority of leibegs are coiled inside of the condenser tube or are they just straight through? ive seen it both ways

its gotta be the water im using. because i didnt have this problem when i used distilled water in my mashes instead of tap. i think that, and using tap to cut down on proof is causing this to happen.

wat diameter and how long is your condenser arm? im getting tired of replacing leaky coil boxes.lol

i bought his dvd the last one awhile back and i think the reason hes so popular is because of the quality of his product, his "hold nuthin back" personality, and his reputation as the last of the old skool hillbilly persona. but i will toast to the man if he wer alive and gladly share a ja...

im not sure why it did this but i watered down 2qts of 120proof down to 90proof yesterday and for some reason both jars got cloudy overnight. both jars were perfectly clear before hand, so today instead of using bottled water i tried some with tap water and it barly clouded at all. ive never had thi...

well just to recap on how it went i let em sit for another week. ran it through the still just for shits and giggles. lol it still smelt of unripe peaches but it made for some fun times. had some buddys over and let one of em try my "good stuff" and watched him try to get it down. then let...

try apple or peach cider. sounds damn tasty to me.

i can guarantee he is "that kinda guy". him and i have been very competive between eachother even when it comes to makin our spirits. im guessn hes just letting it bother me for awhile and next time i see him the secrets gunna come out. but i will deffinatly let yal in on the secret and tr...

thats the problem, he wont tell me. never seen the still, never heard the recipe, nothing, just a taste

did some swaping and sampling with a friend the other day and tried his stuff out. burned blue(100proof or better) but it was extreamly mellow. tasted like you were taking a bite straight out a peach. great stuff. almost no burn to it and clear as water. which brings me to this, i have takin the hea...

lol as soon as i finish my new still im goin to distill it. the hard cider taste amazing. theres hardly any alcohol taste and its at 12% already after i added some sugar. i really want to run it and see how the outcome turn out.

anybody ever used it for some hard cider or applejack? if so howd it turn out? i fermented about 5 gallons of it and it tasted great but wondering where to go from there.

me 2 as i have the same bung on the way from milehidistilling. i guess this goes under the copper, stainless only rule?

i listen to all kinds of stuff from the 50s till now but when im on here , gillian welch "tear my still house down" and pretty much any george jones take the cake

thats the difference between taste buds from today and way back when.lol had the same thing happen to me the other day when i met up at a buddys house and did some taste testing between mine and an old timer who claimed todays liquor "ain't s**t". he still disagreed with everybody else the...