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hi all after doing some thinking on what my build will be like i was thinking about putting a little viewing window on the site of my column where thre plates are so i can see when and how the reflux is working. it might help me in some way....... ok so my column is 2inch tubeing i was thinking of m...

@ Samohon. yes thats the boka i am going for it seams the eastest to do and i have all the gear at work to cut pipe and saw x axis and y axis slits for the plates was also thinking of making a peep window to see whats going on inside has anyone else done this with success? i think it would be very c...

all it says is half hard..... had a quick look around other sites and also these speak about it being half hard.....


the size will be a 10l pot with 2 inch tube at 1m packed hight and then the coil ontop of that (not got to coil size yet)

its fun
i like the science behind it
i like good spirit just as well as a good beer..... im sick of paying 20 pound for mass produced crap
it gives me something to do

lol the missus will kill me if i start churning out stills lol. would be nice to have another one a pot still maybe that way i get the best of both worlds. and after all a 3m length of 53mm is like 55 pound......... beats buying two lots of 1.5 i guess.... now im no metal expert but this tube comes ...

hi all i will soon be undertaking a boka build. But im stuck on where to go on the net for copper tube..... i can find 3m=lengths but thats way to long for my still i was thinking of a meter or so high for my column... 1meter packed and then room for a coil ontop of that for cooling..... so 1.5meter...

would it be fare to say that in what we do we would use first molasses for the best outcome............. or do different setups ect call for different types of molasses

sorry for wasteing your time

i plan on just useing essence for my flavour.......

would in that case me be better off with a reflux still?

after reading alot on here yes i would have to control it as a CM ok also after reading bits and bons i get the impression that a reflux still aint all what i thought it was...... i thought it was better then a pot still? i get the impression i should be now building a pot still and stay away from r...

ok cool so this is a reflux http://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/images/f/fc/Stillanimation2.gif so the process is as followed 1.place wash in pot 2.heat under pot 3. wait till wash heats up 4. fiddle with temp untill the top of the reflux tube stays at 78c 5. when happy start collecting 6. the t...

at least she tryed i thought it was quite good.....

when i set my reflux still off do i let it heat up and then turn my water on and keep it at 80c? and do nothing dont touch nothing? or am i aloud to change water rate to keep the temp at 80c? is there an amunt of time to boil the mash people follow? or is it like i said before set to 78-80c and leav...