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by mat
Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:02 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Pot Still Boiler
Replies: 9
Views: 3727

Just lay the keg on its side and put a rag over the valve, use a screw driver to push it in and release the pressure. Homebrewers convert kegs to kettles sometimes. They have posted lots of web pages on cutting, drilling, and welding kegs. Use a search engine for terms like "keggle", "...
by mat
Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:55 am
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: malting update
Replies: 16
Views: 5515

A certainn homebrewing book suggests putting malt in a pillow case and throwing it a clothing dryer on cold. Rumor has it thats a messy procedure. I saw on the internet 2 guys used a paint mixer on a hand drill to knock the rootlets off malt sitting in a bucket. to seperate knocked off rootlets just...
by mat
Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:52 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Third party milling, mashing, and fermenting...?
Replies: 12
Views: 3576

It seems that micro-distilers are starting to get popular. Often they Start as micro-breweries since they are half way to being distilaries. I'd suggest contacting the companies who sell micro-brewery equipment and small scale stills. Typically those companies have support systems for start ups. If ...