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- Fri May 23, 2008 5:26 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
Re: am i running my offset head properly??
i forget to mention that doesnt count the tails ive collected on the reflux run which i can add later too!!!
- Fri May 23, 2008 5:25 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
Re: am i running my offset head properly??
good post tracker i started doing this and it works amazing and actually clears up the turbos nicely too. What i have been doing is fermenting for 3 weeks then running in the still. 6 ferment buckets, running 2 a week so every week i have something to run, but now i just do 6 ferments at the same ti...
- Fri May 23, 2008 4:23 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Anyone use a V Vessel?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1921
Re: Anyone use a V Vessel?
thanks for the post Grizz !
- Wed May 21, 2008 2:58 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Bubble Tray's?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3017
Re: Bubble Tray's?
[the book, "Distillation Operation" by Henry Z. Kister has everything you could ever ask about distillation plates. It is a very good book. http://www.amazon.com/Distillation-Operation-Henry-Z-Kister/dp/007034910X" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nof...
- Wed May 21, 2008 2:50 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Bubble Tray's?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3017
Re: Bubble Tray's?
the picture DSCF2506_quarter.JPG, that is simply amazing!
Who fabricates this stuff thats awsome, so impressed!
Who fabricates this stuff thats awsome, so impressed!
- Tue May 20, 2008 11:24 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Bubble Tray's?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3017
Re: Bubble Tray's?
well... i see that my diagram didnt come out that sucks, oh well, im on govt time here and as they say, its all pensionable time! anways diagram A was basically tube with a cap on top and the other was 180 degree tub coming up from the plate but cut just shy so it doesn t hit the bottom of the plate...
- Tue May 20, 2008 11:10 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Bubble Tray's?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3017
Re: Bubble Tray's?
What i was thinking was cutting 2" copper pipe in 10 inch sections for a total of 4 roughly equalling a 40" column (sections and plates debatable!) Cutting 4 peices of copper sheeting in squares of 2 1/4 Now to make the bubble caps. This is where i would like some comments on design specs,...
- Tue May 20, 2008 9:30 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Bubble Tray's?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3017
Bubble Tray's?
Any one have made any or have any idea on how to construct one?
I have some rough ideas but would like to get some thoughts from the community!
I have some rough ideas but would like to get some thoughts from the community!
- Tue May 20, 2008 8:51 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Anyone use a V Vessel?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1921
Re: Anyone use a V Vessel?
ya thats what i was thinking too. Isnt Pinto really good at sheet metal work?
I say we summon him to this forum, and give him a new hobby to tinker with
I say we summon him to this forum, and give him a new hobby to tinker with
- Tue May 20, 2008 8:25 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Anyone use a V Vessel?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1921
Anyone use a V Vessel?
I' have been thinking of investing in some v vessel's! I can definatly see the pros in useing them but i have one concern. Since it is made of plastic, theoretically, it will have a fine texture and the yeast and nutrients can hang on the the sides and not exactly make it down to the collection bulb...
- Fri May 16, 2008 7:40 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Turbos!!!why so much sugar
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4544
Re: Turbos!!!why so much sugar
Thanks!!!!
- Fri May 16, 2008 6:02 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Turbos!!!why so much sugar
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4544
Re: Turbos!!!why so much sugar
Thanks for all the comments!!!! Well i bought 50 sachets of 8kg turbo for cheap from Switz. Ended upbeing 3.50 a sachet, so ill do like you had said and use half the sugar and have sachet! That sound about right for a 25 liter wash? Ill let ya know what happens! I understand the whole less adding th...
- Wed May 14, 2008 11:37 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Turbos!!!why so much sugar
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4544
Turbos!!!why so much sugar
hey, so i have done some experimenting with "winoe's" recipes and i dont understand why in a Turbo, using an 8kg Turbo , it asks you to use 8 kg of sugar and then in "winoes" recipe and just like much of the others, they ask for only 7-8 pounds, thats a huge difference. So my que...
- Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:27 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Second run (w/ Fractional Reflux operation instructions)
- Replies: 79
- Views: 156318
- Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:16 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Second run (w/ Fractional Reflux operation instructions)
- Replies: 79
- Views: 156318
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:20 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Second run (w/ Fractional Reflux operation instructions)
- Replies: 79
- Views: 156318
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:24 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:23 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
hahah dude . ive read...and the more i read, the more all you guys contradicte yuorself's i asked about a stripping run on a reflux column that i have so clearly i knwo the difference. some peopel here do a stripping run on a reflux wheile others say theres no point, some people run there stripping ...
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:09 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:09 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
lol ya no kidding. after all the elctrical TIG welding, soldering, buying the keg, buying the copper, figuring out the best way for the cooling water, headaches, and going back to the home depot again and again for different fittings blah blah blah... iand i mean like for what? iv prolly spent about...
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:40 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
i just dont get this whole equilibrium and reflux ratio everyone talks about!!! i dunno. i just plug the damn thing in set it at 78 where i have thermometer at the top of the elbow and let it run till i get about 4 liters or until it starts tasting alittle like harsh tequilla... it seem like everyon...
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:42 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:09 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: am i running my offset head properly??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4485
am i running my offset head properly??
i dont know what everyone means when it come to getting a reflux ratio on an off set head design I have 40 inch column with an elbow at the top then a t connection i dont see a point of getting a double valve or even getting the perfect reflux ratio that everyone here talks about...i run cold water ...
- Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:14 pm
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: pH readings of sugar wash
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7995
- Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:43 am
- Forum: Boilers
- Topic: Bowl on top of keg boiler?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4966
I just have studs (bolts with the heads cut off) welded to the outside of my keg. No holes required. The bolts aren't in line with the seal, so that system works fine. iI never though of that doing that, if i had waited and saw this thread, this would have been the way to go i uses SS 3/8's nuts co...
- Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:57 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: cloudy distillate
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4814
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:12 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: cloudy distillate
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4814
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:40 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: cloudy distillate
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4814
well its not the scrubbers there stainless steel and for the remark on when i use my turbos up.....i have 50 sachets.... lol guess i got alot of destilling to do!!! but your right, i didnt let it clear up. i gave it a week. this time ill wait 10 days , rack it in a secondary, and give it another 4-5...
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:38 am
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: pH readings of sugar wash
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7995
well if youll belive it the local brew shops dont carry anything on PH readins and testing, there about 20 here in ottawa..i havent called them all but i also found that pretty funny...but ya i got some lab grade high quality from the hot chicks that work in the MEDIA lab here, except they thinkits ...
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:03 am
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: pH readings of sugar wash
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7995