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hi, I have a range of different temp sensing probes, which i use for work. if your meter is calibrated correctly they may be of a limited use, eg, taped to the external surface of the pot to monitor boiling temp. but in my experience immersion type probes are not designed to be immersed in ethanol v...

hi,

I was interested in trying this alcovin, sent redox a email, they came back with:

Essencia Australia repack Alcovin into small sachets under the brand name 'Super 6'.

sounds like its distributed as a turbo yeast or equivalent.

cheers

hi all, Have just recently took some relatives on the distillery tour ran by bundaburg rum, the tour was very interesting but didn't go into any detail on the process etc. Would recomend it to anyone visiting the central queensland area. Anyone have a recipe for a light rum simular to bundy ?. Cheers

Hi all,

Cheers for the replies, been thinking about what you's said and its cleared a few things up in my mind.
Good stuff.

Hi,

I made my first UJSM batch with my detuned reflux, and it stripped 80% of the flavour out.
i ended up making a pot still, theres no comparison between the two. much much more flavour

Hi all, Its being about two years now since iv'e had any commercian product, i can't remember what it tasts like. my friends allways compare what i give them to commercian stuff, but i think its impossible to compare the two. the only reason you compare to commercial product is because its the only ...

Hi All,

struggling to get my head around the thoery behind why a spirit run shoud be ran slow.Heard and read different reasons
but whould like a definitive answer.

cheers

from a series of books wrote by Carlos Castenada.

hi , from what i understand, output is hot. yes that makes sense, on the last plate which leads to collection outlet one side of the plate has condensed distillate runnning down it whilst on the other side hot vapour rises and moves past to be condensed, some heat transfer from the hot vapour to the...

hi Makes it hard to run a parrott to measure output, from what i understand, output is hot. Have a look at Pints, mine and i think rumbulls condensors, very compact and very efficient if you want a pot still. thanks for that, i understand about the collection tube being at the centre of the keg maki...

hi all, have recently been slowly gathering bits to upgrade pot still and keg, looking to decrease time and increase pot size. has anyone out there used a in line slanted plate design on a pot still. Have wound a large 1/4 inch coil that will knock down upto 3 KW easy and lilke the neatness of the c...

hi all,

yeah, i get mine from coles also, lots of different sizes etc. in the fancy coffee isle.

cheers

hi all,

Can anyone out out reccomend a electric element supplier in AU.
would ideally like one that fits without any access to inside of the keg. at present i use a replacement still spirits element
that feeds through from inside with a backnut on it.
looking for approx 1500 W.

cheers

hi, yes lpg is heavier than air, and this fact makes it one of the most dangerous gases to burn around the home. allways make sure theres enough ventilation for correct combustion to take place. ( you don't want any carbon monoxide due to a lack of combustion air. be mindful if there is a leak that ...

hi, i'm in commercial / industrial air con/ heating. you wouldn't be able to use anykind of air con unit for this purpose, as the temps at the condensor are not in the range that you want. the liquid that flows from the condensor needs to be sub cooled for the unit to cool, (below its saturation tem...

hi all, wasn't going to respond to this post, but, must say i don't understand the point of a vote on a subject which i would consider best practise vs bad practice. I have no doubt the outcome as most people on this site have pride in their product and have been advised and guided through this foru...

thanks for clearing that up, so i can now experiment with different % of another grain as long as they have been cracked.
to let flavour out in a sugar wash".

cheers

hi all, i've read a few posts lately about different boiler sizes e,g smaller diamater larger height and smaller height larger diameter. i was interested to know if you would get the same amount of vapor off a smaller surface area as you would for a larger liquid surface area, with the same heat inp...

hi,

i wouldn't worry to much, i think it'll be fine.
i've used winos recipe with less yeast, more yeast and with a yeast bomb. All fermented down to 0.990 sg. using bakers yeast.

this recipe is my choice for neutral spirit now.

cheers

Hi,

can i substitute for example 40% of the 7 lbs of corn in the ujsm recipe to triticale, or does triticale have to be mashed .

cheers

UJSM.

get a glass ahead of yourself, put a glassful neat in the freezer.

drink neat really cold no ice. And nearly forgot some Johnny winter on!.

hahaha,

there will be a big spike in the number of kegs going missing now. As 'people' stock up.


sounds abit iffy GPS is quite power hungry.

hi all, think that the safest think i can do is; 1 - don't leave unattended. 2 - still build electrical controls to monitor and isolate heating in the event of a failure. (can only increase safety). on an off topic, has anyone had any failures of equipment during a run, heating element failing etc :...

hi all, i still think it could be safely done. but i'd still be in there all the time checking the output, tasting etc fussing around and thinking. i'm sure that a modern distillery would have many parts of the process automated, but for a small hobby set up it may just take all the fun out of it. :D

Hi all, The main problem i see with any design like the above, is that the heat input would have to be matched to the folw rate of the wash entering to be heated. you don't want wash to exit with alcohol in it. you may get it balanced correctly for one wash, but how much would you lose setting the r...

Unattended still. Hi all, at present my condenser water setup is a 25 ltr tank with a pond pump in it, which pumps through my condenser in use (pot or reflux still). out of the still and then through a heat exchanger from an old water cooler that has a fan fitted to the back, then back to the tank. ...

hi all. I personnally think that the chance of it working is very slim. i've had allot of experience of plate heat exchangers through commmercial/ industrial heating and air conditioning. small plate heat exchangers like this cannot be taken apart to clean internally. Iv'e no doubt that the alcohol ...

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hi all, on the odd occasion when i'm forced to go to the supermarket with the other half, i'm finding its not so bad as it used to be. I now find myself skulking aroung the cake making section, hanging around the sugar isle, looking suspicious in the detergent isle and guilty in the supplements isle...

hi, never crossed my mind to add a coulple of liters of wash to line wines, makes sense to give flavour a boost. when i made my first 3 gen's i use a reflux but it stripped the flavor out to much, i redistilled these with backset added and the flavour returned ok, (using new pot still built in a hur...