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I started out with my new 2" reflux tower and 5 gallons of mash. It took around 30 minutes to heat up before the foreshots were coming out, about a minute after it started flowing their was a large amount of liquid and steam/smoke coming out, I cut down the heat thinking that is what it was but...

Look up one of Prairie Piss's posts and click on "CM Mods" in his signature. There's a lot of info in there to get your still running the best it can. Dual water supply, packing, centering rings, and insulating the column are all mentioned and are pretty easy modifications that you can ma...

Prairiepiss wrote:How much water did you add to your corn sugarhead wash? Did you follow the UJSSM recipe?

I have about 4 .5 gallons water. I also have another UJSSM fermenting at the same time.

Yep I will be, I would love to move in the direction of the internal heating element it must me a little easier regulating? Why do you say easier to maintain in pot mode? I was thinking of only putting one or two rolls of copper mesh in the column of my still just to make sure I get some sulfides ou...

Just got done pitching the yeast for a corn mash with some sugar, 3.5 # sugar and 8.5# cracked corn. Using bakers yeast. Hopefuly this will come out! Also in the mail my new still came in from MileHigh. I got the 2" 8 Gallon Milk Can distiller. http://www.milehidistilling.com/premium-8-gallon-m...

I'm in Georgia. Yeah i'm not quite sure I understand all the technical things about the heating element. I've been reading things on it and haven't quite got a grasp on everything. I would go with the 5500.

I was wondering how much / if anyone would sell a set up keg ready to go for , PM me if so. I just got a 2" reflux tower and milk can boiler but I dont want to do anything to my brand new boiler.

Well i'm not exactly sure what job position I would be looking to go in to. But I have always been interested in working in a distillery. Is it not mostly people is science degrees ?

Age limits? How would I start into this field working in a distillery?

Seagram's 7 Crown is quite terse, consisting of corn, rye, rye malt, barley malt, yeast, and water. Seagram's 7 Crown are aged for a minimum of 4 years, some in new charred white oak barrels and some in used charred white oak barrels. Normally aged for 7 years hint the name Seagrams "7"

Now how much would that cost?

How would one install one of these heating elements to the still?? Im confused on how it would work.

That would just go under the still ? I have never seen these kind of heaters. They are electrical also?

Prairiepiss wrote:I would suggest a water heater element and controller. Like an MK5500.

How would I go about getting this?

What is that heating element ?

Yeah how much was that heating element ? I was looking into what I should use for a hear source weather or not a propane heater. What do you think I should do? Hm sounds interesting! Im defiantly looking forward to making some good liquor to make the strawberry panty dropper! Hopefully this will be ...

Yeah I read the mods and they sounds great. What kind of heating element do you use? Also how long does it take to heat up?

I've done a few Ujssm's as of late with my pot still but this will be a nice new experience for me. Hopefully I will get some good product out of it!

Probably a Uncle Jesse's sour mash, what would you suggest as a second? That was a very helpfully and informative link. Thank you! So if I were to use a garden hose outside for my cooling would that be okay?

Just got the 8 Gallon Milk Can with 2 inch Dual Purpose one-piece tower from Mile High Distilling. http://www.milehidistilling.com/premium-8-gallon-milk-can-with-2-inch-dual-purpose-one-piece-tower/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow . Im really stoked ...

Prairiepiss wrote:here is a good recipe around here for a coffee vodka.

Now that sounds like it could be good. But would it be efficient or even taste all that okay?

So this morning after I claimed out of bed before work I started to make coffee with my new coffee pot. I had an idea since coffee pots drop heated water through the coffee grains through the filer and into a glass pot making a dark brown coffee!.... Could you make a set up with coffee gains in a co...

Alright then what will be a reasonable abv for all cracked corn mash?

As of late i've seen a lot of post about corn mashes, and i've decided I would like to make a 5 gallons mash all cracked corn. But my question is how many #'s of cracked corn am I going to have to use? I am shooting for a abv of about 12% - 14% if possible. I was just curious on how much corn this i...

Thanks so much, that means im on my way then! Just being careful but glad to know that.

Today I bought a 50# bag of 'Grainland select natural feed grains' cracked corn. I looked for a tag to say weather or not preservatives are present in the corn, but there was not one. I tryed looking it up online and could not find a think about it. Could someone help me ? I really wanna try out a U...

I am getting my column in soon and I was wondering what was a good pump to use for my liebig for cooling. Can anyone point me in the right direction ? Links, company's, ect,. ?

What' packing ? and where would I add?

GuyFawkes wrote:Remember that adding some packing into the liebig boosts its efficiency and helps to create a steadier stream of distillate.

I am going to make a small one for my first little pot still with a liebig!

ah. I see. My searching skills . Thank you that helps about 100 times over again.