Home Distiller

There are no rubber parts but I was planning a half barrel keg pot still using a rubber stopper with the copper pipe through it. I'm glad to mentioned this as I will need to find another way. I am honestly afraid of cutting the inner standpipe and using a sankey key tap cuppler with a pipe connect t...

I have already ran 2 water runs with good results. I also have a lot of surface on the floor with an outside door that can be open on a nice day. I might do it outside anyway if there is still concerns.

My setup is a simple pot still made of a 1 gallon pressure cooker, copper coil in to an immersion style chiller in a bucket, heating source is a electric frying pan that I place the cooker in with water so I don't burn out the element. Seeing that there is no flame for any leaking vapors to catch fi...

Rubber Duck, you answered a question I've been researching about the 6-row to corn ratio. I know corn needs to be gelatinized but I thought that corn meal was processed and does not require gelatination just like when using flaked products. You guys have been a huge help clearing up these loose end ...

Ok that makes more sense about the corn adding to flavor and not converting. I tried explaing that he needed enzymes to convert the starched but he said he had no idea about that and just mixed it . Durance11 thanks for the search suggestion I'm going to check it out right after I post this. I do ha...

Being a beer brewer for years I understand enzymes, Diastatic Power, and mashing that go into brewing beer. A relative of mine who is new at distilling (but has more experience than me in this) told me that he makes his wash by adding 4 gallons water, 5 pounds sugar, 5 pounds corn meal, heats it up ...

Thanks guys. I looked into those 2" ferrule and that looks great. I will go that route but the top opening looks real big. I'm sure I can figure something out.

Hello folks, as with a few that I have seen on here I am an established home brewer that does all grain batches and have been looking in the the distilling world for a bit of time. I have a friend that has done 2 runs that I have been talking to, read the parent site, and a ton of posts on the forum...