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How much distilled product did you get between 165 and 176 degrees?you say you ran in that zone for an hour?

Hello Jack,

What ingredients are in the 96 oz can of cranberry wine base?

I have made a lot of wine and usually they take off same as any other ferment I've done.

Did you get both packages of yeast from the same place? Maybe yeast in no good.

Chris

. The inner surface of canning jar lids are coated with some sort of plastic like stuff, not to mention the rubber seal around the rim. Not ideal for storing hooch, ....far less than desirable indeed. Regular glass bottles or jugs, with a good grade of straight cork( not the ground up and glued bac...

One bubble every one to two seconds is all I ever get. My last couple of ferments took about 9 days. I wait until the bubbling drops to one bubble every 30 seconds. The reason I do this is, I cant always run my wash as soon as it's done and I don't want to open it to get a sample to test. When it st...

Thanks for the link Soggy.
Chris

Check this one out Not sure how good it is, anyone know? I'm thinking about getting one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-8-DN10-Stainless-Steel-304-High-pressure-Needle-Valve-Female-Thread-J13W-160P-/271095076914?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1e869832" onclick="window.open(this.href);retu...

If you buy new copper it comes in a coil and it won't take to much effort to bend it. I bent mine around a 1 gallon wine jug and it worked great. The copper bends easy when it's new. If you get it used and it's been straightened it tends to not want to bend again and it will kink easy. I think you c...

Nice work Intrigue, you got some skills :D I know it's asking a lot, but if you get a chance could you post a sketch, nothing fancy, of the internals of your still. I'm just wondering how it works. Or maby you have some pics of the parts before it was fully assembled. Thanks for sharing the pics and...

I doesn't have to look pretty to make some good whisky. How many feet ya got there?
Good luck to you
Keep it safe.
Chris

Can anyone tell me why my storage jars are fogging with condensation above the liquid level. If I put my 90 proof next to some store bought 90 proof I will get condensation forming on the inside glass above the liquid level. The store bought stuff has no condensation. Just wondering, maybe I need to...

I was looking at this one on ebay. Not sure if it's any good. http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-8-DN10-Stainless-Steel-304-High-pressure-Needle-Valve-Female-Thread-J13W-160P-/271095076914?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1e869832" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="n...

Nice job NJ Should make a nice whiskey. I see you are using an open flame burner, are you going to run that inside or outside the house? Hard to tell from the pics. It's a good idea to have a fire extinguisher or a charged garden hose with a nozzle on it ready to go, you never know when a leak may p...

Did you say that's your first build!!! Wow
Amazing
Good luck with it.

I believe it's because the alcohol proofing hydrometer is calibrated to measure alcohol in water only. Because u have a lot of other dense ingredients in there its giving the hydrometer a big lift. The wine hydrometer is calibrated to measure sugar in water, because there is alcohol mixed in it's gi...

I'd like to see some pictures of your still.
80% wow

Welcome and good luck to you
Be safe.
Chris

How does it taste.

Nice copper work...that should make a nice drink.
How do you attach the thumper lid?
Good luck, it's a beauty.
Keep safe.
Chris

Really nice

I'm gonna try to build one just like it.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Chris

I'm stumped, if your worm is clear, sounds like not enough heat or not waiting long enough. What setting are you running at? As long as your getting water out and not building any pressure, maybe the amount of condensate your getting is all you can get at that set point. When I have run , I notice t...

Not sure why you would put on a condom, never read that on the parent site.

Good luck too ya
Chris

The limited runs i've done, I have run my pot still out till I got to about 205○ F and was still getting some decent alcohol. Maybe your shutting down a little to early? I have my thermometer in the vapor path. I taste, smell and feel at every degree in temp change. I gotta get some jars so I can do...

Is the pipe near the water getting to hot to touch? What do you hear, any boiling sounds? Maybe your not hot enough. Steam occupies a space approx 1600 times the volume of water, so if your tea pot holds 1 gallon of water you would need 1600 tea pots to hold the steam created if you boiled all the w...

Art for sure.

I feel my pants gittin tighter

I will try to help but I am new to all this. imho. You shouldn't have your spigot under water For distilling water (testing the still) Blow through your worm to make sure it's clear, fill the pot 3/4 with water, get your condenser water flowing, make sure your still cap is secured and leak tight, he...

Nice job,
That still is amazing, love the built-in parrot.
Good luck with it.

Red will work for stillin and it's cheaper.

The red is type M for lower pressure heating use and the blue is type L higher pressure domestic water use.

Man, that's some nice equipment, love the conical fermenter.

Glad it went good for ya!!!
Everything looks great.
Chris