Home Distiller

Even though the founding fathers of our Homemade flute did all the R&D for us. The fabrication, long hours and much hard work fall on the builder. You should be proud of your fantastic accomplishment.
One more project crossed off the bucket list...

Reading through your build thread I saw you had a section just for ss scrubbers what was the length of that section? I also would like to know if you had a chance to use it on the column and if you had what results did you achieve I will get you my measurement, honestly it was what I had left over ...

I find nice bottles at a store called The Christmas Tree Shop, as well as Home Goods. $1.99 for a nice quart sized clear bottle with a swing top. They also have 16oz glass swing top whiskey flasks for $3.99. And big 1.5 gallon glass cookie jar looking bottles with a wide mouth, seal and locking lid ...

Update... I took my three 5gal buckets of gen 3 grain and lees and turned it into a 35 gal gen 4 monster.... 50# of sugar. 10# of SF grain 10# of cracked corn w/barley( shooting for a little more corn note) Palm full of DAP. all the used grain and lees from my three buckets. Pitched a little extra y...

Thanks Rastus, I don't have that problem right now. I can't drink ANYTHING yet! Fer frig sakes, until I'm off the Coumadin. AKA rat poison. Coming off the meds next Thursday :D :D . But im positive I'm gonna find myself with the same problem your having. I'm gonna consolidate my three 5 gal buckets ...

What do ya think? On my third gen of SF and noticed each gen takes longer to dry out. Normal? I'm seeking advice for or against adding some DAP to my forth gen, I'm using three 5 gal buckets. Air locks are steady for the duration but now taking about 9 days to finish. I don't have a PH meter or stri...

Hello from eastside of your border......

I have tried this recipe twice and both times were fantastic. It took me about 10 days to ferment from 1.06 to .98 at 22 C. On the calculator it says to use whole lemons, are they supposed to be cut in half? Also, as mentioned previously it does have an off tomato smell when distilled, but you cant...

You shouldn't have a problem, the first thing yeast will do after pitching is hopefully reproduce with O2 present before going to work on the sugar. Rack when finished and let settle. You wont be disappointed. Reminds me of The Three Stooges short, when they were making beer and they All put the yea...

I'm sorry you have to deal with this unknow illness. I can only imagine how unsettling it must be. A lot of changes all at once. The thing about this form of communication is total anonymity, or what degree you chose. Just because you haven't met someone,or only know them by screen name doesn't mean...

hopkins21 wrote:Sorry if you guys have already covered this in this post but i got tired of reading after about page 27...lol

You were so close....... Look a few posts above yours. There is a calculator for bird watchers.
Good luck..

Hey Scott,

I'll be thinking of ya. Having just got a first hand tast of suddenly not being able to do the things you want to. It's frustrating as hell at times but hang in there. one step at a time..

N.V

Ps. Thanks again for the packed column advice...

Good to know you! Welcome to my time zone.

Hi Everyone. I am about to try the BW recipe for the 1st time but have a question regarding the yeast. I am wondering whether to use dry active yeast or bakers yeast(wet) and if the amounts stay the same with both or should the dry active yeast be scaled back to 2:1 ratio. thx I used dry bakers yea...

That's funny right there!

Just look at it from rads point of view. The same questions you have asked have been on here hundreds of times. Doing a quick search will find you the answer. If you had the same questions over and over again, 4,5,6 times a week or more, when the answers are right at the question askers finger tips...

Nice one, NV. I have made a couple of those, and like it as well. It has a hint of taste to it that I cannot describe... different but pleasant. Not completely neutral, but I only distilled once (I'm drinking it too fast to be able to mix batches and re-distill). Was thinking of soaking some raw pi...

I'd like to report my results of my 30 gal bird watchers wash. First, I have to give a big thanks to Mash Rookie. The packed SS scribble column work great! You saved me a lot of work as I was going to add more plates. My wash finished at .950 and settled for about a week. I followed the original rec...

jimdo64 wrote:Get well NV! All your friends here on HD are holding up a toast to a speedy recovery and being rid of that damn hip pain once and for freaking all!

Cheers!

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That looks fantastic!!! Nice color..

A warm thanks to everyone... I'm defiantly on the mend. The hip pain I suffered with for a few years is GONE!!! For the short term I have a lot of new pain to deal with and I need to learn how to walk again. I'm assured it will go away and ill walk normal. I haven't posted much as the pain meds made...

what are you making with a 4x4 sheet?? and thanks for the heads up! I built a 4" column still and the 4x4 plates was for the sieve plates. Inside diameter of my pipe was 3.800 dia . Would have worked great as I just sheared the copper from storm copper into 4x4, tin snips to rough cut circles ...

Made it threw surgery! Feels like a got run over. Holy crap!!! Found out morphine makes me sick as hell. This was no joke. My legs are now attached to my body with Titainum,ceramic, and polyethylene. Teaching me how to walk again. Hope to be home in the next few days. How long will my Birdwatchers a...

Beware, Amazon is selling (qt 5)4x4 inch copper sheets .125. Don't buy this as its really an assortment of various thickness.
They sent it twice and still wrong. Bought from storm copper.

Not sure where you are located but here is a website I've used for information and the do sell and ship copper sheets. Let my say that I have not bought any sheets or other copper from them. I've only bought and worked with pipe and tubing. http://www.stormcopper.com/design/Copper-Sheet-Metal.htm&q...

I have a vacuumed sealer purchased at Sam's club. I have a vac attachment for canning jars. Wonder if the same results are achievable without the microwave?

I was stationed in Holy Lock Scotland in the 80s. Anyone who has put themselves in mortal danger or servied in support of there respective country's, understands how much of a sacrifice was givin to secure the rights we injoy,and sometimes take for granted. Don't apologizes to anyone for using them...

dear rad i hold much respect to you SO how am i stealing a keg when i am going in there talking to the owner of the store who stated that they order them and they already pay a depoist. that like getting mad at the guy who sold the gun to the other guy who sold it to the dumbass. Problem I see is t...

I'm my opinion, your should NEVER feel you have to justify why you are excerciseing your constitutional rights. Despite what they will say to try and make you feel like your trying to hide something. Remeber, many Americans, past and present fought and died to insure your rights. Giving them away a...

jimdo64 wrote:God speed on your recovery NV! Keep a bottle of bourbon at arms reach.

Friggin a rights I will!!!!
I'm greatful to all for the well wishes, it really takes the edge off for me. 12 hr. to go. ( sounds like a Johnny cash song)

I've had knee replacement and I did both knees at the same time. Figured, what the H***, why go through the crap twice. I discovered Navy that the best way to get the nurses going is a good cussin', they don't like it but it gets 'em movin'. Big R Thanks rtalbigr! I'm gonna do just that if needed. ...