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Got me one of those Grainfather units, have not tried it making beer but I use it for whiskey with the dome and then with a special fitting I had made I run a 2 lnch reflux on top of dome for vodka.. Works for me..

One last thought. Before I hit the road do we analyse to drink or drink to analyse????

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To filter I use a cartridge type water filter 5"" tall 3" wide ,I cut the original apart leaving the screen In the bottom, I place two coffee filters in the bottom fill half full with dry ac the other coffee filter and fill the rest with dry ac ,one inch from top one more coffee on to...

Hey Harold, with your heat problem try putting the product in a larger container leave the lit off for about 12 hrs stir from time to time, has worked for me. Turbos now there's a word that gets lot of people going,if used right they can be good, as stated you have used a suger yeast mix aready and ...

Hi again, read the whole post again and I think most of your off taste comes from spending to much time under heat,with the hi temps at the bottom of your boiler for so long you are burning the wash ( sort of like cooking bacon to long it smells and tastes burnt). With a tower like yours you should ...

Hi Harold, been meaning to ask, how do you pack the column and how high in to the condenser area ??

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Sound advice EG. And Harold try the sugar turbo yeast I use it a lot and find that there really ain't much taste there for making it good for neutrals . I also think you are trying to hard, make a good wash,learn your equipment,boil, condense ,drink . It's really not that hard. Can give you some hin...

PS, I have also put a flute plate between the boiler and the basket and have used a screen instead of the plate and filled the basket(4x2) adaptor half full of ceramic rings, both help to drive the proof up.
Works for me

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Jees, Harold that sounds like a lot of work,I have a few cm stills and I have no problem running at plus 180 proof on a singal run and it is clear and pure,no off taste or smell,then I cut to 105 proof and filter .i always lose about 5 points on the filtering so I end up with 100 proof that tastes l...

Hi again, almost forgot at the end of the run after the unit has cooled down I remove the tower from the boiler and reverse flush it with cool water,then let it stand on end with both ends open to the air to dry out. The cooper or SS packing is good till the copper turns black,then pull the packing,...

Hi Harold,it looks like one of MHs units, the boys have all given good advice. The way I run mine is to get the boiler temp. up slowly( takes me 1 1/2 hrs) till it reaches 80 C then I turn down the heat source a little to try to hold it there, it will continue to rise but at a slower rate. I run the...

Hey Cooperjohn, yes a lot of plates are over kill,But the joy of watching 6/8/12/18 plates all work is a rush, I have a a lot of stuff, as far as running with packing I use a 8 " extension below the deflag with copper or rings,this also sits on a 2" extension to have some space between the...

Hey Mako86 ,I have been reading about the 3"vm and ordered me up a couple ,one with windows and a straight colum, first run today,packed it with copper and SS,ran it at 172* ,after the fores I got 10 lts at 96.5 down to 91%. It started to flood up to the bottom window but pulled 11 off at 88% a...

Gave the EG another run today ,used last week run cut back to 15% just to see what it would do , same as last time but with higher proof. This time I keep it going down to 25% and the plates work full boar! got to get a set of them for my MH. Way to go Empty.
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Hi Prairiepiss, you are right about the valves on the out put I just said a man could,if I was to run this set up using one keg at a time I would put a plate on top of the cold keg to stop run back in to it and close the drain valves,that way it is safe. I always and have done it a dozen times or so...

Hey demodenny ,yes MH makes a very nice copper flute, Mike was nice enough to sent me a section , works and looks good it is what I made my flavour cage out of, and stainless dude I agree EG's work is the best,when it comes to pure copper he can't be beat
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Thanks for the help ( pics) EG they say more about it than my babble, will be running it again tomorrow.
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Hi Slow trickle. It cost around $300 air fright by post and insurance
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Just watched MH Mikes video ,a little tacky but he is right, his is twice the still .
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Hey SS. I guess a guy could try using one keg at a time if you put a plate on top of the keg not under heat or valves in the tube itself to shut down one. I have the kegs connected through the drains to equalize them so if you only fire one keg up it should I think suck the wash out of the cold keg ...

Hi googe , I use it a lot to drive my flutes ,when I cook outside ,can also be mounded on top of a flute to run two heads or flip it over and hang two gin baskets
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I'm trying ,I think I may need a drink
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This is what I call the tri drive, sorry for the bad pics, I have a hard time with the 800 pixel thing, have a ton of pic put can't get them to post, we need 1000 pixel.anyway more on the unit later
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I own one MH ,two hillbillys and one of EG's flutes ,if I was to buy another one(the wife would shot me) it would be EG's

Jar you can also make shorter sections ( 8/12/18") so you can add and subtract and get a high proof pot unit or high proof reflux unit. Fill them with SS or whatever your choice and away u go
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Hi Drinkingdog, the unit on top is what I call a flavour cage,it has 2 cups ( spoons) in side where u add 40 ml ( 20 per spoon) of any liquid you want and it will carry the flavour in to the final product, and if you put it on the down side above the PC you get colour and flavour . Yes EG has a thin...

Hi Jar, if you go on the MileHi site and look at his 2" dual purpose tower you will know what to do and being you have a lot of 2" you can make the PC fatter and shorter ,and that's my thoughts
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Hi Jar, I own a few 2" SS reflux towers and I always get a good neutral ( up to 195 proof ) . One made with cooper would work great, just a though, with 6" of3" and 3 or 4' of 1/2" you could make a great reflux tower
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That's how easy it is to run, even a bear can run it, EG does great work..

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EGs flute with Bert's flavour cage
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