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Thank you for your input.

Today's discovery: Smash the gallon jug on your counter while it is frozen, it breaks the ice up a little and the alcohol can filter through even quicker. I got a quart back out of 1/2 gal in about 20 minutes this way. Same color/aroma/flavor. 'Tis a shame it takes so long to freeze. If this gives m...

I have a bit of a progress report. I've freeze-distilled about 3 gallon so far and I have about 1 gal and 1 pint of 'distillate' (if you want to call it that). I've found that the alcohol melts fast. Really fast. I would get a steady trickle from my ice within a minute off taking it out of the freez...

The best thing about that you said is you have tons of hard cider. I agree you should take a couple of gal and freeze it and turn it upside down and what melts first is higher % of alcohols. Don't waste nothing. If you don't like it throw it in the still. I wish you good luck on your journey. Take ...

I have a batch of cider I want to make apple jack out of, but rather than run my still twice I'm going to try freeze distilling once then run it through my still. I took a gallon jug, filled it half full, and froze it. Then I set it upside down on a quart mason jar and let it thaw out, which happene...

Meaning no offense, bandit, but you joined 3 days ago, and have been "searching fruitlessly"? Yeah, the search button works whether you are a member or not. Crazy world we live in... I joined specifically to ask these questions seeing as nothing I found over the last month of reading was ...

I'm just starting out, and after some fruitless searching I have a few questions before I get going. I built a pot still out of an old 1/4 keg. I'll be running 5gal batches through this. What kind of tower should I put on this, if any? Theres very little clear info on tower diameter and height that ...