Home Distiller

wow, stupid people always get caught! Seriously!

the smart ones, usually get away with it.....

You could, buy a couple of small radiators to knock down the heat of your water. http://www.koolance.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow has some very nice, hobby size radiators

what do you mean by bad? smelled bad? looked bad? tasted bad? all of the above?

I wish they would have more precisely indicated if the dude was selling. They only mention " manufacturing" he had to have been selling. The equipment they showed in the picture, is enough to make a couple dozen gallons of alcohol in a week....and i'm sure all the equipment wasn't include...

Haha. My brother and I do. We made gunpowder too. Sulfer saltpeter and charcoal and blow all sorts of stuff up. Mostly see how big s hole we could blow. Or send a sapling into the air Nice! I took it a step further. I mixed up some Potassium Chlorate and vaseline. My own plastic explosive..... :D :...

OH man, that's a shame. That flute is gonna be destroyed. It's a fine looking flute to!

That all depends on what you want. If you want a wash that ferments out to a high abv, very quickly, then you want a turbo. If you don't care how long it takes but want a high abv, get a yeast that's rated for a high alcohol tolerance. As others will definitely say after me, read read read, do your ...

but you see, that's the real question. Just how caustic is ethanol? How caustic does it become diluted to 90%? or 80%? or 50%? What exactly, is it's effect on food grade plastic for a given strength? Point me to a website, that has this information documented, and well tested, and I'll drive the ban...

HDPE (and PDE?) are approved for use to store likker at 100 proof. Now, if anyone has scientific proof that the FDA approved method for storing likker long term is unacceptable for storing likker in the short term, I would love to see it. Without that, then, well, all it is to me is unqualified &qu...

Truckinbutch wrote:I sure as hell wish I had all the answers and knew it all .

Wish I did to, life would be so much easier....yes?

This is the way I see it. You rebottle your product into the appropriate plastic. Put it in your checked luggage. For domestic flights, I give it a 99.99% chance of it arriving with you at your destination without any hassle. Hell, I've done it, had no problems....haven't done it on international fl...

In the USA by law you cant to reuse likker bottles . True...But, the likelihood of TSA agents knowing that is very unlikely. But I'm not one to take chances when it's so simple to avoid a potential problem. If it were me, I'd ensure the bottles I used to transport my product, were unmarked, all lab...

roosterjim wrote:One thought I had was to put some clean gravel in the bottom with a little water and shake it around. What do you think?

That would definitely work out well, provided you have the patience, and arm strength to sit there and agitate it for about an hour

OK ONE more question please. Is this an acceptable way to ground? I'm trying to move my beer brewing downstairs and seems like an easy and safe enclosure. as seen on http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/heating-elements?page=8 It's kinda hard to see if a good metal to metal contact is being made from ...

More horse shit from the "lame stream media". :x It's like anything else though, I see a news broadcast talking about "dragracing" down a street and I get furious and call/e-mail the station. I explain dragracing is a LEGAL, SAFE, hobby on closed off DRAGSTRIPS. Cars tearing dow...

yes xecros you are likely right for that short time but thing is I think it would be far less conspicuous to have your drinks in say two different 1.25 ltr or smaller glass labelled bottles maybe not quite full to account for the seals being broken :thumbup: I wouldn't be concerned with that, to be...

Maybe it's just me but when I used to buy store bought I thought I could taste a difference whe bottled in plastic over glass similar to pop in cans over bottles. When I do buy now it is mostly from micro distilleries as I like to tour get ideas and help the little guys out! I believe you. I can ta...

I've just done a bit of searching around concerning alcohol and plastic. Without getting into the nitty gritty details about what information I've found and where, here's my advice. considering the following: 1. 100 proof liquor is only 50% ethanol. 2. Your looking to store it while on a flight 3. t...

provided you didn't have cleaning chemicals inside when you ran it dry, it should be fine. Depending on how well you can clean it, you may, or may not have a burnt/scorched taste to your product, for a couple of runs. If you did have chemicals, I would clean it as best you could, then boil 2 vinegar...

hotshotz2 wrote: Hope every one had a nice summer an all cause she is just about over . They seem to be shorter an shorter every year .

We had a summer?? When did that happen?

Hello all! I am new to the home distilling game and had a couple of questions if you don't mind. First off let me say I'm not that mechanically oriented and it appears that making a home distiller is waaaaaaaay outta my league, so I'm considering buying a pre-fabbed one. I have been looking at some...

Yep. Nailed it. I think I brewed a neutral spirit ONCE. The rest has tasted like old bread and blue cheese (x 2). I'm half-way through building a Boka now, but I think I made my condenser too big. better too big, than too small...if it's too big, you can always compensate by controlling the flow of...

fooznfool wrote:Finally got it. Put oven on self clean and it did the job...turned everything to ashes. Thanks for the suggestion!

I'm happy it worked for you!

Xecros wrote:does your oven have a cleaning cycle? crank up a cleaning cycle, put your coil in it, and let her rip!

the reason why, is because the oven gets up to very high temperatures during a cleaning cycle. high enough to turn any organic substance to powder, including caramelized sugar.

does your oven have a cleaning cycle? crank up a cleaning cycle, put your coil in it, and let her rip!

So being very new to distilling I am curious. If you get more consumable alcohol from birdwatchers , why wouldn't you use it for your Absinthe too? Does it need the flavor of heads and tails to make it taste right? Just curious Crunching the numbers.... 5 gallon wash, fermented with turbo to 20%, w...

googe wrote:I find it simple.to clean, were not brewing beer so no need to be a clean freak.

I'm not a clean freak, but, i would prefer to be able to stick my hand inside with a scrubby, and make sure it's clean.

Hi GM, Here is the search page for slide potentiometers from DigiKey: http://www.digikey.ca/product-search/en/potentiometers-variable-resistors/slide-potentiometers/262243?k=potentiometer" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow Finding a knob is another pro...

you know, I see the appeal of a keg. Stainless steel, solid contruction, but, I'll never get one. Not being able to easily get inside the can for cleaning purposes just doesn't work for me....cutting a hole in the top doesn't appeal either....

Nice!! PhD in microbiology (candidate i know, but...) It's going to be nice having an authority on all things yeast! Loving that!