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Every year I get 100 ear of fresh sweet corn. I pull the corn off the cob for canning and freezing. I use the cobs to make my Mommas Corn Cob Jelly Recipe. Thats sweet as honey maybe even sweeter,... My question is, Has any one boiled the cobs to extract the sweet corn juices and flavor to make a go...

well I was looking at a Boka because you can make 190 proof with it, I make hot pepper extract and I use 190 in the process,,,,I also love rum and other spirits....so I figured I could do the boka to produce 190 and then run it as a pot as well....

OK I had a pot still with a keg boiler....that still is now gone....I am wanting to build a new one.....

Would you build a Pot Still or Boka Still? and Why?

the first taste was enough for me!!! When I finish the Boka this weekend.... I will have to see what happens (after the cleaning run, already have a 2 gallon simple sugar for cleaning)....I will post what the end result is....

Wasn't sure where to put this topic ......if it is wrong place, my apology.....any way, I have a friend of mine that makes wine. He made a 10 gallon batch of Onion wine (an experiment). He does not like the flavor it created. He gave the 10 gallons (minus 2 glasses) to me. I am building a Boka Colum...

I started making sweet feed whisky 18 months ago and have now done about 40 washes I couldn't get sweet feed here in the UK so made up my own using corn oats barley an molasses, Iv now got 9 gallons of a very nice whisky, I soak mine on JD wood chips for about a month be for adding 50ml of maple sy...

Thats pretty cool....I just wish that with the growing interest that it will help convince the lawmakers that distilling is NOT that bad of a thing and help persuade them to LEGALIZE it!!!!

Every now and then I pick up a copy of Mother Earth News (especially with gardening season comming) Today I got the Feb/March 2013 edition. I start paging through it and there is an article about HOME DISTILLING and how its making a comeback and such. And homedistiller.org was listed in the resource...

didn't really want it set up in the house....thats the only 220 line I have ....maybe I'll check into a hot plate to heat it.....Thanks again for the help and I will check out your "Harbor Freight" thread as well...

Sorry for being so vague in my original post. I am using a standard keg to build a pot still, didn't really know if I needed a controller, If I need a controller I will get 1, I have a standard 110 line that I can use. I have always used a propane burner under my old 5 gallon pot still, now upgradin...

I am upgrading to a keg boiler and I want to install a heating element in it to go electric. what would be a good element to use?

That's what I love about this site!! You guys have a way of explaining things in a way that is easily understood!! Thanks Usge for your help and suggestions! I am going to make my keg into a boiler and make everything interchange like you suggested.

hhhmmmm maybe its time to dig out my keg and build a whole new still.....I was just thinking that by running 2 pots in series I could double my output and still use my current thumper and liebeg

Let me start by saying Thank You for the site and the wealth of information you guys provide!! I have been here as a reader/lurker since 2009 and have used your ideas to build my first still in '09 and have used the "Tried and Trued" recipes countless times!! I have a stainless 5 gallon st...

I thought they may just be out dated (kinda like the dates on a propane tank) I did't think about them having leaks.........

I was looking through Midwest Supplies website and ran across these!!! Wonder if they would work for a Pot or a fermenter or a thumper???? Here is the link...http://www.midwestsupplies.com/planter-corny-keg.html hell for $4.99 it would be worth the try.......

They said if you pout some spirit in a glass, hold the glass over your eye...if the fumes make your eye burn you are still drawing heads, if the sample does not burn your eye they say you are now collecting hearts. please correct me if my memory is impaired......

I caught the "replay" of that episode tonight. I found it very interesting! That is the first time I have ever seen or heard of the eye test....gonna have to try that sometime. Was pretty surprised by all the plastic they used!! I have always read and been told NO PLASTIC!! Over all it was...

oh ok I understand Thanks again!!!

HOLY S#!T !!!!! I just searched that website for Fergusons and found out there is 1 about 15 miles from me!!! Thats AWESOME!!!!!!

A question for ya.... on the bottom of your condensor but before the parrot there is that larger section that is a couple inches long....what is that?????

How soon we forget, , , ,-hey- http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12059 I dunno how I missed that thread!!!! That is basically what I was thinking but you gave me better idea like useing the drilled elbow instead of buying extra fittings....great ideas!! Thanks "-hey-"...

I currently have a keg pot still set up. I am putting together a small "stovetop" still (since I shattered my shoulder and am very limited on what I can lift and do) I was at the local hardware store and found these 1/2" X 2' Hot Water tank hook up Corrugated copper tubing (they had 1...

Hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas!!! Enjoy your Egg Nog and other drinks but most of all Be Safe and Be Careful!!!! Hopefully Santa will bring me the thumper I have been wanting....lol!!!

man us Catholics get Alter Wine at church you gonna give out Alter Shine at your church?? LOL

Hey tater....quick question...what type of still you use? I have a pot still and am a lil worried about the pulp settling and burning to the bottom of my pot....also on a single distill how much flavor comes out? and also what about running my thumper with this recipe?

I think I peed a little after readin that last post Wolfie..... Thats classic... :lol: Oh, and Im the guy in the bar thats eyein up yer old lady, then I walk up and offer to buy her a drink right in front of ya, just to see that look on yer face. (oh, and I get my jollies off of takin that first pu...

Be sure if you are distilling in a pot still you pour it through a pillow case or some kind of filter/strainer otherwise the grains and fines will burn to the bottom of your pot. I do a double distill unless I have a thumper then I only run it once. After making pintoshine's rum recipe I only use ra...

My name....Dyce51...is a 2 part thing. First when I was younger I used to be part owner of a halloween Haunted House. And my "character name" was Dyce. (I was 1/2 of the "Chainsaw Brothers Slyce and Dyce" (I know its corny but the gimmic worked) and the "51" part comes ...

LMAO I just found this thread !!! Very funny!!!!

Most "generic" recipes I have seen go something like this: Homemade Southern Comfort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb Peach 1 cup Sugar 4 strips Lemon peel 2 cups Bourbon or brandy Mixing instructions: Peel, pit and slic...