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I hope you get time to stop in on StilL 630 Distillery. They do a really good job over there. Unfortunately, they were closed the day we were downtown. I did pick up a bottle of their 90% rye at a grocery store, and just tried it. I’m quite impressed. Really makes me wish I could have gone in and t...

@ fiery creations, I just realized it's the novice section. :oops: Here's a trick that often works to get a persnickety plated column to behave. Once the column has acted up and flooding on top. Temporarily kill the heat and let all the reflux fall and fill the downcomer traps. Then turn the heat b...

Looks like well designed plates. Nothing wrong with them other than you're driving it too hard. I think a 2" packed column and a 4" bubble cap run similar power, but the caps can't handle as much reflux before flooding. Maybe buy some 4" SS spools and packing. Then you can easily run...

If those are your little retorts it the pic posted above, can throw a wet rag on the cap of either one to force some condensing as soon as you fire. Get the ball rolling right out of the gate.

He is looking for volumes/ratios with which to charge the retorts with is what in sounds like to me? Exactly Larry … the recipe book isn’t there . That is what I was refering to A few here have double retort ( Thumpers) but the specifics of what goes where is very generalised and open to a lot of i...

"It feels like you're approaching this from the wrong direction and stubbornly ignoring the advice you've been given. You're asking for a recipe for your equipment. But that makes no sense. If I went to a cooking forum and said "I've got a 30cm stainless saucepan with a steaming rack. Give...

The article I posted above is loaded with pointers. So anything written by Richard Steele is worth following. Richard has a very high regard for Maggie Campbell (also mentioned). So she is also someone to research. Rum can be like a riddle with many answers. It is very difficult to explain because t...

Sorry, that search result only mentions Dore. But here is how most connect the dots: "Coffey’s only memorials are the impressive copper columns to be found in many a distillery around the world today. Even his business was sold shortly after his death in 1852, to John Dore & Co of Bow."...

tjsc5f wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:54 pm Stumpy's in Columbia IL isn't too far and a good local distillery to visit. Nobletons in Washington MO is good too.
I've had some stuff from StilL 630, but haven't toured the distillery.

Oh hey I didn't realize that Stumpy was only 25 minutes from 630

I hope you get time to stop in on StilL 630 Distillery. They do a really good job over there.

shadylane wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:59 pm I have a new Knee joint.
It's stiff and sore but already has a wider range of motion than the original one.
I forgot to ask the Doc about getting pieces of bone for making moonshine.

Nice.
I'm curious to see once you are able to bear full weight how that will affect your hips.

At any point during your run is the PID turning off the power to your heat source? Even for a split second? Or does it continuously modulate with no interruption of input what so ever? The thing is that within the context of what we do heat always = pressure. Though pressure doesn't always = heat. A...

He'll get a replacement.

Hi Everyone, I have a shotgun condenser that I have purchased from SD a few years ago, my main problem with this condenser is that I. see rust spots at the top opening inside the tubes, I have electopassivate it twice cleaned it with BKF, citric acid and etc but even I see it less but still very sm...

Can't just make a blanket assertion like that. Doing so seems pretty reveling. Practical application in the field says otherwise. Garrison Brother's (among many others) makes a top notch bourbon to be sure. And they are getting their price. They are as they say "killin it". Can cloak an a...

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Can give it a quick stir to degas. If it's done, the solids will fall out of suspension very quickly.

I was too beat up to go, but my sales guy did the tour at Rabbit Hole in Louisville.
He was suitably impressed with the facility as well as the quality of oral information.

Can't just make a blanket assertion like that. Doing so seems pretty reveling. Practical application in the field says otherwise. Garrison Brother's (among many others) makes a top notch bourbon to be sure. And they are getting their price. They are as they say "killin it". Can cloak an a...

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Why a lot to learn in a short time?
Sometimes less is more.
Be careful.

Might have been goose eye or Dunder Head that recommended a good rule of thumb is 7 turns. 7 is for good luck.

Also, the water bucket looks pretty small. I'd prefer a bucket at least as large as the kettle.

Yeah I'm curious what J Wray does. I haven't tried hanging onto white rum for more than 6 months or do. Maybe I just need to be more patient. Thanks for the feedback. When I refluxed feints from my all molasses rum, it came out fine, but with something off about it. A twang I guess. Rum remains a m...

One of the things that always surprises me is how,,,,,lazy or intimidated some distillery operators are when it comes to basic maintenance on relatively simple assemblies. As if a 4 bolt connection is too complicated to un assemble. Therefore if we just ignore the need to maintain the wear parts hel...

I really would like to know how Wray & Nephew does it. Definitely a requisite for an assortment rum on a proper rum cocktail bar. As with all things rum, I feel the most impactful improvement is that more often than not, it just needs more time. A little distillery up in Gulf Breeze, FL. ages al...

I realize im late to the party on this post but found it very interesting. I've recently become interested in a continous strip still, to maximise efficiency and allow more time for spirit run.which lead me here. I worked as a millwright in a gas plant for 11 years before branching out to be an HET...

Just got rid of my wife's recently. She just had to have the Rubicon. Then wanted it lifted, 35s, wench, etc. I bet that thing has had every single sensor replaced. Some more than once. The engine light was always on no matter how many times a year it was at the dealer. Too bad really. Good riddance.

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What do you know about distillation so far?

I wonder if this process is related a process others have posted called “Fat Washing”. I know that process was done on finished spirits, but wonder if it’s related? I tried the fat washing once and found it stripped a lot of spirit flavors. It just did not taste right and I was not happy with the r...

So, let's begin the introduction to meat racing. According to the authentic recipe, threefold distillation is carried out. The first is a strengthening distillation of bread mash, the second is a further strengthening flavored distillation with juniper berries, the third is a cleansing distillation...

I think that is a totally valid assertion based on my past observations with using a slightly different way to keep excessive heat out of the top half of the apparatus. And then shortly thereafter Minime over on the AD forum more or less confirmed the concept. He simply installed multiple rtd probes...