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Ok thanks I'll check them out and see what kinds of deals they have.

Corene1-
Thanks for the recipe I will have to get the red wheat, the Lager malt, and the cherry smoked malted barley, Where do you get these at??

Yeah I might go back to all corn whiskey, This time I'm trying, Rye, corn, oats, and barley at about 10 gallons batch to try it out.

I like all the ideas guys thanks and keep them coming!

Bitter-
I really like the idea of his and hers flasks.
I will be doing this for just the bride and groom, no one else will be getting any because I don't want to draw any attention to myself.

Thanks Bitter for all the input.
I wish I had more time to get this done by...but oh well...LOL

I got the news that my older Brother proposed to his girlfriend on this new year and the wedding date is in July. :clap: :clap: I'm reaching out to get Ideas on what recipe would be the best to make and give to just the two of them for their honeymoon. We all live in Washington state and I was think...

Very nice setup you have there, I went with the Keg style and modified it to look nice. Check out my setup @ http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=57721#p7347068 I myself try to keep it simple and easy to work with....not over complicate things. :crazy: :crazy: Anyways have fun and...

Thanks guys. Now I have a better idea

IMG_0251_resized.jpg I just did my first test run with my 15 gallon keg still with the thumper attached. Once it was going and JUST WATER timed 1 hour and got 3/4 of a gallon. I turned down the heat a little bit and my next hour I got 2/3 of a gallon of water. My question is has anyone ever measure...

I once made Jalapeno wine, and then distilled it and got some very good tasting "Jalapeno 'Shine" .
It has a really good Jalapeno taste with a little burn..good kind of burn

Well thanks for the link to that video.
I think I will stick with the good old Ghost-peppers.
Watching those videos makes me not wanna eat them raw but add them to some mash

Well you guys certainly give me many ideas and I might have to try a few of them since I recently bought out all the dried Ghost-peppers at my local Yokes grocery store. I really can attest to the pleasure /pain scale second only to sex. It really is a great feeling to have your entire mouth on fire...

Shadylane:
I used a side grinder to cut off 90% of the material and then finished rounding the top real nice and smooth.
Eventually I wanna get a high polish on it so you can see your reflection

raketemensch: I do agree with you and i do have a few scrubbies but I had all that copper and my thought was "Ah what the hell...go big or go home" LOL CR33G3R: Yes I did have a height requirement especially with a parrot under the condenser. I also wanted the condenser to be farther away ...

S.S. : I have yet to pack the column, As Corene1 said "You know the long versus short column has been discussed here many times" And yes we could talk about cutting it down and shortening the length of pipe etc. etc, but I WILL NOT CUT OR REDUCE THE LENGTH. I built it with the plan of havi...

SC: The purpose of the sight glass is to see it actually working and the vapor coming up the column and all that fun stuff. As one person put it "Just as neat to watch as the mason jar filling up" or my favorite is "It adds a whole new dimension of Bad@ss to my still and serves a func...

Corene1
I keep a journal of everything I do. I don't take any shortcuts and use the best ingredients that i can use to get the best product possible.
Currently have 4 gallons of Wheatgerm whiskey on Apple wood chips.
I too love Irish and Scottish whiskies. Love the peat flavor

Corene1
Thanks again for the tips. I will definitely try that out once i get it running
I have been using the "Death-wish Wheatgerm" recipe. It is my favorite right after a C,O.B. recipe

S.S. :
I have seen many other builds online and many are built so short to the "Keg/ground" that they have to put the boiler up higher to get a jar or something under to catch the product.
I have a copper parrot that will be used after the condenser.

Main design plan was to build it for single runs or for use with a thumper.

Thanks Corene1,
I love hot stuff but I tried Habanero infused Moonshine and it was like drinking FIRE!
Like you said Way too Hot.

IMG_0251_resized.jpg This is my new 15 gallon keg setup with a 5 gallon thumper. :D IMG_0254_resized.jpg Got the sight glass from Mile high distilling. :P IMG_0253_resized.jpg This goes from 2'' X 1''X 1'' TEE reduced to 1/2'' condenser 36'' long. Heat source is a propane Banjo burner :) Thanks for...

Thanks for those links FullySilenced ...they look very yummy.

I've been thinking about it...how about when mashing in you add::
4 lbs dark brown sugar,
2-4 cans of coconut milk
add your water and yeast let it ferment and run it...

Nope...not yet...I've seen it many times but never thought to have tried and make anything from it.

Anyone ever try or make any Coconut Rum?
I just tasted a bottle of Captain Morgans 90 Proof coconut rum and it was really smooth and good coconut flavor.
Any input would be awesome.

Thanks

Yes anything PRE 1982 was 95 % COPPER 5% ZINC....I'm not that concerned of the 5% of zinc in the pennies. The Main reason for this post is to utilize what I already have and not spend more money on extras and copper pipe. http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fun_facts/?action=fun_facts2" onclic...

Well the only reason I would want to do copper pennies is that I have 40 lbs of copper pennies saved up for a rainy day

I was looking at my many pennies that are pre 1982 with 95% copper content. It got me to thinking about adding the copper pennies to the bottom (just enough to cover the bottom) of the Stainless steel stock pot that I'm using, hoping that the amount of copper in the pot would help in the process of ...