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I have had vinyl tubing go cloudy from Starsan. The Starsan was diluted to usable strength with distilled water and left in the tubing overnight. I dumped it in the morning and the area touched by the Starsan was cloudy. I ran a pipe cleaner down the tubing and it wouldn't come off. It cleared up a ...

Agree completely with other devices (iOS, Android, etc) being as bad or likely worse than Windows 10 and that focusing on just one device and ignoring the rest isnt going to gain you any security. Its tough to not potentially have everything you do, or where you go or what you say recorded, tracked ...

Another option is one of these little guys: http://www.ebay.com/itm/24V-Solar-Hot-Water-Pump-Circulation-High-Quality-Food-Grade-212-F-TE088-/231398230555?hash=item35e068ca1b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow and if desired a PWM drive like: http://www...

For those concerned with security it's easy enough to fix. Here's a good article. http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/ Quote: "As invasive as it is, Microsoft does allow Windows 10 users to opt out of all of the features that might be considered invasions of priv...

I second what npstephe said. Check out this recipe: http://www.homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=51324" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow Before making this I'd only had a vile "Georgia Moon Apple Pie" from the liquor store (wit...

Thanks for the tips guys! I'd thought about using a tee, but knew it wouldn't fit in the 2" sanke, why I didn't think about cutting it shorter I have no idea.... I'll just say I'm glad that the forum exists.

Hey Guys, Just finished rebuilding my stand to accomodate a thumper. I'm running a 50L boiler and am going to setup a 50L thumper. Im going to use the (now standard?) setup of just utilizing the sanke fitting with a 2" tee and reducer. On the boiler I have a 1" bottom drain (in the very mi...

you can get 1.5" triclamps sized to solder onto 1" pipe. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2-Pcs-25MM-1-OD-SS316-Sanitary-Pipe-Weld-Ferrule-Tri-Clamp-PTFE-Gasket-/281295786044?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417e89103c thanks for the idea BTW. Just ordered ferrules and clamps for my 1.5" pip...

Not sure where you're at in Ontario but I've bought some kegs from Lawson Kegs: http://www.lawsonkegs.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow . Good guy to deal with and he has lot of different types/sizes of kegs to choose from.

Thanks for the input Brutal. Hopefully it works okay and doesnt lose too much heat. Only one way to find out.... Onto parts acquisition.

I think I would use a long piece of 2" out of the thumper with the Tee fitting higher up. That would raise your liebig condenser up higher. With the liebig higher you could attach it vertically with a 90 degree instead of a 45, put a union in the lyne arm to the liebig and use the union to adj...

widgetco customer service says the glue they use is FOOD GRADE POLYURETHANE GLUE they don't have or will not supply an MSDS for their "food grade polyurethane glue" Interesting. Thanks for digging into this a bit more. Guess its gallon jugs for me, at least now I have a local place Ive fo...

I soldered a 1" spud to the bottom of my keg boiler for a drain. Pretty much the same as this one: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/spud.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow If I had a welder I probably would have gone with something like: ...

I've been using these - http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23488&catid=720" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow . The 2.725" size fits a regular mason jar and the 3.5" size fits a large mouth mason jar. I use these for aging ...

Actually this gets me thinkin, what's everyone payin for brown sugar? I can get a 20Kg bag for 22 and change. I was surprised it was that much more expensive than white sugar.

I just bough 20Kg for $14.97 Cdn this way (Ontario Canada). So with conversion (if I've done the math right) it works out to 30 cents per pound. Not bad it seems!

That does suck. I don't know how much it costs in Canada but I did some research and know that tree top is made with 100% USA apples and I actually bought 5 gallons of tree top fresh pressed which is not made from concentrate to make hard cider to try keg carbonation and give away because I like gi...

I'd considered doing this myself. A friend of mine is always making cider from cheap apple juice, and raves about it. What's kept me away from it in general is the knowlege that pretty much all of the apple juice around here (Canada) is made from apple concentrate from China. Ive narrowed down a cou...

I wanted to say thanks to rad for posting the recipe! It rocks. I cant believe how quickly it ferments out. I used DAP for nutrient and it finished in about 3 days. Ive run out of DAP so I just did All Bran Buds for nutrients and it took about 6 or so days. I cut the amount per gallon down to half a...

S-Cackalacky wrote:Option 1 is almost identical to mine - no problems.

That's good to hear. I'm kind of leaning in that direction right now, just going to do some more research and come up with a final design. Hey, if I choose poorly there's always build #2

I like the start on #2 but here is the changes to prevent pooling. Extend the reducer a little longer (not much) before the 45∘ then rotate the 45 so it points down not horizontal. From here add your product condenser. So basically, there would be no horizonal section at all correct? How would I go...

Wow, 2 inch copper 45s for $2.49??? Please tell me they are copper. Most one inch fittings I buy are $10 a piece and I haven't ever seen 2 inch copper pipe at Home Deeps. Lucky, I want to shop where you are shopping. Ya, they are copper (DWV tho). I looked back at the receipt today and I was wrong,...

Thanks for the input so far guys! I probably should have added that I have all of the fittings in the diagrams (thank you HomeDepot for having 2" 45s for $2.49 lol); I agree though, no sense in doing extra work/wasting fittings if it brings no advantage!

I like the start on #2 but here is the changes to prevent pooling. Extend the reducer a little longer (not much) before the 45∘ then rotate the 45 so it points down not horizontal. From here add your product condenser. So basically, there would be no horizonal section at all correct? How would I go...

I am not good at photo editing but why not reduce it vertically? Are there any disadvantages to going this route? I haven't seen too many build going this route, or maybe I've missed them. I could go 2"->3/4"->1/2" all on the vertical, then have a 1/2" 90 at the top? Thanks for ...

Hey Guys, I've been doing a lot of reading on the forum (so glad this site exists!) and slowly collecting parts I need to build a still. As I'm mostly (initially) interested in making rum, and for simplicity's sake (on a first build) I'm going to be building a pretty standard pot still from a 13 gal...