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Just wondering witch configuration everyone is running the water in lines on their flute / plated column stills. Cold water split into two with one running to the bottom of the Deflag and the other running to the bottom of the final product Condenser? Then the warm water out flowing from the top of ...

I better get posting... Lol

I let my BW sit about a week to "clear".. But its never clear.

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Is anyone cutting heads out when doing a stripping run? Or just foreshots?

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Glad to help @Axdelmar! Hope your product turns out good. Proper pot stilling is a trick I have not learned yet. Guys that are good at it just make it look simple though.... @Stilldrunk, if you are doing stripping runs with a birdwatchers wash, especially running a reflux rig, I think you can benef...

Here is what I do to get a clean, smooth product without using carbon: Low % ferment (around 10%) Fully clear the wash before stilling Add bicarb/carb to the low wines (strippings) Run through a tall column (at least 1000mm of packing) Let product age for at least two weeks before drinking DRINK! 8...

woodshed wrote:Would have never kept it but he passed four days later.

Sorry to hear that, I would most defiantly have some to sip on now and then for life.

woodshed wrote:1980. The last run I made with my grandpa. Pure corn likker. Still have two gallons.
Will open one at 40 years. The other at 60 if I make it that long.

Nice! Wish I had some around from my grandfathers runs.

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And this is why I love this forum, we get to see everyones stilling adventures all over the world.

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Love this! Reminds me of something my girlfriend would walk in on when she comes in the door!

I see lots of brew shops in Canada selling still heads, they just say its for water....

Just ran a birdwatchers 25L batch 2 nights ago, wanted to try it with out doing a stripping run, Just right in the reflux, I let it air out for 48 hours and mixed up a small amount of the hearts, taste great! Anyone else ever try it with out the stripping run? I just ran off the six gallons I had c...

I think you've all missed a point here...there is no exoneration for having gotten rid of the still! The minute he sent money, he had committed the crime! I have too...so, TTB comes to the house, says they have financial records of you buying contraband and asks, "did you buy a still from XXX....

Anyone source any of the milk cans yet in canada? Would love a 100L.

Just wondering if anyone has the "25 gallon" boiler from milehi, I would like to see a pic of the furrel for electric just to know it has it.

It does'nt say in the dscription on the website that it has it.

Thanks.

Just ran a birdwatchers 25L batch 2 nights ago, wanted to try it with out doing a stripping run, Just right in the reflux, I let it air out for 48 hours and mixed up a small amount of the hearts, taste great!

Anyone else ever try it with out the stripping run?

yes that would be fine. 5500 watts will have no problem with that. As a reference I boil 12 gallons of beer at 3000W, do 12g spirit runs at 2000 and stripper runs at 4000. You could bring 22 gallons, 80+ liters, to a rolling boil in that tank no problem at all with 5500W. You could speed things up ...

I want to go electric with a 25 gallon milk can boiler, so say heating around 75L of wash at a time, would a 55000w element be enough?

Safety is the foremost concern in heating a boiler. Where are you setup at? Outdoors propane is great with a little wind, but a lot of wind could cause problems. Electric works best with reflux columns. A lot different things can factor your choice. How about both? You have an electric heater alrea...

How many runs are you guys able to do with 15 to 20lb of propane?

Propane can be costly too. I used to run propane and still do for mashing but switched to electric for my keg with 240v and its the only way to go in my opinion. It's less setup, can do it indoors, and don't sweat from the heat in my case :mrgreen: Whats your setup involve? I would do electric if I...

I currently have a 8 gallon electric boiler and I'm thinking about upgrading to 13 or 25 gallon, I have never used a propane burner to heat a wash so my questions are, Do you prefer propane? Would the standard Bayou classic be fine to get 13 or 25 gallon boilers up to temperature? When you heat your...

Six windows , 8 plates,six inches of cooper, the pic is the third lt. the first two ran at 95% then it settled in at 94% for the next nine litres ,then two at 90 and three tails for the next run. Nice! Can you add as many plates as you want? How are you cooling? Can it just be cooled from a garden ...

So for a spirit run say 25l of 40% low wines how much is everyone throwing out for fores? I'm doing 300 to 400ml with a reflux still... But got me thinking its to much....

except I bet it is illegal to ship a still into the US from Canada... Dunno - I got a coil thru from a fellow forum person. It would be up to the inspector to know the excise act ... and then be smart enough to enquire if the recipient has a valid permit for the still. Worst case, if they banged on...

Who's to say its not for water?