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Hey Shine On! Thanks for the quick reply and I apologize for not responding sooner. I got sick with some sort of norovirus that knocked my on my ass for almost two weeks! Thanks for answering all of my questions on sourcing the required parts for the modification. Seems like this is going to be the ...

I am fine with asking the questions here, aside from looking like I dont know anything, perhaps I am a little bashful, lol! 1. What length was that uncoated 3/8 gas line that you bought? How long is your condenser when finished? That will determine how much 2 " pipe to add on top of the T I'm a...

ShineOn you have me very intrigued! I very recently went through the agonizing process of making a neutral (All Bran) with my pot still. I don't run a keg, I have a 14 gallon stock pot run over a propane burner, 3 ft column to the 90 degree elbow, over to my 36" liebig condensor. A total of 60 ...

Cant say that I have ever triple distilled my rum. I run a pot still and normally for me I strip my washes until I have around 25 liters or so of low wines and then I do a slow spirit run, collecting in 200ml samples. I usually end up with a total of 9-10 liters during my spirit run. After making cu...

Hey there and welcome! First off sounds like you need to do a whole lot of reading. Check the thread in my signatures for starters. Then start from there. A whole lot more information is going to be needed in order for anyone here to be able to help you. What was you recipe, procedures, etc Secondly...

Welcome Rocky from another west coast Canuck.
Enjoy the ride, be safe and have fun. Careful though, this hobby is highly addictive.

Cheers Wiz

I guess I should have added that I don't run a keg but use a 14 gallon/52 liter stainless stock pot. The Masterchef burner works really well for my set up.

+1 on always having a spare tank of propane around as you will run out at some point and need to do a quick swap.

Cheers
Wiz

So I tried the gin again after sitting for 3 days and once again Odin is bang on, a much improved product. Really looking forward to seeing how things taste after 5 weeks.

Hey Duncan,
I use that exact propane burner from Canadian tire and have done so for the last few years. No complaints with it at all. It has all the power you need and then some. Once things come to a boil you don't need much of a flame to keep it going.

Cheers
Wiz

Welcome from the West Coast of Canada!

This is the place you want to be. Prepare to read, read and read some more but doing so will ensure that you distill properly and safely.

Enjoy the ride cause your gonna get hooked on this hobby!

Cheers
Wiz

Happy Days! Odin, thank you for taking the time and sharing this recipe and method, and for your continued comments on this thread that you started 4 years ago! My gin project started about 3 months ago when I first started the process of making a All Bran neutral with my pot still. 225 liters of wa...

Welcome from a little bit further north in BC Canada!

Not sure exactly to post this one but I wanted to share that the 4th annual BC Distilled is happening April 8th 2017 in Vancouver, BC 34 craft distilleries from BC are attending this year so it should be a good one. Check out bcdistilled.ca for details and ticket info. It will be my first time atten...

Your welcome String!

I also just read on Odin`s istill blog that yesterday was Odin`s birthday so a big Happy Belated Birthday to you Odin!

Well my first neutral out of my pot still is complete and boy what a labor intensive process, an enjoyable one but very labor intensive. Might need to build me a bokabob in the future to cut down on the time. I started out with a total of 225 liters of wash, all of which has had a stripping run and ...

+1 to what Cranky said. Read, read and read some more, starting with the two links in Cranky's signature. I love my liebig, so glad that I went with that. Be safe, learn and enjoy the ride cause it sure is a fun one! Edited: I see your responded to Cranky's post while I was writing mine. Check out t...

Hey String,
If I remember correctly in watching the video that Odin posted in this thread that he does indeed use hop bags for that very purpose.

Cheers

Really?! That's so good to know NZChris! I just figured that with my pot being so big I needed more. This makes my gin making days that much closer!

Thanks!

I find this whole topic utterly fascinating and have been following this post closely and can't wait to get started on my gin adventures! I only have a pot still and my boiler is a 52Qt/50L/14 gal stainless stock pot so the process of making a neutral is a time consuming one. I am working on some Al...

Managed to spirit run my last carboy of All Bran low wines this weekend. So all said and done I have stripped approx 225 liters of wash, which resulted in roughly 75 liters of low wines. All of which has now had one spirit run and has left me with 12-13 liters of approx 76% abv spirit after cuts. Ho...

Welcome from another West Coast Canuck!

Hey Hey, another West Coaster! Welcome to a wonderful new hobby! Get ready to read!

Welcome NC! Your in for such a treat! If you thought your other stuff was good you are going to be blown away with what you come out with here after doing the appropriate amount of reading, researching and learning. My experiences here have been nothing but positive and this forum is the best there ...

Rich S-You don't need a plated still and no I don't have any packing. This is my first attempt and I am still working away at it but there are a few guys on here that are quite successful at making a neutral on their pot stills and that is what gave me the idea to try it myself. The thing with a pot...

Welcome from another left coast Canuck! I too am a pot stiller and have been for the last few years now. I have been making rum exclusively until recently when I decided in my head that I want some gin so I have been working away at Rad's All Bran trying to get a good stock pile of neutral while my ...

I use a liebig condeser, never had a worm. My outlet on the liebig is 1/2" which is around 13mm

I have a 2 foot column coming off the top of my pot (for ease of collection) and then it goes to my condenser from there.

Heres a picture to make it easier

Welcome Thatstink! I run a pot still with a USA 14 gallon pot, aprox 52 liters and that goes to a 36" liebig condenser and I run it on a outdoor propane burner. I also do 25 liter ferments and when I am stripping them I can strip mine in about 1 to 1.5 hours. When I do a 25 liter spirit run I a...

Just another update on my progress. It finally got warm enough that I was able to spend a solid weekend in my garage and a good 15 hours of stilling time. On Saturday I managed to get another 75 liters of All Bran stripped down to around 5 gallons of low wines @ 34%-35%. On Sunday I ran a spirit run...

If you re-read the whole post you will see that Odin says you can dilute it down to 30%-35% and you will gin that is less dry. Not a problem but like Still Stirrin said your ABV may be lower.