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1/2 gallon of water 3 cups sugar 7 tubes of strawberry crush "koolaid" 1 bottle of strawberry daiquiri mix 4 cups lemon juice Fresh strawberries 2.5 quarts of 160 proof Heat water with drink mix and sugar till dissolved. Remove from heat add the daiquiri mix and the lemon juice. Then add t...

Does anyone check PH on continuous runs on a regular basis? I am on Gen 5 of using 50% backset on every run except the original one of course and my PH was 4.3...little on the low side...but not horrible.

I have about 5 gallons of 110-115 proof low wines collected from several stripping runs of SF wash. I am on 3rd gen of SF wash now. Question, I am ready for my spirit run and wondered should I dilute low wines with 3rd gen SF wash or spring water for the run? This is my big event since starting and...

Is your receptacle rated for than kind of power? It looks like a 15 amp (115VAC) receptacle. If you push it beyond its limit, you could melt the bakelite receptacle housing and end up welding the contacts. If you up rate one component, make sure all components are equally rated including the wiring...

Finished wiring/fabricating a new still controller. Overkill, but after the Harbor Freight Router Controllers burning up on me, I wanted overkill. 2x 10k Watt SCR's from Amazon and the rest from the Hardware store.

Finished wiring/fabricating a new still controller. Overkill, but after the Harbor Freight Router Controllers burning up on me, I wanted overkill. 2x 10k Watt SCR's from Amazon and the rest from the Hardware store.

Bottled up some sweet feed....made some of it in to apple pie....started a gallon of blueberry wine. was a busy day.

So it seems I am just getting in to the hearts...2 quarts of fores...plus another pint at re-start...plus 29 pints of "heads" does this seem right to anyone? This still charge was 8+ gallons of low wines 4 gallons of backset and enough water to bring the abv down below 50%. All sweetfeed r...

So yesterday I had to shut down the run because of time constraints....but I had collected 9 pints of the weird stuff yesterday and after re-starting the run today, collecting 1 pint of throw away, I have collected 6 more pints that are either for sure the weird stuff or questionable. The distillate...

Take off is not a steady stream...almost...but can still see the individual drops... is that too fast?

So, this has happened to me twice now. The first time on a Peach spirit run and now on a Sweet Feed spirit run. At just above 80% ABV till just below 80% ABV, this nasty smelling and nasty tasting distillate has come through. Mind you,on this sweet feed run I have already taken out a little over 2 q...

Just loaded the still with the stripping run #4 of sweet feed. That was Gen 4 sour mash and the feints from Gen 3 stripping run. Gonna try and run My first spirit run right after this today. We'll see how it goes. Wish me luck.

Stripping run on 15 gallons of apple wash... and started a Gen 1 sour mash of apple.

So, I finally gave up on making sweet feed, as it was too acidic and astringent for me. I decided to re-use the barrel to make a larger UJ ferment, so I cleaned out the barrel and stuck my head in -- and was almost overwhelmed by the vinegar smell. :shock: It's an old cherry pepper barrel. I though...

raketemensch wrote:
I also fed the bears about 40 pounds of spent SF.

That's what cheekins are for.

Leadbelly wrote:22 lbs corn 8 lbs 2 malted two row. 12% potential ABV

How many gallon mash?

Well I just took a drink of some of my peach sour mash split brandy to help me understand. So we are all good.

Hound dog...great pics...but they don't tell me how to size one for my setup.

I also don't understand cranky at this point. Perhaps he thinks, in the coil of the graham is the cooling water, not the vapor. Also shadylanes answer is confusing. I think, if you use two condensers, the second one can be thinner without causing overpressure, because much of the vapor is condensed...

I had not considered a dimroth...but the cooling water could flow through a double helix coil of 1/2" tubing.. Then what size would the jacket needo to be as far as diameter and length...Also, what size inlet and outlet to the jacket to ensure the vapor has enough time in contact with the cooli...

I also don't understand cranky at this point. Perhaps he thinks, in the coil of the graham is the cooling water, not the vapor. Also shadylanes answer is confusing. Unless I'm mistaken the cooling water flows through the coil in a graham condenser. No... I believe the condensate flows through the c...

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Seems easy this way.

New plan... I should be able to fit 211 inches of 1 inch tubing inside the 6x18 Graham Condenser. Then another 36 inches of leibig. Should be more than enough cooling capacity. Thoughts?

der wo wrote:

Canaanite wrote: But are you really able to bend 1" without kinks?

I don't know... but it looks like I will find out.

I also don't understand cranky at this point. Perhaps he thinks, in the coil of the graham is the cooling water, not the vapor. Also shadylanes answer is confusing. I think, if you use two condensers, the second one can be thinner without causing overpressure, because much of the vapor is condensed...

One concern I might have is making sure the bottom of the graham tapers down to the outlet to the liebig. I could reduce it from 4 inch to 2 inch...then 2 inch to 1 inch....that would be a step down. Also Cranky, what are your thoughts on using 1/2" tubing for the coil and the inner leibig vs....

der wo wrote: And perhaps you use the 11kW only for heating up.
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Yes, only for heating up and for stripping runs.

I have modified my design for 1/2" tubing I would not feed a 1/2" tube with 2 x 5500W. Also 3/4" is little. Either a few 1/2" (shotgun) or a very long 1". My original idea was for 1 inch tubing...but you thought it was a bad idea? No, I did not say 1" is a bad idea. I ...

One concern I might have is making sure the bottom of the graham tapers down to the outlet to the liebig. I could reduce it from 4 inch to 2 inch...then 2 inch to 1 inch....that would be a step down. Also Cranky, what are your thoughts on using 1/2" tubing for the coil and the inner leibig vs....