Home Distiller

I'm with hornedrhodent take a lot of small bottles and smell each one, it will make it alot easier to tell when to make the cuts. When you identify the the tails, try and rub a little on your palm and smell, eventually you will be able to detect the tails coming over without having to use so many bo...

It is a liebig on the reflux, it was originally built as a internal reflux but i was not happy with the lack of control http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r292/jnrmcd/still004.jpg so i cut the condenser off turned it upside down and added a couple valves and it works like a charm, always looking for...

I used two kegs. the first one i cut like a 9 inch round hole out of the top. the second one i cut like a 12 inch hole in. i used the 12 inch top for the lid on the keg with the 9 inch hole, the keg that i cut the 12 inch hole in i cut the top off and use for cooking my mash. if you take a 1 1/2 sli...

looks good to me

rider, I did the same thing. but i actually built the internal reflux first and was unhappy with it never able to get above 89%. So i cut the cooling tubes off and turned the jacketed condenser upside down, added a tee with a short nipple and cap to install the valves and reflux tube to the column. ...

welcome and good luck with the apples

Like possum I just put it in the bottle with my spirit, give it a shake every once in a while and filter it out in a funnel with three or four coffee filters in it

I dont understand why you wouldnt try to make your own. peated malt is readily available at most home brew shops and it may be a little harder to make an all grain wash than a sugar wash but isnt that part of the hobby. even if your not happy with the final results you can always run it through the ...

If you compare the leaves of a red and a whiteoak i believe the red oak will have pointed edges and the white oak will have rounded edges

thanks for the tips, I think i will run my next batch when done fermenting and add to this run and run it all together for a second distill and as pothead said collect in smaller amounts. That is what there is left of this run, it seems to taste a little better all the time

get yourself some malted barley at your local home brew shop. Then you can convert the corn starch with the barley enzymes. I think you need at least 10% of your grain bill to be malted.

Just got done with my first batch of rum yesterday, I used taters recipe for the most part. For 6 gal wash i used 1.5 gals molasses 5lbs sugar, half a lemon, about 2 tbsp distillers yeast and topped up with water. All went well with the ferment took about 13 -14 days to finish. I started stillin and...

no guts no glory

sounds good to me

I use a bilge pump for a boat for my cooling water you can buy them at walmart for like 10 bucks. Only problem is they are 12 volt so you need a battery or an adapter

very interesting

I just quit tonight, probably start again tommorow . Seems like some sorta cycle for me!

great pics hope it tastes as good as it looks

I just spent the day cleaning up some rootbeer i made for the kids. the bottles started exploding while at work . thankfully they were in the basement, wife would have killed me. no more soda, to dangerous ill stick with rum

I use the cooler method and after a couple hours test with iodine. If not ready i add some hot water to get temp back up and let go for a couple more hours. Always had good luck

Definitly need surface area

do you char the oak tater?

will add to my list of vacation destinations!!!

Cant wait to try, in the middle of an all grain right now, what do you think of adding a couple gallons of backset to the first batch ? hate to waste it

your right i should try the search I admit it ,I am an idiot. Lets just pretend this never happened.

Just came across 50LBS of dried molasses, has anyone ever tried this for rum? If so do you just add water and yeast? It was only 10 bucks at the feed store so I thought I would try it.