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Ok it didn't go all way though so it's now gone. Looks like a scan chip

Hi guys. Just got myself a keg for the new build but didn't count on having this on it. What is it. Do I leave it or remove it. ? It's about 26mm looks like it's made of resin.

Hi guys/girls. Got to say still_stirring was bang on. I made cleaner cuts at the tails end and all sorted. Clear as a good diamond. Someone mentioned heads. I didn't make any changed to the heads cuts. I hate the heads so most likely go deeper than I need. I am a whiskey drinker so tails are my down...

Hi still_sturrin. I have been so convinced its my water I didn't consider tales. I distilled 2 gal yesterday and haven't played with it yet so can try making my cuts much further back. I do have some whiskey in oak chips since November. Thanks for your help. will give the cuts a go by trying a bottl...

Hi guys/girls. I have been distilling and a member here for about a little more than a year now. Christ was the first few months nasty tasting (thanks turbo) :lolno: . I have made some big improvements in my product since finding this site, big thanks to you guys and a lot of lurking in the backgrou...

hi Guys. I am going to buy a bottle to run my 50L boiler 2" reflux tomorrow. I was looking at the 11kg bottle but don't have a clue how many runs this is likely to last.? what size should I go for and still be able to carry/ store the dam thing. mash size is likely to be 25L

I am very new here so don't trust my word. for me it has a skirt seal around the bottom. should be higher up. looks new and Chinese. a real urn is built to take knocks. those handles wont stay on imho. see what the others see. for me its nice but don't look right but I am the new guy here. sorry I d...

Thanks guys for taking the time and clearing that up for me.

The boka is good for neutral spirits. The potstill is good for flavor. So, the best tool for the job depends on what the job is. A sweetfeed (corn and barley with molasses) is a full flavored mash, so it seems the best tool would be the potstill, or an alembic. If you're aiming for a high proof cle...

Hi guys. I finely got a product from my mash (basic cornmeal, dry fruit mix molasses etc .) Double distilling in my pot then carbon filter gives me a reasonable result I am happy to drink. May not be the best yet but I will work on that after I have this sorted. I should have my boka set up end of t...

Hi from UK. It's not the easiest forum to mingy into. I am also new and recommend you read more than you write or get your fingers burnt. There is more "straight" info here than anywhere. I was half way through building something that wasn't going to work as I thought. I now have a still w...

I guess UK residents don't use such powerful burners. I have found lots of cheap Chinese 7kw burners but only one dealer with a 3 ring 11kw. I might just go for that and do the car mount for it. Thanks for the link.

With so much heat all centred on the pan doesn't it burn.

I am really struggling with this one. Living in the uk puts another $100+ on shipping. Biggest burner I could find is 11kw. Trying to understand kw & btu is making me drink more of my stock. Electric means I would have to change my RCD on fuse box. I plan to brew in garden as misses is OCD. Have...

Should have said its a 2 inch column.

Hi guys. Just built a 4ft column and got a 50L pot on order. I now need a propane burner to heat it up. What size should I get.

Deerhunter wrote:Get yourself a bigger pot. You won't regret it.

Took your advice fella. got a 50L ordered today. any more advice on burner size. propane

Deerhunter wrote:Get yourself a bigger pot. You won't regret it.

Thanks for clearing that up guys. And a bigger pot is on the cards as well as a propane burner. Been looking for a SS keg but not found what I'm after yet. And I also need to see how fast or should this column produce. My pot is slooooow.

Hi all. I am pretty new to distilling but handy at DIY. Dont tell the misses. I have started a column build. 2" 4ft high on 5 gallon pot. The short column is short cos ceiling high and I am aware of drawbacks. Ok so I finely got the salt out the 7 inch 8mm coil. Coil was a work of art until it ...

Hi and welcome. I am also new here and only been distilling a short time. Do you plan to build a huge column straight off or start small. The first thing I noticed as a first time distiller is to do things safe and get a drinkable produce takes time. I can just about manage to produce enough for mys...

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 ...

Hey Stinky, welcome in. how quick are you running now? Running too quick can be a bad thing too. Hi . 5-6 hrs from start to finish on 12.5l. I make a 25l mash and because of some confusion between USA gallon and UK gallon ended up with a pot that holds 20l to brim so at best I can run 17l. Either w...

Hi all. New to the forum and to distilling really. I am from the UK and have a pot still and half way through a boka build. I have run about 300l of mash through my pot so far so very mush still learning something new every time. I came to this site to get some help speeding up my pot and some help ...