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WOWZA is this a carousel of flavor! Starts off with the traditional juniper, then you get only what I can call a mouth rush of mentholated liquor and then a quick snap of citrus. These flavors will likely marry together with a long rest. But for now, I'm serving this (along with other liquors of co...

So I doubt this gin is anything revolutionary but I have been trying to approximate Ableforth's Bathtub Gin, I’m not sure if this gin is only available in the UK but it’s essentially a compound gin so no redistilation after the botanicals are macerated. The recipe I tried i have been working on is.....

fizzix wrote:No. No plastics.
Run some through a coffee filter and see if it clears. Slow, but effective if it works.

Ok thanks, I’ll try the coffee filters

> what’s come out of suspension looks very much like limescale to me, it’s very small white particles. Anything that large should be easily filtered by any mechanical means ... coffee filters, a swatch of felt, or (my favorite) a cotton ball stuffed in the throat of a funnel. Thanks I have a Harris...

So I made the rookie mistake of using bottled water for diluting my neutral and I think the calcium has come out of suspension and is making my product cloudy and leaving a residue in the bottom of my Demi. I'm of the view that your cloudy neutral has nothing to do with your water, but everything t...

DuckofDeath wrote:You have a still.. make your own distilled water

I’m struggling to find time to run my washes let alone water!

So I made the rookie mistake of using bottled water for diluting my neutral and I think the calcium has come out of suspension and is making my product cloudy and leaving a residue in the bottom of my Demi. Question is, is there a way I can filter this out? Also going forward can I used deionised wa...

A bokakob is a liquid managed (LM) reflux still head. Adjusting the liquid take off rate will adjust the reflux ratio given you have a constant heat input. So, of course you can adjust the take off rate...just know that it may affect the purity of the product because you’ll be reducing the amount o...

So I’m currently doing my first spirit run on my home built boka, everything seems to be going well and I think I’ve detected where the heads have finished. Temperature at the plates is a steady 78.1c and I’m getting a shade under 95% abv so I’m happy with that. Currently my take off rate is about 2...

If anyone’s interested my 1/2 CSST coil fits perfectly in my 2.5” boka.

HArris stay clean works lovely https://www.ebay.com/itm/Harris-SCLF16-Stay-Clean-Soldering-Flux-16-oz/132655874798?epid=11016157764&hash=item1ee2e802ee:g:m4wAAOSw8mpbGwOm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow This is the flux I’m using for brazing htt...

HArris stay clean works lovely https://www.ebay.com/itm/Harris-SCLF16-Stay-Clean-Soldering-Flux-16-oz/132655874798?epid=11016157764&hash=item1ee2e802ee:g:m4wAAOSw8mpbGwOm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow This is the flux I’m using for brazing htt...

Swedish Pride wrote:Yous don't need to hard solder it, just get the right flux and lead free plumbers solder.

What’s the right flux for using plumbers solder?

Did you just put the SS in the arc BW and go to it ? or did you use the flux ? I got some stainless rods to give Sttinless to stainless a go - ot tried it yet. You're in Uk ? where did you get the solder if you don't mind me asking - I struggled to find it except silly little bits for "Jewelle...

brewsters_minion wrote:my braising guy left the company i used (paid a bottle of gin) but im sure the tig welder was interested and may know some one. ill ask him next time im passing by

Sounds good, thanks

that looks just the ticket! thanks again if you want too upgrade too a keg give us a shout i do a lot of work for the big local brewery and theres a few landords who dont mind giving me a keg now and then ;) I’ll bare that in mind, thanks. I just need to find someone local that can do a spot of bra...

do you use a controller ? as wouldnt mind a link too the one you built. ive just been through 10 pages of search function for heater element and the capacitors in my brain have fried with all the overloading tehehe Cheap power controller. https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-220V-4000W-Variable-Voltage-Cont...

brewsters_minion wrote:yes we are im in cathedral city, its a small world

Certainly is. I used to work in that city about 15 years ago!

brewsters_minion wrote: its the shop i i have bought all my copper from so far even popped into store once as was working out that way.
noticed your not far from me as well. im on your border close the the racehorse town

You must be real close then, I’m between the horses and American airforce!

thanking you very much for the link. ive spent the past 2 weeks looking in all the trade depots i can but only found short lengths so far. will this wind up to fit in a 54mm/2" pipe? or will i need a smaller diameter? I’m building a 63mm/2.5 inch boka and I’ve been reliably informed it’ll fit....

thanks for the reply. was looking at a boka design in the future, but just cutting my teeth still (no pun intended). csst im finding hard too find in the uk as was wanting to incorporate a cold finger. (im probably just being dumb but i will find it ) i was planning on soldering the tee on for now ...

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Some of Mr Shaws fine work

Hi I hope this is ok to post on here. This is for our UK members mostly. Please be aware of a scammer on Facebook going by the name of Jonathan Shaw. He’s from Wales and claims to be a master stiller. He has made pot stills for members of a UK shining group on Facebook which arrived yesterday He use...

Hi Odin I’ve just read though the whole 11 pages of this thread and I’d like to try making this. I’m trying to find the right bread in the UK which seems harder than it should, What do you think about this one? https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/pumpernickel-bread-biona" onclick="window.open(t...

bluefish_dist wrote:I have found that 1/2" fits nicely in a 3" pipe and 3/8 fits in a 2". 48" should do the job. It really does work well as a condenser.

Thanks for the reply, the 1/2 inch is about half the price of the 3/8 so I’m hoping it’ll fit the 2.5 inch pipe I have planned

Hi I was going to use rye bread from Tesco. They have two - organic and inorganic £1.80 and £1.10. Just search the groceries site. (Not the direct site) Let me know how you get on. I saw those but they don’t look like the real dark and dense variety that Odin mentions throughout the thread. If you ...

Hi I’m in the process of getting all the parts together to build a 2.5 inch boka with a 40 inch packed column, 6 gallon boiler and 3kw (240v) heating element. I would like to use a CSST coil but they’re hard to find in the UK for a reasonable price. I have found a supplier on amazon that will ship t...

Hi Odin I’ve just read though the whole 11 pages of this thread and I’d like to try making this. I’m trying to find the right bread in the UK which seems harder than it should, What do you think about this one? https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/pumpernickel-bread-biona" onclick="window.open(th...

...a pot still made from a keg and 54mm copper column and a Liebig condenser....id like to do is reduce from 54mm down to 22mm and carry on the 22mm all the way to the product collection... What you want...is not the best design. The best design would minimize the vapor velocity as long as possible...