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Welcome from southern Alberta

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It's a home built unit running reptile heating tape on the fermenter to keep things warm, and a cheap CanTire fan to cool it down if necessary. It's built from an STC 1000 controller with some 110v leds and standard household plug-ins. It's in an old repurposed oil field burner management box. I bui...

I hope that I posted these pics properly.
Thanks for the welcome and the tips .... all feedback is gratefully accepted.
Lurking on HD forums has helped a lot, but it sure is a steep learning curve.

Boka head on short riser with product cooler for a stripping run off electric.
Element is running off 220v, man sure boils way faster than propane

Full boka column with copper scrubbers & product liebig doing 95% neutral off propane

My still hand:

Brute trashcan fermenter with reptile heat tape & fan plugged into temp controller

Self built power regulator in a plastic ammo box, thanks to everyone on HD

Here is my current setup for the pot still

That was a stripping run with the boka head on the 12" riser. I have since changed to tri-clamps for all connections rather than threaded joints, and gone with a more conventional 90 degree bend to a Liebig for stripping & pot stilling. I'll post photos of it later today, along with my elec...

Should say "boka"


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Here is the books in action after conversion from propane to electric


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Good day to you all from sunny Alberta, Canada. I have been a lurker on this forum for a couple of years now, and have enjoyed building up my knowledge base on distilling. I have made beer & wine previously, so had a pretty good handle on the fermentation basics. I have built a copper 2" bo...