Home Distiller

How did you transition from your 2" copper column to the 2" ferrule at the keg ? That's where i am at presently. Trying to figure out how to fabricate that piece! I rolled it into to column using a ballpeen hammer and 4x4. I used a flat body hammer to clean it up. Soldered a ring of 10ga ...

Nice build OtisT. I think I'm going to borrow your idea and make mine up the same way. Checks all my boxes. Thank you for the suggestion.

Thanks Allmyexsliveinhell, I had found those threads and they are helpful. Like the layout on your still. One of the goals for this build is for everything to be modular. What I will probably end up doing is running 1" off the still to the thumper and then 1" out of the thumper. I'll just ...

Ok, so putting together my first pot still as seen here: https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=73623 I have been thinking about adding a thumper made from a 1/6bbl keg I have laying around. The main boiler is a 1/2bbl. currently the vapor output is 1/2" copper. Will that be a...

I have a 1/6bbl laying around and the wheels have been turning .

First still. Did a couple cleaning / test stripping runs a few months back and everything seems to be functioning correctly. Need to finish up my closed loop cooling system and then hopefully start trying to make some corn wiskey in the near future.

Greenhorn here. Been building a "Pot" style keg still with guidance from this site. Lots of good information. I have started making wine from home grown grapes and would eventually like to make a column still so I can recycle the reject batches into a neutral spirit. My immediate goals are...