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The rhubarb stalk contains much less oxalic acid than the leaf. (I know, you are talking root) The stalk has big flavour and would make a nice botanical for gin. The plant will regrow from root giving an almost endless source of rhubarb by growing new stalks each year. Why consume that part of the p...

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Some times you just need a little help!

I’m going to give these silicone tips a try. I see a big advantage fitting it through a 2” Tri clamp fitting rather than lifting the lid on my thumper pot to install the stainless steel hose. Thanks for the tip Eric. Lol. I gave this a try. It didn’t work for me. :cry: I used one tip to replace the...

As you said, you may be over thinking this. Some guys like to break out the abacus and do all the calculations. In the end you get what you get. YLY makes it pretty simple to do a mash. I only use YLY and never do calculation. My batches are 2 pounds per gallon of total volume. That is different tha...

Hello and welcome to another Albertan.

Thought some of you would enjoy this.

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[quote= Seriously Dan.! Hadn't heard that 1 before. Of course I don't think I've ever bought a bottle of vodka. I'm not so sure about industrial fuel grade ethanol though. I do know Smirnoff 40's have been in plastic jugs for a long time. Cheers The micro distillers are having a hard time with prof...

In Alberta there has been some concern about cheap vodka produced and sold in plastic 4L jugs by a micro distillery. I suspect they may be another “distillery” buying ethanol from the Husky ethanol fuel plant diluting it down and selling it. Would love to be proved wrong. Micro distillers are split ...

I am a fan of beer keg boilers. They accept 2" tri clamps. You can install 2" tirclamps in the sides of kegs to accept a hot water heater elements. 2" copper columns and risers are easy to fabricate using 2" tri claps. Silver solder is readily available and can be used to build e...

I think Eric's silicone tips might have saved you. Doesn't seem like it would allow grain to get into the steam leg and cause a plug. I am going to try his idea next steam distill.

Also good idea to stir prior to fire up.

These rocket stoves I see all over the inter weeb might make an interesting fire box if the rocket stove passed up through the boiler. they are pretty efficient stoves and can be set up to self feed fuel.

cool. good luck with the project! Me an my brother build some cars, currently working on a 1956 M-100 truck (The Canadian Mercury version of the Ford F-100) We are going full hand crafted chassis, 4 link rear and IFS with coil over and discs. we stretched the wheel base so the wheels fit in the cen...

This is a pic of my steam rig. You can see two zip ties on the manometer. The lower one is atmosphere position prior to stream. The second one is positioned when the thump starts thumping, or receiving steam. (This is a dry set up for the picture. No water or mash in any thing) zip ties are a nice e...

shadylane wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:17 pm On a potstill run, my boiler has a pressure of around 3 inches of water.
If The boiler is connected to a thumper with 10 inches of liquid in it, the boiler pressure will be 13inches

But can you blow bubbles?

Anyone have a recommendation on a good fermenter around 50-100 gal size? Read through some some posts and it sounds like I'm asking for trouble using aquarium heaters inside my home so I'd like to find a better, slightly professional setup with heating a little bigger and nicer than my current hill...

That is a great project truck!

Always had a thing for old military trucks. This is a truck that was spotted near me.

Here is a picture of my steam rig. 1/2 keg and a 20 gallon thumper. Thumper is usually 1/3 to 1/2 full, To minimize heat up time and water loss make sure your steam arm runs up from the boiler to the thumper. I fill the boiler and plug it in. Then I assemble the res of the still. I believe currentl...

Some guys want to strip as fast as they can. I’m not convinced. Not convinced of what, exactly? Do you feel that you get a better quality product by striping a little slower? I’m in the same boat. My leibig can handle maybe 5.5kW at its limit, but I have a 6.5kW element. I’ve tried doubling two con...

Product condenser requirements are dependant on power input and if I am stripping or doing a spirit run. If the condenser can knock down the vapour to liquid I don’t need more condenser. During a pot strip run I use more power input and my Liebig condenser can’t handle full power. Some guys want to ...

Maybe we need to start a HD You tube channel….

Try packing some copper scrubby material into that area or some fine strand automotive wire to form a matrix to hold the solder.

I don't see much of value here. I do! I get exactly what he is doing. Great idea. Heat the end 3/8 of the tubing till dull red, let it cool and that modified wrench can be used to turn a flange for making a tri clamp connection. It would work without annealing the copper but annealing it will make ...

Strip / spirit double runs make a huge difference and drastically improve product. If I have some left over cleared beer that didn’t fit in a strip run it will get added to a spirit run. Only about 10-15 % of a spirit run. My spirit runs are probably slower than most guys do them and I believe this ...

I treat tap water for chloramine and use it to ferment and barrel.

You don’t want chlorine or chloramine going into a barrel.

Then my next question is, does it matter? Is there any benefit (other than it feels like it should be better) to getting the mash moving, or does it still strip cleanly? I don’t believe a swirl matters as far as getting all of the ethanol out. If that’s what you mean by “strip cleanly” May make hea...

Stonecutter wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:45 pm I like to think I’m an Elevator Repair Mechanic….
I still can’t figure out how to post pictures straight up and down though….

Lol. As long as you make the elevators go up and down all is good.

Here is a picture of my steam rig. 1/2 keg and a 20 gallon thumper. Thumper is usually 1/3 to 1/2 full, To minimize heat up time and water loss make sure your steam arm runs up from the boiler to the thumper. I fill the boiler and plug it in. Then I assemble the res of the still. I believe currently...

Agree with NormandieStill. Ceramic has that issue. Be gentle.

SBB’s all molasses rum recipe from tried and true recipes would be my recommendation.

I have added oats. You will taste oats in your rum. The oats will likely improve the mouth feel but so does time on oak.