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Yeah. Tumeric flowers,Jamaica,pumpkin flowers, coconut flower,skin of a mango,tamarindo fruit which would over power being boiled. For you, chicken that has been marinaded in a strong mole. Things that offer a scent rather than flavor. That fat from the chicken doesn't need to fall back into the boi...

There are some screened bins the use for smoking at AliExpress that would fit your 4". Popping open the top of a Carter head takes but a second to install your basket. There are too many nice things that boiling ruin not to use your Carter head.
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Is 0.1-0.5 bar going to open before the contents of the Thumper gets sucked back to the boiler ? The 1/2" Eastman I was able to open with my lungs. No clue what it is officially rated at. I figure that should work. I also have a liquid manometer, a 0-3 psi guage for my boiler and a 0-15 psi gu...

Those are good friends to have.

I used triclamps and bought a bunch of 2" copper elbows. I made a few sections using 2" pipe all the way. That way I can play with the angles up or down on my lyne arms. This also always easy hookup to the thumper. The circle with the half line thru it, what is it? I bought my elbows here,...

I picked up a 1/2" Eastman and a 3/4" Watt vacuum breaker on Amazon for 22 bucks delivered. They both look like this one.
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I'm up in California just walked out of a stress test after my ultrasound for my heart. What a day, I had a breakfast Jack and then after my test they make you drink a coke for the caffeine that counteracts the speed they injected in me. If I live that long it will be another 20 years before I go to...

I have a 4' of 1 1/2" over a 1" pipe. I added strips of cut up copper pipe from the 1". I sliced the pipe in thirds so they were about 7/16" x 1.5" . I then soldered them around the pipe. As I slide the 1" into the other I pulled the tangs up until they scraped their wa...

If it's a reputable study post it. The moderators can delete it if its incorrect or insurrectional material.

I've lost muscle tone and can stick my arm in a 4" ferrule but just so. I decided to use that on my steam gen and 2nd thumper. I bought 6" instead,although most here will say it's not really needed. Another consideration before you get to welding would be putting a 2" ferrule on the t...

@Dalein I'm in cane country where I thought I had the best prices. Here there is no way I can get panocha cheaper then blackstrap looking at weight of sugars. I have a person here I've been watching who buys agriculture grade melaza dirt cheap. By the time he has heated the melaza to remove sediment...

You could run some old feints thru to wash out the oils. A Liebig type of condenser would be easier to clean.
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Unless you're dedicating that to certain oils I would make sure you can get into the keg to clean it well between oil runs.
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We have Neem trees on the ranch,I've noticed it is quite bitter. I would peel some pears and soak the peels for a few days and taste it. I would worry more about the taste than the harm to your body.
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Might read up on fermenting 14% mash for a lower % and reading on essential oils and cleaning. I'll bet if you like gins and oils you will dedicate this still for that. It is pretty.
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dirtybird33 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:49 pm Christopher,

Are you willing to share the source of your large Bain Marie inserts? I have browsed around a little and haven't found anything that seems close to what you are using.

Here in Mexico the ice cream industry uses them. A 20 and 30 liter was about 20 bucks U.S.
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With going 2" on your column you have to ask yourself what is your time worth. 2 runs a year it doesn't really matter. With a 3 inch column you could almost save enough time to watch a football game. I would look for a cheap keg you could grow into. This site might help you save enough to chang...

Kormik wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 4:43 am Hello All,

My first real post here (So scared Ill get yelled at after reading so many others getting yelled at for asking questions that have already been asked!)

Never let some clowns hold you back from asking questions. Maybe think before you ask, but ask away!
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I am building up supplies for a bunch of rum washes and some neutrals. Whiskey is going to cost me 16 bucks per liter to make.Thats more than Very Old Barton delivered. So I need to play with melaza and panocha first as it is more affordable.

Thank you for that tip. I plan to bottle all my products at 54% . A chemist I know from another field who admits he knows nothing of ethanol distillation suggest I look for studies using stearic acid to stabilize the esters. When I have time I'll do that and look at the perfume industry. They pay a ...

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That l have read, thank you. I am putting up yeast strains in the freezer. If I can store yeast there then use it I can't see a problem with dead yeast mixed with some zinc and the B's bits in the freezer. But I figure there must be some yeast that breeds like rabbits. If not I get the cheapest.
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Is there a brand of yeast known to multiply rapidly and leave a healthy corpse over the others. I have time on my hands so I thought if make up some nutrients for the future.
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I figure the perfume industry is where to find ester stabilizer. I didn't mean for it to sound like whining. Losing your woman is a hard thing. I wrote what I did because some people here think one is not serious about distilling unless your showing pictures. Sometimes shit gets in the way. I have b...

Stop trying to re- invent the wheel..finish building your still and run it......learn to make good cuts, then move forward . Bill, You're half right, I do need to finish my still. The other half your dead wrong. When I can't learn by doing I will continue to learn by reading. I read a thread last w...

Know of any? I have read about them in the medical and plastic industry, but I found nothing for the food industry. I'm bad at putting the best form of a question to Google. There must be some additive they put in food to stop the reverse. I've seen hints of zinc and sulfuric acid mentioned in other...

I was wondering that since panocha and molasses has the same sugar structure ,if I could ferment separate batches of molasses and panocha then blend them. Or do they need to be fermented together at different ratios to figure out what I like. From what I read I seem to lean towards getting 40% of my...

A. Bishop had a video on that still. I believe he called it the Lombardi.
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This is what happens without a plan, but watch it so you do better.

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If money isn't a problem look for people who make heat exchangers.
AliExpress price 5 m without shipping in peso's about 115 bucks.

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