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Today I ran a wash based on the Cornflakes Whiskey recipe in Tried and True Recipes. After my stripping run, I put 1 gallon of the backset into my (cleaned and sanitized) fermenter. I planned to use that to start a sour mash, but I may not be able to start another ferment for a couple of weeks. Will...

Just use the largest container you have/the cheapest one you can buy. More water = more thermal mass = longer cooling. For recirculating the water, the cooler it is, the better. You can get a large trash can for cheap. Depending on where you are, letting it get full of rain water is a free option fo...

Yeah, I probably shouldn't trust random Amazon brands to be listed correctly. Thank you both for the explanations and especially thanks for the links!

A much simpler way would be to use just two 90 bends then the product condenser. Unless you really want to see the temps for some reason id leave out the Tee and thermo to save money. Also any condenser with the wording deflegmator or reflux is not the kind you want for a pot still product condense...

Instead of a list of parts, it would be MUCH clearer if you posted a diagram of what kind of still you intend to assemble. The reason I say that is because it sounds like you intend to assemble a basic pot still, but use an 8" dephlegmator as the product condenser. That is exactly what I inten...

I cleaned my new Vevor still with a water run, vinegar/water run, and vodka/water run. The purely water and water/vinegar runs I let each run for 20 minutes with no water in the condenser, then 20 minutes with water. The vodka/water run I ran with water in the condenser the whole time and took ABV r...

Hi all. For a new still, after the vinegar run, can I use some off the shelf product for my sacrificial alcohol run? Using a sugar wash and going through the whole boiling and fermentation process seems wasteful in time and money. Can I just run a couple gallons of the cheapest box wine I can get? O...

Hi all, my name is Jeremiah. I'm just getting started in distilling and hoping to learn from the more experienced. I would describe myself as a serial hobbyist and my favorite funny forum signature is as follows: The other day a man was banging on my door and shouted "Alcohol Tobacco and Firear...