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In the process of build a boiler up on my pot still, I have decided to put a 3 ''diameter spout for filling and cleaning out the boiler, I need to find something so as to plug the hole air tight when I run the still, I don't want anything elaborate, I was thinking on a large Cork, have anyone got a...

Looks like a homemade label.

Bottle looks empty at the bottom of the pic and three quarters full at the top

It is just sitting here. I am not tampering with it. Read the last paragraph in my original post saying "I do not plan on drinking it nor does my dad" I made my above post asking what it may be, that is about all. Not really interested in taking it to an expert at this time, as it is not THAT impor...

Yes, i use teflon tape.

That's the trouble...good neutral doesn't burn....


A ten year old child could do what that kid in the video did. At 95+ it could well kill the child.

If it don't belong to you, best you leave it alone rather than tamper with it.

That's something that can never be undone.


As far as your quest for knowledge of it's history, that's a good thing, and something your father will appreciate.

Yes, i have a ball valve on the pot.

Im curious as to how you would collect without doing this? ill get somewhere around 10-12L hearts output on a spirit run. you certainly cant collect this all into one container. I collect hearts into the 1L mason jars, air out, then cut and bottle. its roughly 1.25:1 to cut 95 down to 40 so i just ...

LWTCS wrote:Dang punkin,
Just went through that whole thread and wow. That is a not a shed or shop. That is a facility!

Good for you.

I wonder why you did not respond to gooseye's question about an evac plan?

He told me in the thread to keep the answer to myself

I loved the akavit in Sweden and Norway when i was there years ago. The getting out the bottle with lunch and dinner for two or three shots during the meal is a great addition to digestion. Are caraway and dill the two main players Schnell? And is neutral the best spirit to use? Gunna have a go at t...

I find alot of the apple smell and flavor is in the heads. it's easy to throw away just with normal cuts. With a small alambic I made several batches (1x) that I combined and then diluted to about 50% to age on toasted apple wood chips. Some batches had less heads removed and contributed a great de...

Interesting question with an easy solution.

The question will probably remain though as it's so uncommon to do.

Do you want me to just submit my posts to you for approval or something tater? May as well not waste my time typing if your gunna go around deleting all my posts. I haven't said anything innaccurate, rude, provocative, against the rules or anything else. You're entitiled to edit whatever you say, bu...

Ok. I just reckon i'm still learning about the way Gonzo runs, and still being able to translate that knowledge into improvements in efficiancy, flavour and quality. I love doin that. I'm also doing other stuff than just watching the still while i'm in the shed, but i'm still payig attention, with s...

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5943

Thread on the build of my dedicated stillin shed.

This way I will hopefully be spending less time at the still (I hate running it every week) You've picked the wrong hobby i reckon. Not being fascinated by what you are doing is gunna slow down the learning process by a very long way. Think about people you've seen at work who hate their jobs, they...

Might wanna check out parent site under flavoring . Some good info there on charring .Lot of info ya see on here came from there . Everything i started doing came from either there or here. Then i just worked out what was good from what was rubbish and tried different ways to deal with the good bit...

I probably still have a couple of those small baskets like i sent Blanik sitting on my bench at work... fermenterfilter1.jpg Same as that, but they i haven't yet drilled the big hole in the bottom. Blanik wanted one for doing the same thing, dunno if he used it yet, but you could ask him if it's sui...

Pretty sure i have an off cut of 150 in the yard somewhere.

I hope the test prove to be nothing major and life resumes for ya's.

I am not sure if you understood me right, My plan was to start out with this small 1 gallon water distiller, unless someone here had reason not too, and then at some point in the future upgrade to a full out 10 gallon column still. What I was wondering was if someone here had experience using one o...

Husker wrote:

punkin wrote:Two barrells are better than one. Engraving adds no value to the whiskey.

It might in a bar/brewery, IF the product ends up selling better, or for more $$$$.


H.

Sure husker, ok.



Great value adding, will be worth it on your 5 gallon barrel.



you're selling the whiskey are you rabeb2525?

Youre ferment is about finnished. it won't ferment to lower because of the unfermentables in the mollasses.


Try ale yeast for a good finnishing, quick yeast on rum.

They do not appear to be gate valves. They look like ball valves with all the loss of adjustment that that implies. Needle valves are usually used in this application.


You won't have the control you need.

Has anyone ever actually tested the pH of the boiled wash after a run? Now I'm curious. We know it likes to be around four or five before fermenting, but if using too much backset makes a wash too acidic I'm guessing that it might be more acidic than a pH of 3 or 4. Then again that just might be mo...

Two barrells are better than one. Engraving adds no value to the whiskey.









GetYourKidsToScibbleOnItWithCrayonsPunkin

Go to an engineering shop that specialises in stainless and ask em to weld you up a square tank. Take a dimensioned drawing and tell em it's a custom radiator tank for your hotrod/tractor/steamengine.

I'm with Mini on the 3", i won't be building another 50mm column for myself. 4" is more than i'd need though, i think it'd be a net loss for a hobby distiller, with the cost versus speed thing and definately wastefull on a 140 litre boiler. Now a 4" neck reducing to a 2" to 1" tapered condesor on a ...

you have to regenerate your catalyst to keep it working. this means you need to remove the patina. Inside, not outside. a rinse with a weak acid, such as citric, will brighten the metal and allow the catalyst to function properly. Do ya reckon a weak acid like boiled wash would suffice?? MaybeRound...

blind drunk wrote:Hey Kazoo, my last wash took a couple of days of sparking and then all of a sudden it formed a cap. Cheers, BD.

You're mollasses wash formed a cap???

A cap of what?