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I ferment mostly fruit, and am partial to grappa style clear brandies, but I generally take the time to settle and rack off. Its not often that I actually distill thick washes. I keep meaning to but it is extra work. Do you really NEED steam? I would love to go down the route of a wood fired steam ...

My sences are a bit dull, so I still use the small jar method. I know about where my cut will be, so I use 1/2 pint jars to collect late heads and early hearts. Then again for late hearts and early tails. Let them air out for a day, then retest, starting from the middle and working out. Yup, that's...

...making the distinction between foreshots and heads, and more importantly heads/hearts. And that's with 4 years of practice under my belt. So I cheat and just pitch the first 150 to 200ml depending on if it's a wash, pomace, or second run. A typical run is 5.5 - 6.5 gallons of wash in a 10 gallon ...

Sorry to hear about the villa and distillery ES. The information has been most helpful. I was in fact thinking of opening a small distillery, but that project has been put on hold for now. The bain marie looks like the best bet, the double boiler should work well with pomace and fruit washes. I'm le...

Godspeed Blanik.

... been in practice since about the same time .

Funny thing is with lurking that long I feel I know the regulars even though they don't know me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c15CUsw1EFY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNhLpIFKYJs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow :D Thanks BD. Looks like they used a double boiler into a liebig. Not sure what the vessel was after that - worm with a sealed top?!?!? I'll get in tou...

Is this what you are looking at? if so it still looks like a pot still, maybe gas fired. http://kenmore.neighborhoodsundressed.com/2009/05/11/celebrating-an-exciting-new-craft-distillery-soft-tail-spirits-grapparia/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow Those pics of the sof...

Is there a link to the Poli grappa stills? Also, if you do a search there's some good threads on grappa making.. I remember a really good one with Eurostiller, the Doctor. I think that's his handle. BD. Not a great picture, but you can see a part of the still here -> http://www.poligrappa.com/image...

Need some help trying to determine the best design for a large grappa still? Softail Spirits is up in Oregon is using the style pictured here ->http://softtailspirits.com/blogs/. Anyone familiar with the grappa stills used by Poli that appear to be steam heated wooden vessels with clamped lids? Tryi...

Been lurking on the site since 2005 thought I should finally get on board !!!