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by BW Redneck
Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:31 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: My new still
Replies: 17
Views: 7642

I'd like to know where I could find enough sheet copper to do that! :D
by BW Redneck
Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:24 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Plans for still
Replies: 14
Views: 18572

Most of us here do not think that the "stillmaker" variety of reflux still is one of the best designs, yes. I'd like to build the "vapor management" variety of reflux still mentioned in The Compleat Distiller because: *Unlike stills where cooling tubes induce the reflux (Cooling ...
by BW Redneck
Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:33 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: Ever hear of or use a stiling cycle engine on your rig?
Replies: 12
Views: 3847

I've never seen one before... save for a few schematics on Wikipedia. They sound like they would be a very good addition to the world, being a better way of extracting usable energy from fuel, as 80% more energy is recovered from the fuel than with a conventional internal combustion engine. Any sour...
by BW Redneck
Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:17 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: did I screw up?
Replies: 8
Views: 2572

I've tried using the cling wrap method before... didn't really work out. I use a pair of 2.5 gallon ice cream buckets which have a lid on them. Punched a hole in the top, stuck a length of anhydrous ammonia tubing (never used, of course) in the hole (we have a lot of it lying around... >300-400 acre...
by BW Redneck
Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:11 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: Bottles and glassware
Replies: 15
Views: 4406

I prefer to use old glass Karo (corn syrup) bottles. I go through a lot of them. We make a lot of peanut brittle around Christmastime, which requires a lot of corn syrup. 16oz. Snapple bottles are good for gifts. I store tails in Mason jars so, I would never use them for a finished product. Those bo...
by BW Redneck
Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:14 am
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: beano question
Replies: 8
Views: 4900

Ian Smiley's Making Pure Corn Whiskey pg.64 "For a 25L batch of grain mash,use either five drops of liquid Beano or three crushed Beano tablets. The liquid form seems to work better than the tablet form." I'm not saying that Beano is a substitute for malt. Beano should be used in addition...
by BW Redneck
Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:38 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: Common Household materials?
Replies: 21
Views: 5238

I believe that PTFE is Teflon if I remember right, and Teflon is completely nonreactive (as far as I know). And when I mention Teflon, I'd only use it in Teflon tape.
by BW Redneck
Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:34 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: Bad Copper?!? This can't be true!!!
Replies: 23
Views: 7191

If you bought it and it was labeled for plumbing purposes, I'd trust it. Just clean it with vinegar/peroxide solution before ya try. olcarguy we took some 1" to 3" dia copper tubing to scrap that had been used for radioactive cooling water. I was in there with doing a retrofit. I would be ...
by BW Redneck
Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:24 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: Common Household materials?
Replies: 21
Views: 5238

Oh God... After all of the feuds and nearly wars about using plastic, nobody should ever ask about plastic again. The only polymer safe for use in stills is PTFE. Don't expect that wok to heat up very quickly. Ricky just screw an ugly fat chick and see how long it takes that to spread all over campu...
by BW Redneck
Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:27 am
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Using Different Species of Oak
Replies: 5
Views: 2275

Thanks, I'll try Q. bicolor and see what happens then. Just wanted to know if others had tried it before. :)
by BW Redneck
Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:32 am
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Using Different Species of Oak
Replies: 5
Views: 2275

Using Different Species of Oak

As it appears in this forum, everybody prefers to use regular white oak (Quercus alba) over any others for toasting to age in bottles. Has anybody tried to use other species such as swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) or pin oak (Quercus palustrius)? I recently came across a fallen swamp white oak, an...
by BW Redneck
Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:04 pm
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Charcoal
Replies: 20
Views: 7877

I've made charcoal in my wood stove with stuff I found lying around the house. Simply take a soup can, fill it with shavings, cover it with aluminum foil, punch a small hole in the top, and set it on the coals of a wood furnace or charcoal grill. Welding gauntlets or thick gauge steel tongs are a mu...
by BW Redneck
Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:11 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: how will you do
Replies: 8
Views: 2291

I scored a six. Not bad.

I've been hit by the Moses's Ark before And I still got it wrong!

Take away two apples? That one was retarded.
by BW Redneck
Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:59 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: About time to start fishing again...
Replies: 40
Views: 12575

I've sunk old Christmas trees for structure in a small pond before. It looks a little bit over elaborate, going to the trouble of sticking PVC in concrete. Try it and see how it turns out. If you're stocking a pond, sinking structure is necessary or else you will just keep on restocking baitfish for...
by BW Redneck
Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:58 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: About time to start fishing again...
Replies: 40
Views: 12575

I've sunk old Christmas trees for structure in a small pond before. It looks a little bit over elaborate, going to the trouble of sticking PVC in concrete. Try it and see how it turns out. If you're stocking a pond, sinking structure is necessary or else you will just keep on restocking baitfish for...
by BW Redneck
Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:24 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Has anyone tried using Stevia?
Replies: 16
Views: 6782

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia In 1931, two French chemists isolated the glycosides that give stevia its sweet taste.[4] These extracts were named stevioside and rebaudioside. These compounds are 250–300 times sweeter than sucrose (ordinary table sugar), heat stable, pH stable, and non-ferment...
by BW Redneck
Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:30 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: whats the deal?
Replies: 14
Views: 4333

arkansas: Just another thought on your problem, a leaky lid will decress your yeild by alot. Alcohol vapors are near impossible to see. Like I said, just a thought, seen this yeild problem and was not a good thing at all. Can't agree more with ya. On my very first run, I hadn't had the leaks worked...
by BW Redneck
Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:16 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Air cooled Still.
Replies: 25
Views: 7098

That still looks so nice that I thought that you bought it. Fooled me.
by BW Redneck
Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:04 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Uncle Remus' apple/alder wood smoked barley whiskey
Replies: 46
Views: 57365

Incredibly nice still! It makes mine look like a joke! I need to get a hold of some copper and make one myself. If only I had access to an old keg...
I know that this has already been said, but, it looks like I'm not the only one who needs to clean out the shop.
by BW Redneck
Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:33 am
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: galvanize pip?
Replies: 12
Views: 2920

I believe that galvanized metal corrodes in the presence of alcohol vapor, and is very poisonous. Copper is pretty cheap (comparatively). Copper fittings are also easy to find. Go for copper, the chemistry people in this forum say that it neutralizes some unwanted tastes when it's in the vapor path.
by BW Redneck
Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:25 am
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: What type of cork.
Replies: 12
Views: 3193

I've used chewing gum to fix emergency leaks on my lid before :). (Flour paste doesn't stick well and is hard to work with when the still is hot, especially when it's 5 degrees C out).
Hmmm... alcoholic chewing gum... you might be onto something.
by BW Redneck
Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:56 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: introducing my pot still
Replies: 21
Views: 8009

It appears that I'm not the only one who uses fuel hose. :) I slide a short section on the end of my coil where it attaches to the lid to allow for easy disassembly. The only other plastic part is an HDPE tip from a graphite bottle used to seal my thermometer in the lid (couldn't find any corks :( )...
by BW Redneck
Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:28 pm
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Aging in Plastic Barrels
Replies: 29
Views: 12212

I use cleaned 1l glass Karo (corn syrup) bottles for almost everything. I ferment in a couple of old plastic ice cream buckets but that's the only point where alcohol comes in contact with plastic for a long period of time.
by BW Redneck
Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:01 pm
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Charcoal
Replies: 20
Views: 7877

Hmmm... I do the exact same thing as pothead. As soon as the stuff is cool enough to handle I filter it through cotton. Catches a lot of stuff. Made my very first batch clear and much less solventey (it started out almost opaque!)
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By the way, this is my very first post.