My first braumeister still.

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My first braumeister still.

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This is my still. 20 litre braumeister with 3mm stainles steel top with 2" and 1.5" ferrules welded on that. I have run two batches wit that. A sacrificial run and a turbo yeast sugar wash with reflux. So far so good. The gin basket I just bought and it is on there just to see if it is safe. It is quite top heavy. I use pump to circulate the chilling water. Water returning from the condenser will first go through a coil sitting in a bucket of water after which it returns to the actual chilling water reservoir. That way I have been able to keep the chilling water temp low and really steady. Banana for scale.

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Do you have a separate power controller or are you using the Braumeister's temp controls ?
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greggn wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:42 am Do you have a separate power controller or are you using the Braumeister's temp controls ?
Using the braumeisters controls. I've noticed that finding the balance can be rather tricky.
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Is the banana part of the gin basket?
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v-child wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:04 am Is the banana part of the gin basket?
It'll go in for my Pisang ambon clone.
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Anything even a little top heavy needs support.

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The Baker wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:22 am Anything even a little top heavy needs support.

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Yeah. I have to do something about that.
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Jorma wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:50 am
greggn wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:42 am Do you have a separate power controller or are you using the Braumeister's temp controls ?
Using the braumeisters controls. I've noticed that finding the balance can be rather tricky.
Indeed you will . Temperature controllers are not the right tool for distilling .... perfect for mashing though :thumbup:

You may find you need to do a modification to the bypass the electronics so you can run it off an external power controller

Guys with other temp controlled beer making boilers are having similar issues
https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtop ... 4#p7628454
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Yummyrum wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:01 pm
Jorma wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:50 am
greggn wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:42 am Do you have a separate power controller or are you using the Braumeister's temp controls ?
Using the braumeisters controls. I've noticed that finding the balance can be rather tricky.
Indeed you will . Temperature controllers are not the right tool for distilling .... perfect for mashing though :thumbup:

You may find you need to do a modification to the bypass the electronics so you can run it off an external power controller

Guys with other temp controlled beer making boilers are having similar issues
https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtop ... 4#p7628454
Thanks! That kind of info I was trying to find :thumbup:
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Jorma wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:15 am
v-child wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:04 am Is the banana part of the gin basket?
It'll go in for my Pisang ambon clone.
Is that the girly drink with the little bamboo umbrella?

Sorry can't resist.
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v-child wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2020 2:38 pm
Jorma wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:15 am
v-child wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:04 am Is the banana part of the gin basket?
It'll go in for my Pisang ambon clone.
Is that the girly drink with the little bamboo umbrella?

Sorry can't resist.
Something like that. :D
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Yummyrum wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:01 pm
Jorma wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:50 am
greggn wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:42 am Do you have a separate power controller or are you using the Braumeister's temp controls ?
Using the braumeisters controls. I've noticed that finding the balance can be rather tricky.
Indeed you will . Temperature controllers are not the right tool for distilling .... perfect for mashing though :thumbup:

You may find you need to do a modification to the bypass the electronics so you can run it off an external power controller

Guys with other temp controlled beer making boilers are having similar issues
https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtop ... 4#p7628454
Getting there. Bypassing Braumeisters electronics is easy peasy. Next job is to ferment something.

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That grolsch lamp is pretty cool!
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love the grolsch lamp
i got a controller i was thinking if i could test it using a lamp thanks for showing me i can



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And it works! Did couple runs with the pid side and no puking whatsoever. Next I'll try to turn that distillate to gin with pot mode.
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Jorma wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 12:16 am
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