still .... and steel?
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still .... and steel?
I know someone who is starting to make a still out of a 55 gallon steel barrel. He plans on making a pot still out of it with a copper reflux. How will the barrel not be being made out of copper or stainless steel effect the alcohol that comes out. Will it be safe to drink?
the barrels come from a food proccessing plant. All were used to hold molasses and the only thing that is wrong is that there is a little bit of molasses on the bottom. He can get the barrels for free whenever he needs them. He plans on making the reflux screw on so he can take it off and put it on a new barrel every time.
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I expect that you'll only get a few runs out of a boiler made from mild steel. Boiling hot liquid at a pH of 4-5 tends to eat through a lot of stuff.
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"Don't steal. The government hates competition."
"Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see"
20lt small pot still, working on keg