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Looks like it needs a few more thermometers.
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The sad fact is that it IS worth $6,000 to north georgia stills when they find the right (your noun here) customer. :crazy:
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All the ridges are for structural integrity do to light gauge copper. It keeps manufacturing cost down and profit margin up. I'm a capitalist not a profiteer
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It would take dim Lights, Lingerie and a cheaper price for me to drool. :lol:
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Expensive Bling that won't do anything any better than half the stills built by members here.
Thread below is worth a read viewtopic.php?f=16&t=69263
Seems North Georgica Stills reputation has been discussed on the forum before.
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Saltbush Bill wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:37 pm Expensive Bling that won't do anything any better than half the stills built by members here.
Thread below is worth a read viewtopic.php?f=16&t=69263
Seems North Georgica Stills reputation has been discussed on the forum before.
From sbb's link I sure wish I could get A half gallon from a 2.5 gallon still :? :?

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=69263#p7540807
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I zoomed in just to read the wifi password. Lol
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acfixer69 wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:47 pm Looks like it needs a few more thermometers.
Lololol... :lol:
I think I found the (insert adjective here) buyer.
Scroll through the link and look for my comment.

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DRHillier wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:33 pm I zoomed in just to read the wifi password. Lol
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Mind you , it's a nice piece of gear .
Personally , I’d prefer to feel the heat as it moves up through the still , but I guess all those thermometers keep all those greasy finger marks off the Copper .
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No doubt about that Yummy , its a pretty looking thing.
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All that copper is pretty.....but.....
How are you supposed to put that parrot under the flake stand outlet????
They easily could have put outlet piping from the thump higher so the product condenser could be put on a stand so the outlet wasn't on the floor.
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PT Barnum was right.
Fear and ridicule are the tactics of weak-minded cowards and tyrants who have no other leadership talent from which to draw in order to persuade.
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Deplorable wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:00 pm PT Barnum was right.
Yup. Just looking at the price of their Bulk Grains confirms that. $120 for a sack of malted wheat? 😬
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Twisted Brick wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:10 pm
Deplorable wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:00 pm PT Barnum was right.
Yup. Just looking at the price of their Bulk Grains confirms that. $120 for a sack of malted wheat? 😬
I was wondering if anyone would understand that reference.
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Deplorable wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:27 pm
Twisted Brick wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:10 pm
Deplorable wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:00 pm PT Barnum was right.
Yup. Just looking at the price of their Bulk Grains confirms that. $120 for a sack of malted wheat? 😬
I was wondering if anyone would understand that reference.
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Some folks have more money than time, and like shiny things. Whatevs.
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Deplorable wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:27 pm
I was wondering if anyone would understand that reference.
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That'd be Barnum: “The noblest art is that of making others happy.”

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and Mark Twain: "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read."

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Yup. Just looking at the price of their Bulk Grains confirms that. $120 for a sack of malted wheat? 😬

How big is a sack?
When wheat was packed off the harvester (combine to you Americans? We called a seeding machine a combine...)
it was sewn into three bushel jute "bags", about 180 pounds.
About sixty-five years ago that was, after the time of the horses...

In the cruel old days in England I believe a sack was maybe two of them!
An incredible amount anyway.
It took two men to load one onto another man's back.

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Saltbush Bill wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:37 pm Expensive Bling that won't do anything any better than half the stills built by members here.
Thread below is worth a read viewtopic.php?f=16&t=69263
Seems North Georgica Stills reputation has been discussed on the forum before.
An interesting comment from jb-texshine was embedded in that discussion ...

Then there's whiskey still company, bigbobs got one... they are not made in Texas or anywhere else in the United states. Their supplier is al-ambique the Portugal company. Good stills just falsely advertised. Small worm diameter though.
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How big is a sack?
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greggn wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:27 am
An interesting comment from jb-texshine was embedded in that discussion ...

Then there's whiskey still company, bigbobs got one... they are not made in Texas or anywhere else in the United states. Their supplier is al-ambique the Portugal company. Good stills just falsely advertised. Small worm diameter though.
Despite the limitations of a worm condenser, I love the alembic stills because of the man-hours invested in crafting them and the fact that they are made of copper.

Like it or not, the landscape of stills sold in America has increasingly changed in that US retailers now sell predominantly stainless steel (hobby) stills and parts sourced from China. Sadly, there is a diminishing amount of copper and American hand-built stills available for sale on domestic distilling websites these days. This Chinese company has begun marketing (via price) to American consumers directly, bypassing any involvement or economic benefit to our brothers stateside. (It is was recently estimated that 50% of all household items in America were produced in China). It would will be disheartening to see our hobby eventually devolve into sourcing all stills directly from China but it appears to be a direct possibility.

Perhaps that is why a 100% copper still looks so attractive?
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Twisted Brick wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:42 am
greggn wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:27 am
An interesting comment from jb-texshine was embedded in that discussion ...

Then there's whiskey still company, bigbobs got one... they are not made in Texas or anywhere else in the United states. Their supplier is al-ambique the Portugal company. Good stills just falsely advertised. Small worm diameter though.
Despite the limitations of a worm condenser, I love the alembic stills because of the man-hours invested in crafting them and the fact that they are made of copper.

Like it or not, the landscape of stills sold in America has increasingly changed in that US retailers now sell predominantly stainless steel (hobby) stills and parts sourced from China. Sadly, there is a diminishing amount of copper and American hand-built stills available for sale on domestic distilling websites these days. This Chinese company has begun marketing (via price) to American consumers directly, bypassing any involvement or economic benefit to our brothers stateside. (It is was recently estimated that 50% of all household items in America were produced in China). It would will be disheartening to see our hobby eventually devolve into sourcing all stills directly from China but it appears to be a direct possibility.

Perhaps that is why a 100% copper still looks so attractive?
No more sad than our trucks being made in Mexico, or our computers made in China. It's just a characteristic of living in a ever shrinking world. I for one am glad to be able to source affordable distillery equipment easily. I mean... 100 years ago when moonshine was a way of life and livelihood they boiled hooch out of anything they could get their hands on. That was the result of not having readily accessible equipment. I am 100% sure that many of the backwoods stills built before this economy allowed for such diverse offerings, would not of met the quality and safety standards of this message board.

The only thing that would make me sad is if equipment couldn't be had at all.
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