Where are you running your still

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Where are you running your still

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I have an electric still. Was wondering where does everyone run them? Outside ,garage etc
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Unfinished basement / cellar. Also use 240V electric that I connect to the dryer 240V receptacle. I've got a two basin utility sink with floor drain that is quite helpful and walkout-door into the back yard to dump used grains into the compost. On a large 50 gallon ferment that's about two 5g buckets full of spent grains..

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In a dble door closet in my beer room
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Anywhere the neighbours cant see, has water, power & ventilation...

Not in the house has many benifits unless your single
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I usually run in the basement but have used the kitchen and garage in the past.
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Backyard under pergola.

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I have a 20’ x 30’ outbuilding with both a 10 and 12’ garage door opening. It faces the house so even with the garage door open nobody can see in. I am also all electric and I do my fermenting also in the outbuilding in an insulated cart.
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A metal building that's seperate from other structures.
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In a second-floor bathroom.

On the one hand, it means carrying a lot of stuff up and down stairs. On the other hand, it means being able to run undetected while my wife has unannounced friends visiting downstairs.
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46°04'45.05" N -118°21'31.90" W :D
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Deplorable wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:20 pm 46°04'45.05" N -118°21'31.90" W :D
Not sure if that's a military base or a prison
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Deplorable wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:20 pm 46°04'45.05" N -118°21'31.90" W :D
Now THAT is a secure location....

I'm out in an outbuilding. Has a big sliding door, good fan and a wood stove. Perfect. Cold for fermenting but that's OK, I like slow ferments.
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If I had a proper outbuilding, I'd use that, but it would require power and water. Since I don't have that, I do it in the garage.
Im getting ready to retire in the next couple years, and we plan to move to a place with a little more room and a lower cost of living. Room for this hobby is a must have for anyplace we purchase. SWMBO agrees I need a "He Shed" for all my hobbies.
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Garage with a bespoke 220 installation, plenty of light, ventilation, and fire extinguishers. Wife’s car just has to wait its turn…
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Kitchen for distillation, living / dining for ferments (wife also gets her wine, vodka, gin - so she's cool with it :) )
Nearest neighbour is 500 meters away - and he likes my product
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My main stills are in a detached garage. Any major cockup won't affect my house or any neighboring houses.

My mini stills are very easily portable and can be run anywhere, on and off grid.
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In a cupboard in a shed..
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Laundry room.
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Unfinished portion of a walk-out basement with electricity, a water supply from our well, a sink and a floor drain.
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Detached garage. I use electric to heat. A 150 gallon bulk tank for cooling water.

Some day hope to buy the woods across the street so I can build an underground bunker...... ;)
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Thank you to all that replied. Looks like the basement should be fine then. I’m running a 5 gallon electric setup.
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Basement with a propane fired 15/15 boiler/thumper . 20" high volume vent fan and co detectors .
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Mookie1 wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:42 pm Thank you to all that replied. Looks like the basement should be fine then. I’m running a 5 gallon electric setup.
There is NO QUESTION: a separate shed or garage is best.... But do have good plan for fire suppression, water supply, and for ventilation.

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Semi detached garage with the bay doors closed, I have a 1250cfm extractor on the roof and crack the man door. Sink for water in and out. Lots of smells and things, I prefer not to leave those smells in the house... they are delicious but no one needs to come in and get that smell. Plus I spend most of my time in the garage, so it's not like the neighbors notice anything different. Things get broken down and put in large cupboards before the doors open.
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CO2 is heavier than air, so if you are fermenting in a basement, make sure the CO2 can't build up to a height that can kill more than rats.
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NZChris wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:03 pm CO2 is heavier than air, so if you are fermenting in a basement, make sure the CO2 can't build up to a height that can kill more than rats.
Good advice . that . Some wine makers recently died in Italy over a co2 buildup . Tragic .
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I'm up a long dirt road. In my carport behind my truck. I've got a big sink outside with both hot and cold water
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Outside, on the porch. Nobody gives a crap, and it's not illegal in my country.
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NZChris wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:03 pm CO2 is heavier than air, so if you are fermenting in a basement, make sure the CO2 can't build up to a height that can kill more than rats.
Good point. Always focussed on the still part of the equation: Maybe that's why I don't have a mouse problem any more. :wink: I sit on a hill side, so I should keep the basement door open a crack to allow any CO2 build-up to sink right out the door.
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When I first started , it was an electric boiler . Would set it up in kitchen on stove , next to sink water supply.

Got smart are and figured I would light the gas burner under it to aid heat-up time . :econfused:

Well that quickly turned to shit and nearly set fire to kitchen ( man nearly fainted blowing those flames out ) :oops:

Moved to garage . Electric only .

Then moved outside under carport and got
Gas rig . Been there for maybe 8 years or more . Only when I got 4” packed column , couldn’t fit under carport so stuck that outside next to carport .

Don’t mind being under carport or even outside , but didn’t like it when Neighbour had Drone flying around .
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