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Building up a distillery in Ireland today and tomorrow.

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A dozen iStill distilleries in Belgium ... here is the last one. Tim is collecting his iStill 100 for product development!

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Busy times at the iStill Factory. Working on a batch of 5 iStills 2000 for the North American market!

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Next week I'll be on a trade mission to India with the Dutch government.

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Odin in India:

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And here is some more information on our operations and plans for India!

https://istillblog.com/2018/05/26/istil ... -in-india/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

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New heaters (2 kW) for the all new iStill Mini are ready. The rest ... in about a week from now.

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And the power controller to the iStill Mini ...

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Building an iStill interpretation of a traditional Scottish whisky still. With some tech goodies like dynamic cuts management.

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We just delivered another iStill Distillery to Texas. An iStill 100, 500, 2000, and a 500 liter Extractor. Here's a picture of the truck making the delivery ...

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Our newest iStill: the iStill Mini! For product development:

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Let me discuss it with one of my engineers ...

Currently testing the heck out of the new iStill Mini. We made a faux whiskey from roasted buckwheat. And we are currently making a vodka out of that.

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Hey Odin,

I didn't know the iStill was your baby! I checked it out a few months ago after I got my head distiller job. The website said something about the maillard reaction during distillation. This seemed like marketing gobbledegook to me. Certainly there is maillard when toasting grains but not in the presence of so much water. Can you comment? Thanks.
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Yeah, read up on Maillard. I did quite some postings about it. Even on this forum.

On another note, we did some extensive testing on the iStill Mini. We made some faux roasted buckwheat whiskey. Accelerated the aging process a bit with some wood chunks and ultrasonic treatments and turned it into a pretty okay drink. Pictures tomorrow.

We used the remainder of the buckwheat wash to be turned into a vodka, again using the R&D iStill Mini. 96% in one go on a very low abv wash ...

Here's a picture.

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Buckwheat whiskey, made with the iStill Mini!

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Two video's of tests of the iStill Mini's agitator system:

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Some pics of a new iStill 5000 (1300 gallon net boiler capacity) we are building for a Canadian distillery ... Ain't she a beauty?

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Odin wrote:Some pics of a new iStill 5000 (1300 gallon net boiler capacity) we are building for a Canadian distillery ... Ain't she a beauty?

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Yep.

The still is nice too.

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Another iStill for Scotland ...
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Hi Odin
If you dont mind me asking where about in Scotland are you installing the I-still. Could possibly pop along and see it.
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Here's a picture of the first iStill Mini to fly out to the USA!

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Odin wrote:Some pics of a new iStill 5000 (1300 gallon net boiler capacity) we are building for a Canadian distillery .
Would it be possible to know where is going to in Canada.. it just may be near me, who know.. I am aware of one who what aware of your still, and was considering contacting you on it..

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Regina if I am not mistaken.
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Odin wrote:Some pics of a new iStill 5000... ... Ain't she a beauty?
Practical--yes Beauty-- no
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Introducing 8 new innovations in just a few hours!

https://istill.eu/istillkeynote" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

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Here they are:

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Working on the first batch of 50 iStills Mini. Our new 1.5 galon product development, test and training still.

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And here's a picture of the 50 power managers that go with the new iStills Mini and that we are currently also manufacturing.

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And we designed a new innovation: indirect heaters. Here is a picture of an i2000 we are building. It has 3 screw in holes to accomodate the new indirect heating system. This is a picture taken before the acid bath, so welds look a bit dirty still.

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