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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:13 am

YES Finally !!!!! after haveing tons of problems building my still , last night i got it up & running !! i poured off the 1st pint from a sugar wash & caught a quart before it got late , planing on adding the rest of the sugar wash today & finsih up , how many quarts can i expect from a 15.5 gallon beer keg reflux system ? it was about 3/4 of the way full ?

also , what do yall use for a test vile when testing the finished product with a hydrometer ? the quart mason jar is too short !!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:15 am

that was me , i forgot to log in & it showed as a guest !

outlawokie · Post by **outlawokie** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:52 am

I get obout 1 1/2 quarts out of a 4 gallon wash on a reflux Cheers

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:00 am

right on!

DBM · Post by **DBM** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:01 am

I got a glass flower vase. The tall skinney kind for a one stim rose. Ask your wife, mother, or girlfriend, they keep those kind of those things around.

pangea · Post by **pangea** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:07 pm

I use the stainless steel tube that comes in the keg for my hydrometer testing.

runforthehills · Post by **runforthehills** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:42 pm

I use an empty Grants scotch bottle...3 sided, tall,,,,its 750 ml and its tall enough for my alcoholmeter..

kahluaman · Post by **kahluaman** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:14 pm

I use a 250ml graduated cylinder. Tall and thin, "floats" alcoholmeter great.

linw · Post by **linw** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:54 am

DBM wrote:I got a glass flower vase. The tall skinney kind for a one stim rose. Ask your wife, mother, or girlfriend, they keep those kind of those things around.

Me too! Tall and narrow (and cheap!). I used a plastic cosmetic pottle as a base. I just cut a tight fit hole in the lid and squeezed the vase into it. Gave it the stability needed.

Virginia Gentleman · Post by **Virginia Gentleman** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:12 am

Yup, I use a 12" graduated glass cylinder. Holds about 7 oz. (200 ml?). Only need about 4 oz. to take a reading. $5 at brew supply.

allen42 · Post by **allen42** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:55 am

yesterday i went to the brew shop & bought a tube there , its plastic , it was 3.95 us dollars , it worked great , my 1st run came out @ 90%

knuklehead · Post by **knuklehead** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:41 pm

theholymackerel wrote:High abv will cause the plastic to fail before long. (Not to mention it will contaminate yer distillate.)

Think about replacin' it with glass.

I have used a plastic graduated cylinder for some time. I ordered it form brewhaus and they specificaly told me it was good up to 97%. I noticed that after a while the cylinder began to get a little cloudy to the point where I could not easily see through it to take a reading. Since then I purchase a glass 200ml cylider which I will use form now on. I don't trust anything but copper stainless steel or glass anymore for contact with high ABV product.

AkCoyote · Post by **AkCoyote** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:42 pm

I'm with ya both Holy and Knuck. Copper, stainless or glass only. I picked up a testing cylinder at the brew store for $3. No graduations but has this heavy rubber ring around the top in the event it falls over. Really slick and works great.

AkCoyote

allen42 · Post by **allen42** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:57 pm

AKC i saw the excact glass colum @ the shop on friday , was bout 10 bucks , i had no idea what the ring at the top was for lol , i will get it next time !!!

Virginia Gentleman · Post by **Virginia Gentleman** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:37 am

Yeah, the glass cylinder is worth it, just to be safe. Could have used one of those protective rubber rings last night; tipped mine over and broke the top half off of it. Luckily most of the spirit was saved!

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