What might it best be suited for?
I've started to gather up materials for fermenting and will probably start with a simple sugar recipe.
should I be able to coax some decent product out of it?
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markophonic
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My first still w/pic's
What can I expect from this thing? I new to distilling and just picked up this still.
What might it best be suited for?
I've started to gather up materials for fermenting and will probably start with a simple sugar recipe.
should I be able to coax some decent product out of it?
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What might it best be suited for?
I've started to gather up materials for fermenting and will probably start with a simple sugar recipe.
should I be able to coax some decent product out of it?
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The still looks good, you can make very good drinks with this one.
but this still is not made for sugar washes, it is good to do a test run and getting in contact with distilling, but it's not good for neutral spirit. But if you try, distill 2 or 3 times, and use activated carbon (before the last run)
And then switch to rum, whiskey, calvados, ...
(and read: http://homedistiller.org onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow)
but this still is not made for sugar washes, it is good to do a test run and getting in contact with distilling, but it's not good for neutral spirit. But if you try, distill 2 or 3 times, and use activated carbon (before the last run)
And then switch to rum, whiskey, calvados, ...
(and read: http://homedistiller.org onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow)
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pot stills are fine for sugar washes. You've just got to be careful with cuts. It turns out a product much smoother than commercial vodka, with an almost undetectable but not necessarily bad tomato flavor. After carbon it tastes delicious.
It should also be easy to make an interchangeable reflux column for that keg once you get more serious, if its vodka you wanted to make
It should also be easy to make an interchangeable reflux column for that keg once you get more serious, if its vodka you wanted to make
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markophonic
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I have a propane gas burner for a turkey fryer that I might use though I'm considering buying a hot plate (I'm looking at the 1500 watt unit that Mile Hi sells). I think the hot plate might be a safer way to go?? I'd feel better about not having a fire burning in my garage shop for extended periods...just for ventilations sake etc.
Will a keg sit on a hot plate nicely??
I was wondering about extending the column...could i use another 2" piece of copper pipe to extend the column and fabricate something so it could be broke down to this smaller size...some kind of sleeve??? I don't know much about working with pipe so any ideas are most welcome!!!
I'm still trying to figure out what to use for my cooling lines...someone suggested an icemaker installation kit. Should I use copper lines or plastic/PVC type lines...again any suggestons welcome. It has compression fittings on the condensor.
I think that I'm going to use Uncle Jesse's simple sour mash recipe to get me started but if I can somehow extend the height of the column I would like to try some vodka recipes.
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Will a keg sit on a hot plate nicely??
I was wondering about extending the column...could i use another 2" piece of copper pipe to extend the column and fabricate something so it could be broke down to this smaller size...some kind of sleeve??? I don't know much about working with pipe so any ideas are most welcome!!!
I'm still trying to figure out what to use for my cooling lines...someone suggested an icemaker installation kit. Should I use copper lines or plastic/PVC type lines...again any suggestons welcome. It has compression fittings on the condensor.
I think that I'm going to use Uncle Jesse's simple sour mash recipe to get me started but if I can somehow extend the height of the column I would like to try some vodka recipes.
Here is another Picture.
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I built a still a couple months ago. Look for the post "built it myself" in the forum.
I use a 3 ring propane burner and since it's cold this time of year, I distill in my garage. I crack to double wide door a couple inches and have no worries about gassing myself. I've had my burner running for 15 hours with no issues. It sits on the floor so the bottom of my keg is about three inches from the floor.
I also use clear vinyl tubing for the condenser. Allows me to see if I have a leak by seeing bubbles in the line. I circulate out of a 25 gallon barrel thats sits outside the garage door.
If it was me (and it ain't) I would run the still a few times to see if I liked the product. Then I'd maybe think about doing the modifications you're thinking of. Also, that potstill column looks just fine. Instead of extending it (or trying to) just build a reflux column complete with bowl and have two seperate heads.
Nice still, by the way
I use a 3 ring propane burner and since it's cold this time of year, I distill in my garage. I crack to double wide door a couple inches and have no worries about gassing myself. I've had my burner running for 15 hours with no issues. It sits on the floor so the bottom of my keg is about three inches from the floor.
I also use clear vinyl tubing for the condenser. Allows me to see if I have a leak by seeing bubbles in the line. I circulate out of a 25 gallon barrel thats sits outside the garage door.
If it was me (and it ain't) I would run the still a few times to see if I liked the product. Then I'd maybe think about doing the modifications you're thinking of. Also, that potstill column looks just fine. Instead of extending it (or trying to) just build a reflux column complete with bowl and have two seperate heads.
Nice still, by the way
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