Weather
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Tater
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Re: Weather
I prefer to run when its raining .I usually run in a metal roofed building.
I use a pot still.Sometimes with a thumper
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blanikdog
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Re: Weather
Autumn (fall) and spring. Too hot/cold the other seasons but I perservere anyway.
blanik
blanik
Simple potstiller. Slow, single run.
(50 litre, propane heated pot still. Coil in bucket condenser - No thermometer, No carbon)
The Reading Lounge AND the Rules We Live By should be compulsory reading
Cumudgeon and loving it.
(50 litre, propane heated pot still. Coil in bucket condenser - No thermometer, No carbon)
The Reading Lounge AND the Rules We Live By should be compulsory reading
Cumudgeon and loving it.
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BW Redneck
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- Location: 1000 acre farm, Ohio
Re: Weather
I actually like to run when its really cold out. I mix food grade antifreeze in my coolant water so it doesn't freeze, then move the coolant tank inside. This way, I can heat my shop with my waste heat, and I don't have to keep adding ice to it when it gets too hot. My boiler is well insulated so I don't waste too much gas.
If we get a really hard freeze though, I have to drain everything just in case it does freeze.
If we get a really hard freeze though, I have to drain everything just in case it does freeze.
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance... baffle them with bullshit."
"Don't steal. The government hates competition."
"Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see"
20lt small pot still, working on keg
"Don't steal. The government hates competition."
"Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see"
20lt small pot still, working on keg
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Dnderhead
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Re: Weather
Same as BW but I sort of shut down in winter and do my "experimenting" with small ferments and some of the "specials"
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bourbonbob
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Re: Weather
I start doing mine around xmas, that's when the farmers around here have their corn ready. I will distill through till april. I will store and age about 100 litres of UJSM
Keep on Stillin' 
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Rudi
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Hawke
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Re: Weather
Love the sound of rain on the tin roof. Prefer temps in the mid 60's F. Currently getting down to the mid 30's in the shop 
I'll keep at it for a few more weeks though.
I'll keep at it for a few more weeks though.It is the very things that we think we know, that keep us from learning what we should know.
Valved Reflux, 3"x54" Bok 'mini', 2 liebig based pots and the 'Blockhead' 60K btu propane heat
Valved Reflux, 3"x54" Bok 'mini', 2 liebig based pots and the 'Blockhead' 60K btu propane heat
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punkin
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Re: Weather
Starting to get very hot in my shed. Although it's quite good when i open the big door as well i get good airflow.
Currently putting a hardwood timber deck on the verandah front of the shed, so i'll have a nice shady spot to sit in the open of an afternoon now
Currently putting a hardwood timber deck on the verandah front of the shed, so i'll have a nice shady spot to sit in the open of an afternoon now
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duds2u
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big worm
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Re: Weather
i like the cooler months but, when it hot stripping runs take no time to heat and run tho. i live rural so anytime is good but night s seem safer for some reason
GOT BAIT?
small children left unatended will be sold as bait
small children left unatended will be sold as bait
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punkin
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Re: Weather
The big shame is that i have to move anything i put on there to open both doorsduds2u wrote:You going to get a rocking chair for that thar porch?
Pity too, cause it'd be a top spot for a small table and two chairs to get away for a quiet convesation from the main crowd fifteen feet away under the entertaining area....
