Built another one

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bigal2286
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Built another one

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I have been mooching knowledge from this site for about 2.5 years now so I thought I could at least share a picture. My first still was a bokakob ministill. I ran it on the stove in my kitchen and it was great but quickly became too small. As soon as I got a house I started the upgrade. I just modified this after the original build and ran some water/vinegar through it and no there won't be a plastic catch bucket when I run my booze. It ran great and I am looking forward to doing more than about 4 gallons at a time (that is how big my old still was, now I've got 15.5 gallons!) :D
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rad14701
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Nice rig... Looks like you've got the condenser scaled for some hot-n-heavy distillation there...

Good luck...
decoy
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looks good ..

how was your first run...
RumBull
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Looks like it is designed to send plenty of flavor down the pipes. I am particular to these type of stills.
Love it! Thanks for sharing your build. Is that 2" pipe?
7.5 gal and 15.5 gal SS keg with copper Super Sankey Scotch Style Still head.http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... =16&t=8550
I make Rum and um... Rum
Socrates
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Very nice.
bigal2286
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Yeah it is 2" pipe down to 3/4 then 1/2 in the condenser. That trash can was the only thing I had bigger than 5 gallons without holes in the bottom and I figure it will be nice if I don't have to change the water in the run. I think I'm going to do my first stripping run on it tonight. No problems with the vinegar run and I only had the trash can about 1/4 full so it should run a lot fast than my stove top rig when I fill it up.
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