scotch still

smokey · Post by **smokey** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:42 pm

where can i find blue prints or directions on how to make a scotch still. i really like this one ( viewtopic.php?f=16&t=8550 ) i cant figure out how he made the round peice at the bottom.

Post by **rad14701** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:28 pm

I don't think there are specific designs for a "scotch still"... Why not ask in the thread you are referring to in your post instead of starting a new topic...???

brewmaker1 · Post by **brewmaker1** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:08 pm

Just read the thread. He explains the build.
Smokey, I'm the kind of person that likes to help people, but after reading your posts, I have to tell you, this ain't Playboy. You have to actually read the articles in here. You can't just look at the pictures. I'm also getting the feeling you're just in here to play mindfuck. You really have no business trying to make spirits. It's too dangerous to take as lightly as you seem to be doing.

Dr_T · Post by **Dr_T** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:14 pm

brewmaker1 wrote:this ain't Playboy. You have to actually read the articles in here.

I'm stealing that for my sig block- thanks!

smokey · Post by **smokey** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:20 pm

why is everyone in my shit. i thought this is a site for questions everytime all yall want to do is to jump in my shit for asking a simple question i am just trying to get infomation so i can make my own i think i can do it i aint no computer wiz so i get on here and ask questions so i could get answers but instead of helping yall want to talk shit to me that is messed up. i cant help that i wasnt raised up around it and i cant help that i aint a pro at it like everyone else all i am asking is for ppl that know how to do it help me out. sorry i dont know every thing and that i ask questions. i guess you are not suppose to ask questions on here.

Post by **Hawke** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:12 pm

Been on here less than a year myself. Sorry you feel jumped on, but the question you asked is in the thread you looked at. The bulb is a copper float that he found at a scrapyard. You could make something simillar with a pair of 1 qt copper bowls.
Reading the home site, stickies and other threads that catch your eye 2 or 3 times will answer most questions. You will also pick up answers to questions you haven't even come up with yet.

Post by **rad14701** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:26 pm

Care for some cheese with that whine, smokey...??? You're not going to be getting much help here with an attitude like that... There may well be reason why some folks are suspicious, and maybe there isn't...

If you've done your reading here in the forums, on the parent site, and perhaps performing an internet search or two, you wouldn't be asking questions that bring on the replies you have received... Not being internet savvy is no excuse... If you want to do anything else in life you have to go through the motions to attain your goals... In this hobby/craft you have to do a lot of research, not ask a lot of questions... That's just the way it is...

As Uncle Jessie has so aptly stated "This ain't stamp collecting."...

If you're serious about home distillation you'll persevere - without biting the hands you are expecting to feed you...---MOD EDIT- nuff said lets stay on topic.

Post by **Hack** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:12 am

Hey smokey, a scotch still is a pot still and most any pot still will do. Making scotch whiskey has alot more to do with how you make up your mash than the still you use.

Don't let the harsh answers get you down. There's alot of subjective stuff to learn that goes along with this hobby, so there's not usually a simple quick one size fits all answer for questions. Stick with it and study up. Once you do you'll start to understand what's going on here.

smokey · Post by **smokey** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:46 am

i didnt mean to get pisses with everyone but i just was asking a question bc i am not good at doing research on the internet so i figured that people was nice enough on here to help bc this is a form and i thought that it is for questions and answers on here. yea i did read about the round thing that i was asking about but the first time i didnt see it. sorry about getting so pisses i just wanted good advice.

big worm · Post by **big worm** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:42 pm

think of this web site as a book to learn from. with the tabs atop of the main site page as a starting place a welth of info there.
most things are coverd in the pull down tabs. the wiki is like a living changing encyloptia with lot and lots of stuff there...good stuff. and the actual forum like a classroom to interact with. the search feature is good but you have to gleen thru a lot to get the info...sometimes..lol i've been looking for the SMOP recipe but haven't found one hard posted recipe. so i gleen along and make out what i can folling the threads. this site is the most powerful tool for distilling you can have...just learn to use it. some times its like digging thru a haystack for a needle...at first

Post by **blanikdog** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:26 pm

While you may have copped a bit of shit from some here smokey, I have to thank youi for bringing my attention to this (viewtopic.php?f=16&t=(viewtopic.php?f=16&t=8550)) because it led me to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G7Ypf5Ojno" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow and what a great link it is. Just what I was looking for. The best thing is that he didn't speak with an accent.

Thanks smokey and absinthe.

blanik

Post by **Hack** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:41 pm

big worm, go check the Oat Whiskey thread under tried and true recipes that I bumped a few days ago. I found that while searching for SMOP. From what I understand that is a SMOP recipe, (Seething Mass Of Porridge). Kinda curious about that myself.

big worm · Post by **big worm** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:01 pm

yea i found that, i figured it out i think. i was kinda using that as a example. SMOP looks like my kinda direction i think. rice sorta ferments like a SMOP anyways...i think fourway forgot to post a SMOP recipe

RumBull · Post by **RumBull** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:35 pm

Smokey,
This is my post http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... =16&t=8550 that you are referring to. And as you well know by now, it is a copper float. If you are looking to make your first still, keep it simple. Your going to make a second or third one later (many of us have

), but you need to cut your teeth on something to find out what you like making. Some make a reflux still and then desire a pot, some a pot and then want a VM... Just make one, any one and start practicing if you are serious about this and not just messing around. I had made 3 condensors, 3 parrots and a pot still head before I came up that Scotch style still. I had to cut my teeth too, we all have. Unless you are already good with copper, make the best one that your skills will allow to make today and get to distilling. Your going to love it!!!

smokey · Post by **smokey** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:21 pm

thanks rumbull for the advice. i am just looking to make a good pot still for makeing preach brandy or some other fruit flavor brandy and i was looking at your design of your scotch still bc it looked simple. now that i have done some research pot still dont look like it is that hard to make i just got to find a design that i really like and make it.

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