interesting find

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i found a very interesting web site , in south africa ,nice recipes etc, check it out http://www.distillique.co.za" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

[Odin]

Thanks! Great site. The reflux they sell, looks a lot like the PDA-1, by the way. Regards, Odin.

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pleasure Odin,enjoy.

[Rargh]

The recipies are interesting
Just noticed this http://distillique.co.za/catalog/produc ... ucts_id=25" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

I have the ebook and within it suggests using basically bike innertubes to join the column together. i.e. to attach the cooling head to the column. You can see it in the picture i.e. the black strips.

Quote from the book
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Cut two rubber rings, about 25mm wide, from a thick bicycle tube with a diameter of about 50mm
to make your vapour seals. (the ideal material is PTFE tubing bit is very difficult to obtain)
Fit one vapour seal over the dividing head. It should fit tight but not stretch too much.
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What peoples opinion on this?

Cheers

[Bushman]

Seems like most of their recipes unless starting from a neutral or vodka base calls for turbo yeast, I am sure some others will weigh in on this but the recipes can obviously be modified which might be fun to try! Thanks for sharing

[rad14701]

I have the PDF for constructing that reflux column and it also mentions the bicycle inner tube seals... I would not recommend them for potable spirits although I have never attempted exposing that synthetic rubber to hot ethanol vapor or liquid... That LM design is very similar in concept to the two cups design as well as the two reducer design I am currently running... That is essentially a knock off of the PDA-1 design...

The main thing I have seen missing from the design is the lack of a means of keeping reflux from dripping straight back down into the lower column... Whether this could cause performance issues or not depends on the style of the reflux condenser... The condenser design in the PDF is for a single coil with the center packed with copper mesh and that design might promote more liquid reflux closer to the outer walls of the reflux chamber than towards the center...

I'd build the design, but with fewer pricey fittings...

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thanks for comments you guys,

i enjoyed the enzymes on sale, that include pectinase, preventing methanol, if I'm right.

Rad ,thanks for the info on the stills, it interests me to perhaps make my own, should probably get more of a plan for it, and of course no rubber.

[Dnderhead]

" pectinase, preventing methanol"
it actually makes more as it brakes down skins and cell walls.

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wow, thanks Dnderhead, sorry i thought otherwise, man this hobby is very interesting hey.