Good morning! I'm relatively new to the whole homemade alcohol thing, but after a few batches of mead and cider that turned out to be pretty decent, I wanted to think bigger. Especially as a bartender, I thought one of the better ways for me to improve my craft is to better understand the fundamentals of spirit and how it's made is to try the process for myself!
Still reading up on where to start and looking to source all necessary equipment, but I'm hoping this can turn into a long term hobby. I hope I can share this journey with everyone here!
Cheers from New England
Hey everyone!
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Saltbush Bill
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Welcome aboard Oxide.
The only and best advice I can give you at this point in time is to not buy anything at all until you have a good look through the forum and know exactly what still it is that you need for the job at hand. The most common mistake made by beginners is buying a cheap crap still that needs heavy modification before its of any use, or a still that doesn't work properly which in turn , turns the owner away from the hobby.
Plenty of people here will guide you if you ask the right questions in the right area of the forum.
The only and best advice I can give you at this point in time is to not buy anything at all until you have a good look through the forum and know exactly what still it is that you need for the job at hand. The most common mistake made by beginners is buying a cheap crap still that needs heavy modification before its of any use, or a still that doesn't work properly which in turn , turns the owner away from the hobby.
Plenty of people here will guide you if you ask the right questions in the right area of the forum.
Re: Hey everyone!
Hell yeah, man. Been looking at all the threads I could find on the topic of equipment, don't wanna go cheap for sure. I have some ideas on what I want to grab, no solid plan yet, but I'll likely wait till the return checks come in before making a decision.
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Saltpork
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Re: Hey everyone!
It doesn't have to be expensive if you practice patience and search for the good deals or opportunities for the parts, bits and bobs, once you know what you want to do.
Welcome to the rabbit hole
Saltpork
Welcome to the rabbit hole
Saltpork
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Re: Hey everyone!
I recommend buying modular Stainless steel Tri clamp components, mainly 2”. Copper is a pain in the butt to clean and you can always add copper to a SS column in form of mesh. I have a 2” medium product SS shotgun condenser from Stilldragon that is super quality and that I’ve used for reflux, potstill and also for vacuum distillation. How can you go wrong? The 3 gallon Heavy Duty Milk Can boiler (with 2 Inch Dome Lid and Clamp, and 2 Inch Ferruled Fitting and clamp) made by Mile Hi is great (they have bigger ones and I also have one of those). Another good small (3 gal) boiler is made by hooloodistill.com. It’s not listed on their website but they do sell it and the price is right. Then for sanitary spool tubes, Dernord on the amazon website is great and also for clamps, gaskets, reducers, elbows, etc.