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Hi all

Here's my pot still.
Thanks to all for answering my Q's and giving me good ideas.
I think this was Punkins still plan... Thanks mate.












The liebig is about 35" long. It's 3/4" copper inside a 1" jacket.

I'll first do a vinegar wash, followed by a not so good batch of homebrew. Then I'll get in to the rums, the USJM's and the rice/potato vodkas. (I like my Vodka to taste like stuff).

I could have but more elbow grease in to the polishing of it... but I'd rather spend the time brewing/distilling.

Looks good, and certainly looks shiny enough!

Give it a coat of copper laquer, it will help retain the shine and prevent stains .

naw, that shiny shit is for show. Make sure it gets a good brown patina. That is what 'real' stills should look like. WELL used. Like the farmers kid in college with the shiny new truck, that has never seen any work. Get that fuk'r dirty, and well broke in!

H.

(ps, just ribbin ya. That is a perty one!!)

Thats real nice.. I just wish they would stay that way...

Husker wrote:naw, that shiny shit is for show. Make sure it gets a good brown patina. That is what 'real' stills should look like. WELL used. Like the farmers kid in college with the shiny new truck, that has never seen any work. Get that fuk'r dirty, and well broke in!

H.

(ps, just ribbin ya. That is a perty one!!)

Well said H

Am doing the vinegar cleaning run now.
The garage smells like an English pub.

Nice touch including the rego plate of the vehicle in the garage, don't spose that will make it hard to track you down

MashMan wrote:Nice touch including the rego plate of the vehicle in the garage, don't spose that will make it hard to track you down

Anyone who tracks me down will be forced to drink my homebrew.
I doubt they'd ever be keen to visit again....

muss wrote:I could have but more elbow grease in to the polishing of it...

Yeah whats wrong with you? Polish that thing.

NICE STILL!!

But what is that type of clamp you use to connect to the boiler? can you show me more, I would like one!

Henk

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One of many.

They are found everywhere really.

Nice stuff, wondering if I can buy them in Holland?

probably not, unless muss makes you one and ships it over

Muss, if you still read here, where did you get your triclamp in NZ?

Nice n Shinny..mmmm. You'll get some nice flavoured hooch from that still man...

S.

Samohon wrote:Nice n Shinny..mmmm. You'll get some nice flavoured hooch from that still man...

S.

If shinieness did actually contribute to quality, then we would all be chrome palting out stills...still. Its very pretty.
What did you use to polish it?

ScottishBoy wrote:

Samohon wrote:Nice n Shinny..mmmm. You'll get some nice flavoured hooch from that still man...

S.

If shinieness did actually contribute to quality, then we would all be chrome palting out stills...still. Its very pretty.
What did you use to polish it?

Probably deserved that SB, but if his hooch is cut as clean as the shininess on his copper then he'll have a nice beverage.
Personally. I polished with 20%amonia and 80% - 60% abv hooch once for photos. Now, the still is ageing nicely - as I am...lol

S.

Oh I was just pokin fun. No offense.

I try to age gracefully as well...(try anyway)...

hstuurman wrote:Nice stuff, wondering if I can buy them in Holland?

Probably you have a lot of dairy cows in Holland? Clamps like this are used in milking machines so you could get them from a place that installs or services the milking machines, or a place that supplies the fittings for the machines.

ScottishBoy wrote:Oh I was just pokin fun. No offense.

I try to age gracefully as well...(try anyway)...

None taken SB...
I don't want to sit and polish copper, takes me away from stillin...

"he said as he poured another".

S.

EDIT: SB, they used to sell a product here in Scotland called 'Brasso', a mix of methylated spirit and amonia. Cant get it now, health and safety and all that, but my quantities seem to work pretty good... S.

Brasso? Smelly dark gray pasty type stuff? Yeah...got some in my cupboard too...

The Baker wrote:

hstuurman wrote:Nice stuff, wondering if I can buy them in Holland?

Probably you have a lot of dairy cows in Holland? Clamps like this are used in milking machines so you could get them from a place that installs or services the milking machines, or a place that supplies the fittings for the machines.

Thanks, but I've dicided to go for a copper boiler, and I can solder a copper joint. So no tri-clamp needed (the first couple of years )