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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:16 pm
I signed up yesterday and have been enjoying your forum. I have been in and out of here at various times and been playing with the alchemist's art for about 12 years. I am mostly a brewer, having brewed since 1980. I am National beer judge, love gadgets and cofounded a micro-brewery two decades ago.
I have a variety of still. I have a 15.5 gallon electric pot with two elements and a 10 gallon steam jacketed pot. I have one tower that is made of 4" stainless. It can be configured in a variety of ways. It has a 3 foot column section, a top cap section with an internal cooling/reflux coil. Depending on how I set it up either pot can run as a simple pot still or a goose-necke reflux still. I have a copper condenser that runs chilling water around the outside and through the center of the vapor/liquor outlet tube. I also have a copper goose-neck extension arm, so the condenser can be set-up as a up close pot still or a goose-neck.
I also have a meter tall, 3" copper tower stuffed with stainless scrubbers, set-up with a vapor management head. It is based on some stuff Mike Nixon sent me years ago.
I recently built a small 1.5 liter electric pot still utilizing an in-line water heater thing out of an old bottled water dispenser/cooler. It is wired with a rheostat/dimmer switch and is really great for those small re-distillation jobs we all run into.
I am mostly or at least currently into straight corn and rye whiskey production. Real straight forward, artisan kind of stuff. It is really enjoyable.
Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you all have to say and picking up some of your wisdom. Along the way I may have something worth while to add to the mix, but don't hold your breath!
I have a variety of still. I have a 15.5 gallon electric pot with two elements and a 10 gallon steam jacketed pot. I have one tower that is made of 4" stainless. It can be configured in a variety of ways. It has a 3 foot column section, a top cap section with an internal cooling/reflux coil. Depending on how I set it up either pot can run as a simple pot still or a goose-necke reflux still. I have a copper condenser that runs chilling water around the outside and through the center of the vapor/liquor outlet tube. I also have a copper goose-neck extension arm, so the condenser can be set-up as a up close pot still or a goose-neck.
I also have a meter tall, 3" copper tower stuffed with stainless scrubbers, set-up with a vapor management head. It is based on some stuff Mike Nixon sent me years ago.
I recently built a small 1.5 liter electric pot still utilizing an in-line water heater thing out of an old bottled water dispenser/cooler. It is wired with a rheostat/dimmer switch and is really great for those small re-distillation jobs we all run into.
I am mostly or at least currently into straight corn and rye whiskey production. Real straight forward, artisan kind of stuff. It is really enjoyable.
Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you all have to say and picking up some of your wisdom. Along the way I may have something worth while to add to the mix, but don't hold your breath!