Home Distiller

Hi everyone,
My wife and I are new to the distilling hobby.
Thanks for a great informative site!

We built a 30 gallon stainless drum with a copper reflux. Have not tried to run it yet. Should we clean with vinegar and water and can you give us more details on the cleaning process?

Thanks!

Welcome.

Run a 50/50 mix of vinegar and water, then rinse everything with clean water. Next you want to do a sacrificial alcohol run. You can make up a simple sugar wash for this or you can buy a few jugs of cheap white wine and run that. If you go the wine route, try to find some in glass Jugs. They will come in handy later.

That is correct, 50/50 vinegar water then alcohol... after that your ready for the real mccoy...

Your question has been answered but I would love to see pictures of your 30 gal rig

Say hello to my little friend...


Thanks for the advice. Cleaning now in process! Good stuff soon to come!!

stillenand chillen wrote:Say hello to my little friend...

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Thanks for the advice. Cleaning now in process! Good stuff soon to come!!

Dude, not a smart thing to do putting a picture of yourself on here, or even a friend, personally I would remove it

Thanks for responding so quick. Not the one I wanted to attach... Fixed.

Much better, that is a nice looking rig. Since I was one of the few, if not the only person to see you........your ugly