Home Distiller

My new toy . Her name,is Bitch and she will be my whiskey still. She is ready for cleaning run.

few more

and a home made MK 5500


Thank you for stopping

Very nice ! ! !

Milk can.

Dragon bubble ball on top.

Potstill head on that.

But with some reflux going on there as well.

A "one run" whiskey?

Odin.

Clean and Cool!!!!!

How does that double ferule work on the heating element wire?? Does the outer one slide on the wire to access the element conections??

Man that is some fancy metalwork Heksa ,
Ideas on what it'll put out? (70&, 80%)?

That is a good looking Bitch

Odin wrote:Milk can.

Dragon bubble ball on top.

Potstill head on that.

But with some reflux going on there as well.

A "one run" whiskey?

Odin.

I hope

One of the finest looking bitches I've seen in a minute..... VERY nice. I'm jealous...

WIski wrote:Clean and Cool!!!!!

How does that double ferule work on the heating element wire?? Does the outer one slide on the wire to access the element conections??

Yes , and so far no leaks

NcHooch wrote:Man that is some fancy metalwork Heksa ,
Ideas on what it'll put out? (70&, 80%)?

I am hoping for 70% -75% - we will see

Nice! My StillDragon stuff got here today too! Flippin tall so no more runnin in my normal setting in the basement. Looks like Ill have to go to the garage! You are going to make some sweet whiskey with that Bitch!

heksa wrote:

WIski wrote:Clean and Cool!!!!!

How does that double ferule work on the heating element wire?? Does the outer one slide on the wire to access the element conections??

Yes , and so far no leaks

Thanks for that!! Very Very Nice!!!

Nice looking kit you have there! Should do you well!

That looks like a big steaming pile of bitch crap. You need to bag it and tag it. Then send it to me. So I can dispose of it properly. Please.

Prairiepiss wrote:That looks like a big steaming pile of bitch crap. You need to bag it and tag it. Then send it to me. So I can dispose of it properly. Please.

Jesus PP U sippin?

looks great whats the boiler

heksa,

That's awesome! Really nice work. I am inspired. I don't suppose you could tell us where you got those two SS reducers? I would love to put a dragon on my still.

MitchyBourbon wrote:heksa,

That's awesome! Really nice work. I am inspired. I don't suppose you could tell us where you got those two SS reducers? I would love to put a dragon on my still.

Boiler -milk can from China ,rest of SS from still dragon ,head with shotgun dephlagmater DIY

Heksa,
Do you have any build pics of your shotgun condenser?

LWTCS wrote:

Prairiepiss wrote:That looks like a big steaming pile of bitch crap. You need to bag it and tag it. Then send it to me. So I can dispose of it properly. Please.

Jesus PP U sippin?

I said please.

So what does the delphlegigigy consist of?

Prairiepiss wrote:

LWTCS wrote:

Prairiepiss wrote:That looks like a big steaming pile of bitch crap. You need to bag it and tag it. Then send it to me. So I can dispose of it properly. Please.

Jesus PP U sippin?

I said please.

So what does the delphlegigigy consist of?

It is 2" dia., 5,5 " long and consist 7 x 3/8 risers

I run some water and vinegar today -it is bubbling perfectly

Cool. Can't wait to here how she runs.

Can someone explain how this 'hybrid" configuration translates into the distillation process starting with a basic wash.

I have about 8 runs with my traditional pot still so I understand that theory and process.

I understand the theory behind the fractioning column and bubbler plates?

But what happens when you combine a bubbler or two and a pot still head on top?

How does it affect the final product?
What sort of ABV can you expect to get out ?
Are heads or tails compressed at all?
And how is flavor of the final product affected?
What happens if you add an additional bubbler (for a total of two)?


Thanks!

Two passive bubble balls will give you about one extra distillation. If I interpret the sorta small copper tubes situated in the lower part of your normal potstill head as a way to introduce cooling water, you will create reflux and activate the bubble balls for sure. Not sure "activating" of "passive" are the right words, but hope you get what I try to get across.

With cooling, you can get one distillation per bubble ball for sure. Giving you three in total 3 distillation cycles.

You can make whiskey in one run. My experience with that is that cuts change very fast. Maybe collect in smaller vessles than usual?

Odin.

Hi Qball ,
One assumes that heksa has in some way calculated that this config will land his ABV closer to barrel strength with minimal cooling adjustments?
Furthermore, by introducing the forced reflux he should be able to flatten out the classic curve/ABV drop that occurs with a traditional pot still run. He should be able to hold steady for a longer period of time over the course of the run.

LWTCS wrote:Furthermore, by introducing the forced reflux he should be able to flatten out the classic curve/ABV drop that occurs with a traditional pot still run.

Hi LWTCS, could you elaborate, or point me in the direction for research, on the classic curve/ABV drop of pot stills? Sorry, but I haven't spent much time in the Pot Distillation Theory forum.

Hi Lampshade,
In a nut shell,,,the forced reflux amounts to better compression. And as such ,a more defined transition between heads hearts and tails
Though that compression may very well compromise some character,,,,for some folks.

Well...Cleaning (alcohol) run was done today. I started at 2:25PM with 15liters mix of tails ,heads ,rum oils at 17% abv.
At 5PM I had to turn it off.(unwanted visitors ) Collected 3.6liters at 83% abv
She started at 84% for the first 10 min. than steady 83% till she was turn off. I was watching those bubbles like a super movie





I love my bitch !!