New Equipment
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:40 pm
Hello,
This is about my 4 th post so forgive me if something is not perfect. I have brewed all grain for many years and then a few years ago I got tired of it and sold everything. Now I got a tingling to start distilling.
So... I am buying all new equipment. After 20 years of cobbling together beer making supplies, this time I want to have great equipment off the bat. Here is what I have ordered so far.
13 gallon Electric HillBilly still potstill 3 inch
A 6 plate reflux column also.
Refractometer
2 25 gallon food grade barrels.
Proof hydrometer
Graduated cylinder
Small variable speed food grade 0-3 Gpm pump
Aeration stone and welding oxygen tank
Dap
Nottingham yeast
50 pound corn
50 pound 2 row
Bag or medium white oak chunks
Jars
Graduated cylinder
3 roller grain mill
Stir plate
I still need a mash tun. I have been looking at the recipes and can't really tell what I need. Either 15 or 20 gallon for 10 gallon batches? My still is 13 gallon, can I run a full 10 at once? Do I need a perforated ( false bottom) like when brewing? From what I have read most batches seem to be on the grain. In that case I could siphon from a large pot or use my pump on a very slow setting. Can I use my still boiler to heat the mash water and then pour in to the mash tun at strike temp? Could I just ferment in my stainless mash tun and never transfer?
Anything else I may need to finish my first run. I am hoping to be good to go.
Also, I know I could build and have studied the diagrams, I just spent so many hours building a brewery, this time I would like to skip a few steps. I am 40 and just want to get distilling.
Thanks
This is about my 4 th post so forgive me if something is not perfect. I have brewed all grain for many years and then a few years ago I got tired of it and sold everything. Now I got a tingling to start distilling.
So... I am buying all new equipment. After 20 years of cobbling together beer making supplies, this time I want to have great equipment off the bat. Here is what I have ordered so far.
13 gallon Electric HillBilly still potstill 3 inch
A 6 plate reflux column also.
Refractometer
2 25 gallon food grade barrels.
Proof hydrometer
Graduated cylinder
Small variable speed food grade 0-3 Gpm pump
Aeration stone and welding oxygen tank
Dap
Nottingham yeast
50 pound corn
50 pound 2 row
Bag or medium white oak chunks
Jars
Graduated cylinder
3 roller grain mill
Stir plate
I still need a mash tun. I have been looking at the recipes and can't really tell what I need. Either 15 or 20 gallon for 10 gallon batches? My still is 13 gallon, can I run a full 10 at once? Do I need a perforated ( false bottom) like when brewing? From what I have read most batches seem to be on the grain. In that case I could siphon from a large pot or use my pump on a very slow setting. Can I use my still boiler to heat the mash water and then pour in to the mash tun at strike temp? Could I just ferment in my stainless mash tun and never transfer?
Anything else I may need to finish my first run. I am hoping to be good to go.
Also, I know I could build and have studied the diagrams, I just spent so many hours building a brewery, this time I would like to skip a few steps. I am 40 and just want to get distilling.
Thanks