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Lewichris
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Thank you all who have contributed so much knowledge and wisdom to us beginners.

Building a keg still with a 24 inch long 2 inch riser and a 24 inch leibeg condenser. Excited to do my first first water run vineger run and sugar wash run to learn how it all works. Thanks again for all the reading material.
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Welcome Lewichris
If you've yet to build the liebig I'd suggest adding another 12 inches to the whole thing.....if you dont now , you might wish you had in the future.
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Welcome and agree with Salty .
24” might be good for a small gin still or Spirit run on a small boiler , but when you want to use it for stripping runs , it will be quite limited .
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Fantastic. Thanks for the heads up. We can all use an extra 12 inches. Wont be a problem to modify. Appreciate it
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You May even choose to make it longer again. The topic of liebig size and design has recently been discussed on the forum. Reading the following threads might give you some other options to think about.
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Welcome 🍻
I drink so much now,on the back of my license it's a list of organs I need.
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hello and welcome
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