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Dutch-K5 Fan:
I see two Grolsch beugel flessen. A well known beer brand here in Holland.
I'm more of a Heineken man, but Grolsch will go in as well. :-D
Dutchie
Motorrad:
--- Quote from: Brute on October 07, 2012, 05:52:56 PM ---I started with making beer, added wine, then when a 5 gal wine batch got messed up I started distilling. First with a gallon jug, a crock pot filled with mineral oil and a water cooled tube to start with, then on to a larger one. ?Larry?s Brewing Warehouse? in Kent Washington sells all kinds of Brewing supplies and BEAUTIFUL distilling tanks. When I was making beer I took him a sample of one I had made up and he told me what and how much of everything I had put in the batch! Amazing. Nice guy too. Decided to stop it all and had him sell all my stuff. Distilling was great fun. I distilled everything using the gallon jug first to see what it would taste like and the original flavor of whatever I distilled always came through. My favorite was a dark beer I brewed. Distilled about ten gallons out of a 16 gallon batch of that once I liked it so much!
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what kind of still Head are you running? (pot, flute, bubble plate, bokabob, blab blah blah)
Hillbilly:
Reminds me of Graffinvier in Germany.Flippie Beer,2 of those and i was done for.
Brute:
Home made old school! Glass gallon jug, crock pot filled with mineral oil, Cork in the top with a hole drilled in it, 2' of 1/4" copper tube with 1" conduit and washers silver soldered on, inlet on the bottom side, outlet on the top side. Hose from top to sink, hose on faucet to bottom inlet. Slow dribble of water to cool the coil. Did the long coiled copper tubing at first, but too much to work with and clean. You have to clean the tubing with vinegar for 20 minutes, then flush just before you start. If you clean the copper well you do not have to worry as much about getting poisoned. :-D Some still charcoal filter after, but that is a personal choice. There are things you watch for (blue tint, slick on the top of the liquid) so you know it is not contaminated. If the liquid "boils over", or gets in the tube you have to stop and clean everything again and start over. ALL distilled alcohol is clear. Additives or burnt oak give the color. Later outfit did 5 gal at a time. Old stainless 5 gal milk jug with the removable sealed top, but a 3/4" water cooled tube. Propane cook element to heat it SLOWLY. You can watch the vapor move up into the tube to the top of the copper. Acts like a liquid. When it starts to 'pour' over the top bend it starts the flow and the temp spikes. If it is too hot it will boil/foam up into the tube then you get to clean up and start over! Do NOT fill your vessel too full! 1/2 was usually pretty safe. Bringing back some memories. making me thirsty!
Motorrad:
Currently in my pile is
15gal keg.
3" stainless pipe (5' long)
PID temp controller
5500W electric element
and various other bits. to make a Vapeur management setup (reducers, stainless ball valves, etc etc).. should be right at 8' tall when im done...
will also have a quick connector in the lower section (about 2' up) to attache a pot still head for quick rum and whiskey runs...
sad thing.. I had all of that laying around :-D havnt bought a thing yet...
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