I built a reflux still with a column about 3 ft. I used small glass marbles as the medium (about 3/8"). It seems to be working way to well. I hear a "rattling";...
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just me
hifa222
May 2, 2010 7:17 pm
you will get a better product using copper mesh. just me Life begins at 80. 1080 that is....
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Peter Huisman
ausiewood
May 3, 2010 1:06 am
Stainless steel (or copper) pot scrubbers have an extremely high surface area and are recommended for the columns of reflux stills. A metre long x 50mm...
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hifa222
May 4, 2010 1:44 am
I found out my friends 5yo son Deuce drowned Saturday.I didn't ask if he could swim.I would like for everyone reading this to please teach their children to...
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wal
waljaco
May 4, 2010 3:42 am
Here is a Marketplace story from wal. You can hear the story, titled "The modern moonshine movement", on the Marketplace website, at ...
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wal
waljaco
May 4, 2010 6:41 am
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waljaco
May 4, 2010 6:49 am
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waljaco
May 4, 2010 11:01 am
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Moonshine
moonshinesti...
May 5, 2010 5:23 pm
... If you distill it slowly and separate the alcohol in 3 different cuts - using only the body. you should be OK with just one run. It will even become better...
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elvis_resides
May 6, 2010 6:07 am
Hi everyone, is anyone using a closed loop cooling system? I need some plans to build such a system....
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harisaki2004
May 6, 2010 9:27 am
Yes, I use a closed loop system on my reflux rig. The vital ingredient is a radiator. The one I found at the scrap metal dealers. After several searches I...
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edbar44
May 6, 2010 1:46 pm
I have a question regarding the outside air temperature and it affect on distillation. I did a spirit run several weeks ago and was the best I ever had, took...
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Ed Barcik
edbar44
May 6, 2010 1:47 pm
I tried it a few years ago, didn't work too bad but had trouble balancing everything and getting the air out...
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bob
bobcrowder2001
May 7, 2010 5:47 pm
I like the simplicity of your system where it starts on ground level then goes up the condensing coils and then the gravity helps the coolant go through the...
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waljaco
May 8, 2010 6:45 am
(The more you read the more you know...) NYT article - http://tinyurl.com/3x7d58c wal...
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Peter Huisman
ausiewood
May 8, 2010 6:59 pm
"I tried it a few years ago, didn't work too bad but had trouble balancing everything and getting the air out" A "closed" system would be a bit of a task, but...
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Ed Barcik
edbar44
May 9, 2010 7:45 pm
Quite honestly, I thought a closed loop system was one that kept the existing water circulating without a vessel to hole any water. As I mentioned in my...
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bigdaddyg851
May 9, 2010 7:46 pm
The lower boiling alcohols is the fore shots and heads rise to the top and get condensed first. that gets returned to the column and mixes with more fore...
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Ed Barcik
edbar44
May 10, 2010 1:57 pm
Thanks for that input but you stated exactly what I have, completely insulated column, heat control, refluxing for an hour or so and this was the first time in...
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running_with_rum39
running_with...
May 14, 2010 4:41 am
Were would somebody find quick release water couplings for a 1/4 or 3/8 line??? I've tried everywhere I can think and can only find garden hose types....
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Ion Brown
brown_ion
May 14, 2010 5:14 am
Pneumatic Companies have various size hoses and couplings. Ion...
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MoSS
zedrally
May 14, 2010 9:29 am
Just happens I work for one... Metric hose is more common 4-12mm in Oz, with imperial/ & metric on the"other"; end. Check out www.univer.net.au....
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Robert Hubble
zymurgybob@...
May 14, 2010 3:00 pm
McMaster-Carr has then, but they are a bit spendy. http://www.mcmaster.com/# Zymurgy Bob, a simple potstiller To: Distillers@yahoogroups.com From:...
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bob
bobcrowder2001
May 14, 2010 6:20 pm
Hydraulic hose places have the couplings. They can be found on steam cleaners and carpet shampoo machines as well as high pressures oil systems. Bob C...
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Ed Barcik
edbar44
May 14, 2010 10:49 pm
If you're using low pressure, I've found these to be excellent, been using them for 2+ years without a problem. ...
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orientalcreek
May 15, 2010 2:16 am
Greetings to the group and thanks for the all the very valuable information I have gleaned from the site over the last year. I thought I would share some of my...
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running_with_rum39
running_with...
May 15, 2010 3:16 am
Thanks for all the advice. I ended up finding the perfect coupling the other day ay mount coop (a sporting goods store) It was the quick release coupling for a...
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ric
polaris041
May 15, 2010 9:50 pm
Way too much heat input. I use 2400W to approach a boil then reduce it to 680w to equilibrate and for the run. ric...
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sross162002
May 17, 2010 11:55 pm
I would like to make a really good rum so I have a few questions i hope that they can be answered from the experts on this list. 1. I have noticed many...
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Robert Hubble
zymurgybob@...
May 18, 2010 3:42 am
Steve, I'm not really the rum expert, but I can give you some data for a decision. 1.) Most modern sugar processes produce molasses from which most of the...
