wascaptain
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I run a mile high reflux set up myself. go to a distilling site and read up. I get 185 proof out of mine. here's a pic of some mash that's close to run, just got to strain it off ...made from corn and sweet feed
moonshiners...i wanna learn
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GrowerGoneWild
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Nice!.
I'd like to get a smaller reflux still for indoor use.. Use the big one for stripping runs outside and use the smaller one on the stove for low and slow so I can get higher proof and work on quality I think the column is too short thats why I can only get around 140-150 proof.. But that just fine for me.
The mile high still I have is pretty good quality... The welds and fit are pretty nice, glad to hear other people are making shine with them.
whitebb2727
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Your boiling a flammable substance. If you mess up vapor hits fire and you have a bomb on your hands.
Read up and be careful. Don't get stoned and do it.
Yeah i no i would stay small and practice practice practice. I do have another question is there a way to tell if what comes out is shine or methanol
whitebb2727
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What comes out is ethanol. Methanol is made from other ingredients.
Yes is there a way to tell if its ethanol or shine
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A thermometer.
Singlemalt
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Flavored denotes soaking after. Example.....distilled grape wine becomes brandy, soak grapes in a distillate it is grape flavored.
I pretty much make singlemalt scotch now days. Picky and a bit of a pain (tedious) but I've fooled folks into thinking it was actually real scotch
I pretty much make singlemalt scotch now days. Picky and a bit of a pain (tedious) but I've fooled folks into thinking it was actually real scotch
Not true, methanol is a normal product of fermentation, just in different amounts depending on the substrate being fermented. Less methanol produced with pure sugar, more when fruits (grapes, etc) are used. Methanol boils at a lower temperature than ethanol. If you have good control of the process (distillation) it will come out as a discreet "slug" prior to ethanol. From lower temp and proceeding to higher temps you get the following: Ketones, acetone ---->various esters---->methanol---->ethanol----->water.
Singlemalt
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My rig
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Or just let it run until the product doesn't have that slippery quality to it but rather dries out your skin.
GrowerGoneWild
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Single.. Nice Rig!.. I like the stainless steel milk can.
Good call on the copper worm at the end of the column.. I'm still getting some off flavors with only copper packing in the column. I think a little more copper should help.
Good call on the copper worm at the end of the column.. I'm still getting some off flavors with only copper packing in the column. I think a little more copper should help.
Singlemalt
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Make sure you rinse off the copper packing after each run, took me a few runs to realize it was contributing to off flavors. Its doing its job, but like a kitchen sponge it absorbs crap and if not cleaned that crap flavors subsequent runs. Every 5 runs I clean the packing in a boiling citric acid bath. You could use vinegar but difficult to get that acetic acid smell gone. After the citric acid bath it looks like copper again, instead of the black nettting you'll fish outta the column
GGW its set up for reflux in that pic, the worm is 1/2in about 8ft. When I'm doing a pot distill for whisky I have a tighter coiled (12ft) 3/8in worm
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Lol i have been reading alot and founf sound good shit thanks to @Singlemalt i am feeling confident w this plan
whitebb2727
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Right. I understand that.
Methanol is normally made with wood products for race fuel.
You want some bad shit you need Methyl Ethyl Keytone. That shit will cause you to fail a breathalyzer if you breath it to long with out a respirator.
Anohaze, singlemalt knows his shit and willing to provide a little more info.
Moonshine will get you more trouble than cannabis around here.
@ singlemalt i have heard many say that you can make so much for personal use. I can not verify this. I have all the paper work somewhere to register a still. You can register with ATF and they will send you a placard to put on it. It has to be for fuel and they can come test it and it has to be cut 3% with undrinkable product.
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Singlemalt
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Nope it still illegal, you can only make beer and wine legally. Distilling for consumption is verboten. Yeah, for fuel its legal, but as you said, inspections and adulterating. Because of that stupid show Moonshiners and the interest it created; ATF last year seized all the sales records from outfits like milehigh, etc and sent out threatening letters to customers. That spawned a new group political action to lobby to make hobby distilling legal. All up in the air at the moment. At this point I'd advise new folks to make their own still, not buy one
whitebb2727
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Moonshiners is the dumbest show ever. There is no way they could do that shit and not go to jail.
My wife's step dad is in his 60's. He was a moonshiner from back in the day. I remember before he gave his life to god he would make large runs. Cases upon cases that would leave Appalachia and end up in St Louis.
He was the real deal, a legend around here. I wish I could have learned from him before he quit.
He has old world recipes passed from generation to generation. I'm sure his stuff would make money.
He won't turn the recipe over. It is a damn shame.
Singlemalt
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Yep, and if you try to do it as they (the show) do, you'll get nothing except an empty wallet and likely a trip to the ER
whitebb2727
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They show just enough to make someone think they can do it. Just like that explosion the other night.
That was setup, but in real life is easily done. That's why I say be careful and probably shouldn't smoke and run a still.
People do not understand you are running a flammable liquid and vapor under pressure.
Oh and for the ones that don't know.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i:aps,k:copper still
Singlemalt
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Those little copper ones are pure art, absolutely beautiful 