Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Gidday all

I've been brewing beer BIAB for a while and thought I might try my hand at distilling.
I've picked up a 2nd hand bokakob for $70 which seems to work so I'll be trawling though here to see if I can set up a keg boiler and pick up some tips.
Good times ahead hopefully

Cheers

:greetings-waveyellow: welcome mate,

Sounds like you already have your foot in the door.

What do you drink?

Welcome, enjoy!

The journey will be fun and frustrating and rewarding, but then, with your beer brewing, you're already streets ahead of most when it comes to AG brews. Unless you prefer Rum or bourbon :D they is different again.

Plenty of build threads to help you out, but make sure that you read the Newbie section (repeatedly ...) I still refer to it frequently coz the answers are there!

Welcome mate.

Sounds like you're set to start your distilling journey off on the right foot.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.

If you're build skills are there you should be right to make one. Otherwise here or gumtree have keg boilers pop up from time to time.

I'm going the other way, just getting into AG beer now!

Thanks all.
My building skills are probably best described as aspirational rather than competent so it could be a painful journey.

So far the current 10l pot lid the previous still owner used has jammed on the still and I can't get it off so it may need to be cut which isn't a great start. It's wonky and pretty rickety and as a process engineer I know a tilted distillation column in industry leads to channelling and poor phase transfer.

It's nice to maybe put some of that ancient university education to a practical use for a change

It is possible to build a keg with zero welding.. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Keg boiler is the cheapest way to get off the ground and running. If your not handy with a welder it is pretty cheap to get fill port and drain welded in at Enginnering shop. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

bluc wrote:It is possible to build a keg with zero welding.. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

That's what I'm hoping. I need to trawl through the site to get the info.

No weld boiler fitting and 34mm hole and clamp to the nozzle on the top of the keg. I'm okay with the first, I need to figure the flange from the still

Check out ezi ezi flange in tips from workbenchhttp://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=76