Hey all,
Been lurking around here an Youtube for a while researching stills after getting the distilling bug after watching Alan Manning's videos. I ended up ordering one of his a few months ago but it never arrived (not sure if customs nabbed it), but that might be a blessing in disguise as I take it his stills aren't rated highly on the forums (should have done better homework).
Anyway I'm keen to make a still to initially make gin (ideally vapour infused), and I don't need anything huge. I'm pretty good at metal fabrication/welding but haven't worked much with copper. I would like to do things like rum and bourbon later too (though I get that I'll need a differently designed still).
So..... after some ideas on a decent newbie still design - can anyone suggest a good starter design? I'm also after a decent source of copper in SE Melbourne - plumbing places seem to want to only sell full lengths of copper pipe, and 6m of 2" is a bit overkill. I've been watching Jessie from Still It's videos recently - his still looks nice but might be a bit big for my needs.
Any help appreciated.... thanks all.
TIm