Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Hello all

I am fairly new to this. I used to brew with my housemate/ best mate a few years back now. finally got around to dusting the old gear off

I have a still spirits super reflux with the extension column (I know its not the most fancy thing around but does the job). We used to use mainly turbo yeast and did minimal cuts while brewing as well (so not everything turned out great!)
The still has had the packing changed to smaller ceramics and I will be adding a mix of copper to them as well. Previously we were getting around the 92-94% alcohol off the still which I believe is fairly good for this type?

Keen to get back into brewing some nicer stuff and learn a bit more

G'day mate and welcome :greetings-waveyellow:

You don't need anything fancy mate that still will get you going and you can always upgrade later if you want.

Get away from the turbos and do cuts and I think you'll find you'll make some pretty good stuff.

Enjoy :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Welcome Jimmy :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Along with doing cuts, just have a good read of the newbies corner and you might find a few other helpful tips to get a great spirit.

Cheers guys
I found a picture of the still with extension


Where do people usually buy all their jars from for cuts? Seems to be most people use 10+ jars??

Old pasta sauce jars :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Just save them up rather than chuck em in the recycling. Over time you'll get enough. You could also use beer stubbies.

Jam jars are what i use.. they get turned over fairly quickly in this household.
They hold 200-300 ml just nice.

I got about 12 from Red Dot a while ago for about 8 bucks.

I need to get some more, because I kept giving them away with samples...

been using the old still abit playing around with some nutrigrain wash and extending column 450mm

but while messing i decided to buy a new still!

You wont know yourself with that beast, nice score

Awesome looking rig there mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Now that's a serious upgrade mate! :handgestures-thumbupleft:

And keep the little guy, im doing great pot stilled product with mine - small runs have their uses

That setup looks awesome :handgestures-thumbupleft:

That's definitely an upgrade :D

Is that 7 plates AND a packed section?

Noice :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Professor Green wrote:Is that 7 plates AND a packed section?

7 tees yes but only have plates in 6 as the bottoms to give extra head space.

little guy was consistently in the low 90s for output by the end. i will probabky keep it for whiskey washes but i have an 80l keg which the plated still will end up on

Very nice indeed Jimmy!
Sure is one tall looking rig... :music-deathmetal: