Another newbie

[greybeard]

G'day and thanks for letting me join this group. I am fairly new to spirit brewing and
have been using Still Spirits product, Turbo yeast etc through a 25l fermenter and an Airstill.
As we are full time greynomads I find the Airstill OK (takes up little space in the van) but I am
looking more to trying tpw or kale washes instead of brewshop products.
Eventually when we settle down in a house somewhere then a proper still will be the go!
Cheers

[bluc]

Welcome aboard :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[woodduck]

Welcome mate :greetings-waveyellow:

For the air still I would look more to the cornflakes, weetbix or nutrigrain washes as the air still effectively is a pot still. The TPW may be a bit hard to get clean enough though it. You will find you won't need to add the essences for whiskeys then :handgestures-thumbupleft:

BTW I'm jealous that you live on the road mate, enjoy your adventures.

[Fatguts]

G'day. Im new to this site myself. Ive got the grey but still working on the nomad part. Are you running the air still from 12 volt and inverter or just using 240 volt mains power. I like the concept of making spirit whilst travelling around.

[Professor Green]

Welcome greybeard.

:text-+1: on what woodduck said about the cereal washes. They'll make a much nicer spirit through the air still than TPW or a kale wash.

With a name like greybeard though, you should really try your hand at rum. :ar! Arrr!

Cheers,
Prof. Green.

[greybeard]

Prof Green and Woodduck thanks for the info re cereal washes you have given me something else to think about
Fatgut I normally brewup when we have access to 240volt then store the unflavoured spirit in empty water cask bladders although after looking through this site I am not sure if I should be using glass bottles instead. Using cask water to make the wash then to store the spirit after seemed a good idea at the time mainly to get the caravan weight down.
Thanks for all the advice.

[The Stig]

Glass or stainless :handgestures-thumbupleft: , never plastic :puke-huge:

[spiltdrink]

Hey Greybeard,
Welcome to the forum.They're a friendly bunch around here.
I wish I was lucky enough to be living the dream like you.
Could I suggest that you look into making a simple pot still.
(If your not handy you could always ask a retired plumber you'd inevitably run into)
They are very simple and can be attached to the lid of your Big pot that you use for pasta/rice/silverside.
I can understand the air still is easy to use,quiet,safe and discrete and those advantages are really apealing.

A pot still (besides the pot you are already carrying) takes up very little storage space,appears quite benign, weighs a lot less than an air still and will give you more flexibility with you stilling (most would say a better product as well)
A pot still can be run on electric or gas or even a well tendered fire (I'm sure you'd put us all to shame with your firesmithery)
The cooling water does not have to be potable and can be town water or pumped by 240v/12v or even gravity if your crafty enough. Hey you could catch it in a container and use it to have a warm bath when your done :)
You could be out in the sticks away from everyone and not tied to being in a caravan park or showground to " Russel up a drop"

I'm going to float off now, dreaming of being you, with a small barrel of wiskey in the back somewhere bumping up and down for thousands of miles aging away...........making some of the smoothest booze in the country.

[RC Al]

Welcome greybeard

Have a search, but I'm sure one member in a similar situation to you used or was going to use a fire extinguisher for storing product on the road.

They are properly welded stainless and available from scrap yards pretty cheap as they (as a bonus for you) don't weigh much. I've seen some of them with obviously easily screwed off tops, which more than likely will be a standard bsp thread that you can get a ss plug or even a tap for

They look awesome with the paint stripped off and a quick buff

Split, you paint a lovely picture, nice post