Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Morning gents,

I splurged at my recent trip to the plumbing shop. In an attempt to recreate the pelican design I have seen here, I bought myself a 45 degree elbow, 2 90 degree elbows, 1 metre of 2" pipe and reducers down to 3/4". I have yet to procure a boiler, but I have a 50lt pot that I use as a hot liquor tank, that is looking mighty attractive.
Can a standard pot with a loose fitting lid be sealed properly for a boiler? I didn't bother with the cooling sleeve, as I was going to coil up the 3/4" and put it through a cooling bucket.
Any design help will be much appreciated.

Cheers

I just checked, the pot is aluminium :handgestures-thumbdown:

Ya really cannot go past a 10 or 18gal beer keg ,with my preference on the later,as the extra head space is needed for rum and grain washes wich can foam up a fair bit .cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Definitely go a keg boiler mate.

Any reason why you're not going for a more conventional condenser?

Zak Griffin wrote:Definitely go a keg boiler mate.

Any reason why you're not going for a more conventional condenser?

I already have a length of 3/4" pipe I was using as a wort chiller. I didn't want to spend any more money on reducers and fittings, as my local pluming shop is expensive ($135 for the 2" parts)

hillzabilly wrote:Ya really cannot go past a 10 or 18gal beer keg ,with my preference on the later,as the extra head space is needed for rum and grain washes wich can foam up a fair bit .cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I don't suppose you have a spare?? haha, are they easy to come by? Where would one procure a keg?

Gumtree :handgestures-thumbupleft:

ultrasuede wrote:

hillzabilly wrote:Ya really cannot go past a 10 or 18gal beer keg ,with my preference on the later,as the extra head space is needed for rum and grain washes wich can foam up a fair bit .cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I don't suppose you have a spare?? haha, are they easy to come by? Where would one procure a keg?

I have a spare keg, free pickup from Cronulla. 15gal/50l lion nathan

Where abouts are you? I've got a 50L you can have too if you're close. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I see one all decked out in the for sale section viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9831 may be able to ship up your way,then all you will have to worry about will be the still,nice offers of PIF from OzzyChef and Doubleuj, that's the spirit.cheers hillzabilly ;-)

If members would only put there rough location it would often help
I see people asking for things and no location
I also sometimes have spare things that I would gladly donate to help somebody :handgestures-thumbupleft:

EDIT

There you go I just looked and I haven't put my location in :oops:

:laughing-rolling:

Aussiedownunder01 wrote:
EDIT

There you go I just looked and I haven't put my location in :oops:

:laughing-rolling: 8-}

Fixed now :teasing-tease:

Guess we're neighbours then Aussiedownunder01. I can count the rivets on the undercarriage as they go over...

Cheers,
Prof. Green.

Sorry fellas, I'm in Goondiwindi QLD. A bit far from everywhere

I'm in Toowoomba, I know its a bit far but if you want I'll ask around at work, a few of the guys I know have the odd beer keg laying around doing nothing.

I don't mind the trip Plumby, cheers

No worries man I'll ask tomorrow, I'll pm you if I find anything.

Legend!

Boiler bin?