Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

I've got 2 good 50L ones from a friend... On the hunt for some more for aging the brandy in

If you can weld stainless old corny kegs could be adapted for storage the ones that do not hold pressure anymore and are only scrap metal.

I wish I could tig stainless -.- running out of favours with my mates hahaha
On the plus I'm picking up 10 50L kegs I got for a bargain :)

Have a look at viewtopic.php?f=57&t=2865 Tickle got burnt and was good reminder as what can go wrong,to me your set up and volumes are starting to get to the upper limit of the hobby ,and as you are a beginer I just felt the need ta remind you of the respect one should allways have with this hobby,stay safe all.cheers hillzabilly ;-)

Yea I know... I got all 10 kegs for $200... Most of them are getting used for my bar
Or I'll on sell... Only planing to keep 3-4 for my self... And 2 for a mate

And I've done a reverse presure test after setting up the still... Presure gauge and a cork and a bike pump.. And watch :)

Nice ta have a spare or three,thats a super cheap price ,sounds like its gonna be a jolly xmas at your place this year ,let the search for bottles begin,or maybe your friends at the winery may have a few spare bottles.ya makin me feel guilty now as I have never pressure tested my set up,anyhooo cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Stripping run this afternoon is 80L of Zinphandel
Currently running at 16L and hour :)
80L at 18%

16L/hr, are you collecting straight into a keg?

Not at this stage, into 2 L flagons and then into a keg... Easyer to track volumes etc
Till I get the hang of it :)

Bosvelk wrote:Stripping run this afternoon is 80L of Zinphandel
Currently running at 16L and hour :)
80L at 18%

What's zinphandel?

Type of red wine
Got 950L of it from family's vineyard,
In other news we put 150ml sample of my rum through a testing machine down there
Safe methanol level is 0.4g/L my last jar of heads before my cut was 0.013g/L or 13mg/l
So way under :)

Roger, now I remember you saying you were getting an ibc of wine :handgestures-thumbupleft:

A roll or two of copper mesh in the column may improve ya quality by removeing sulphides,and this can also reduce huffing as well.cheers hillzabilly ;-)

hillzabilly wrote:A roll or two of copper mesh in the column may improve ya quality by removeing sulphides,and this can also reduce huffing as well.cheers hillzabilly ;-)

Got the Column full of 1/2 copper pipe atm, thought that might do it

What is huffing?

Bosvelk wrote:

hillzabilly wrote:A roll or two of copper mesh in the column may improve ya quality by removeing sulphides,and this can also reduce huffing as well.cheers hillzabilly ;-)

Got the Column full of 1/2 copper pipe atm, thought that might do it

That should be fine,just soak in citric acid or vinagar solution ta clean at least every spirit run or so with ya shotgun,huffing ta me is pressure waves comeing thru your condencer,wich can also sound like a dog panting,exess coolant flow or too much power or a large change in pipe size can cause it from my experience.cheers hillzabilly ;-)

Yea that's what I've been doing :)

No wukkin furries sounds like your onto it,after a few batch's and monitering things ya should start ta see a pattern as to how your baby runs with each product and how ta get the best from her,something you only understand with experience under ya belt.cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I also have some 5star dominoes, 100gr french oak and 130gr american oak ,both medium char ,if ya wish ta give them a spin .cheers hillzabilly