Professor Green wrote:Welcome to AD James.
The still you need will depend on what you want to make but the following might help you out.
For whiskies and rums, pot still or bubbler.
For vodka/neutrals a reflux column
For gin and other re-distilled flavoured spirits, a pot and a reflux column.
What size boiler have you settled on? This will determine what size still you can use.
Cheers,
Prof. Green.
dans.brew wrote:Welcome to AD! :greetings-waveyellow:
:text-+1: on what prof said.
Many, many options and ways to go about it... all depends what path suits you and your objective.
Good luck deciding!
jread wrote:Cheers mate, question - doesnt a bubbler produce neutral spirits? i thought it works similar to a reflux but more refined.
jread wrote:
So the boiler im looking at is the guten series, guten 50L or 70L. I'm stuck on the type of still i was looking at the kegomax CM reflux still from kegking but i saw some reviews on it which is making me reconsider. Any one know much about it or have insight on it? I'm kinda looking at multi purpose still so i can brew both neutral and flavored spirits once again any advise on that would be appreciated or recommendations :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Professor Green wrote:jread wrote:
So the boiler im looking at is the guten series, guten 50L or 70L. I'm stuck on the type of still i was looking at the kegomax CM reflux still from kegking but i saw some reviews on it which is making me reconsider. Any one know much about it or have insight on it? I'm kinda looking at multi purpose still so i can brew both neutral and flavored spirits once again any advise on that would be appreciated or recommendations :handgestures-thumbupleft:
OK, so if you want to do it all, then you'll need either two stills or a modular one. The latter is the best option here as you can assemble the still in different configurations to suit the spirit you're making at the time. I would do some more research on that boiler though, looks to me like it is meant for brewing rather than distilling. For brewing you want to hold the vessel at particular temperatures which usually means the heat is turned on/off with a thermostat. For distilling you want constant power to keep the liquid at a rolling boil otherwise you'll have nightmare of a time. If it does turn out it is usable for distilling, it does look a bit flimsy so you would probably be limited to a 2" still which would mean Carol's suggestion of a pot and a boka would be the best option as I think a 4" still would be too heavy for it.
I don't know what your budget is but here are a couple of off the shelf options from 5 Star to get you thinking (Best gear bar none by the way):
- 30 Litre Boiler + 2" pot + 2" Boka.(Boka for neutral and pot still with strip/spirit run strategy for whiskies/rums etc.) You can start off with either the Boka or the pot and add the other later if you don't want to get both up front. I think this is possibly the cheapest option but trade-off is teh slower speed of 2" stills.
- 50 Litre MIlk Can boiler plus the aforementioned pot and boka. A bit more expensive than the previous option but you're getting a bigger and much sexier boiler so you ca do bigger (and threfore longer) runs. Same speed issues apply.
- 50 Litre milk can and a Neutraliser. This would be the most expensive option but would be the only still you'd really ever need. Being modular it can be assembled as a pot still, 3 or 4 plate bubbler for flavour or a reflux column with 5 plates and a packed section for neutral. Because it is modular, you can build it up from a pot still, through to a bubbler then finish with the full Neutraliser just by buying the extra bits required to get it to the next level if you want to spread the cost out over time. It's also a 4" still which means faster run times for the same amount of product when compared to a 2" still.
One very important thing to consider is how much room you have in which to operate the still. For example, a fully assembled Neutraliser on a 50 litre boiler runs in excess of 2.4m tall so you'll need somewhere that can accommodate that height if you want to go down that road.
Hope this helps.
Professor Green wrote:Buying the right gear first time around is good advice.
dist wrote:Professor Green wrote:Buying the right gear first time around is good advice.
I agree. But we seem to disagree what right is. Lets do car analogy.
Would you buy your child a mercedes a45 as their first car? Or maybe let them learn by driving a hyundau i30 and then, when they are good drivers, sell the hyundai and buy the mercedes. You see what I mean?
I also don't like the decidedly one way commercial aspect of this forum and some of its members. Is this a friendly distiller community like it says on the header or a promotion board for fsd? For example, I asked an innocent question about a competitor product a few days ago and my post was deleted without even a pm.
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