Sold!

There aren't any people distilling on this site. That works be illegal.

What size is this one?

Nevermind. Can't see the forest for the trees or something like that...

If no one else is interested in the next month I would potentially be interested to give as a Christmas gift...I'd probably go $175.

I'm just W of the Galleria.

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Out of personal curiosity, how much booze would that make, and how fast?

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Out of personal curiosity, how much booze would that make, and how fast?

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Short answer is not much, but pretty quickly (sort of.) The time factor is in the fermentation process which depends on what you're making and how you're making it. Could be days, could be weeks. Once you get it to a distillate, it wouldn't take more than a couple of hours to actually do the distillation with this setup.

*to make fuel obviously... using it to make something to drink is illegal obviously, so I wouldn't know about that.

Ok. It just looked like that pot was small using the light switch as a reference, and I wasn't sure how much yield you would get from a pot that size. How much effort is it to change out the contents of the pot and reload it? Is it a quick switch, or is it just like starting the whole process anew?

Well if it's 2.5 gallons or 320 ounces, and let's say your distillate is 15% ABV, that's means there's 48 ounces of alcohol in there. If it's coming out the other end at let's say 60% ABV that means you'll end up with a final product of roughly 80 ounces, which is a little under 2/3 of a gallon. (at 60%, so if you were going to drink it, which again is obviously illegal so you definitely can't do, you'd water it down to about 45% so you'd have about a gallon of whatever it is you're making.) Now that's without discussing cuts and some of the other more complicated stuff that would bring that number down some more.

It should be fairly easy to switch it and reload except it would be hot as hell and cleaning it out while it's hot would be a little difficult.

The bigger issue here, if you're really interested, is that working with distillate in 2.5 gallon batches would probably be more trouble than it's worth unless you're just trying to figure out if you're even interested in doing this sort of thing at all.

Thanks for indulging my curiosity. I have a dozen more questions, but will save them for another time. I have no plans to get into this, but it looks like a cool hobby for someone.

Sorry for the hijack, but you are welcome for the free bumps to the top.

If one was looking for info to get started into hobby distilling, which is illegal and you definitely shouldn't, this is a pretty good place to start, as is this book.

I don't mind the bumps and info sharing. I do have some home distilling books I'll throw in for free if someone is interested.

Books I will include, for informational purposes only as home distilling is illegal, include:

Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, An American Heritage by Micheal R Veach
The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining
How to Make Whiskey by Bryan Davis
Leonard Monzert's Practical Distiller
Manufacture of Whiskey, Brandy, & Cordials by Irving Hirsch

What's your email or phone number?

I know NOTHING about booze but...what you do in the privacy of your own home is still your business amiright?
no selling, no blabbering or bragging you could still make "cough medicine" couldn't you? Making a gallon a year for personal experimentation...is that a crime too?

I wouldn't mind having it for a historical novelty and aesthetics only.

PM sent.

is this still available.....pun intended

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is this still available.....pun intended

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yes, this still is available

Buddy has a similar set up. He makes infused spirits, peach, mango, pineapple, strawberry etc. he cuts to
80 proof. Suprisingly good stuff like a boat drink.

bobinator said:

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Milwaukees Best Light said:

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Out of personal curiosity, how much booze would that make, and how fast?

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*to make fuel obviously... using it to make something to drink is illegal obviously, so I wouldn't know about that.

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well yeh, obviously, obviously.

I've been wondering about this. How does one get into legal distilling?

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I've been wondering about this. How does one get into legal distilling?

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Get a distilling license.

which is ONLY good for distillation of fuel, not consumables.

(Clarifiation: You can go full-bore DISTILLERY but that's a commercial endeavor for the consumer market and, I imagine, extremely costly. You can also get a license/permit to distill ethanol for FUEL on a "home distiller" scale, at little to no cost. That's all that would be reasonable for the 2.5 gal still in this thread.)

Is this available? How can I contact you? (lolpoor here)

OR just buy it because you like whiskey and it looks cool on top of a whiskey cabinet.

Posted at the same time. See above.

Got it. Feel free to delete. Thank you!

Just gave you my buddy's info. He's a whiskey consultant and wants it. He lives pretty close to you.