Wanting to start making spirits

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Wanting to start making spirits

Postby newcastle_brewer » Monday Sep 03, 2007 9:26 pm

Hello,

I am wanting to start making spirits, as I have been making beer for quite a while now. Can someone tell me what I need and where I can get it from?

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Postby gregb » Monday Sep 03, 2007 9:31 pm

Try:
Dave's or Country Brewer

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Postby lethaldog » Monday Sep 03, 2007 9:32 pm

A still and lots of sugar and yeast, most home brew shops will have what you need to get you started and you can ask them bout the finer details,by the way remmember that it is illegal in most states to own and use a 25 litre still for the purpose of making spirits :wink: :lol: :lol: :wink:
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Postby Kevnlis » Monday Sep 03, 2007 9:55 pm

lethaldog wrote:A still and lots of sugar and yeast, most home brew shops will have what you need to get you started and you can ask them bout the finer details,by the way remmember that it is illegal in most states to own and use a 25 litre still for the purpose of making spirits :wink: :lol: :lol: :wink:


So build your own 24L still :lol:
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Postby James L » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 10:34 am

mate, i have plans for one.... its quite large... i think its about 6ft tall... and once built can pump out about 10L an hour... I bought it off the net to eventually make ethanol for the car... but i doubt i'll be doing that now...

but otherwise, you can get 5L stills from brewcraft... if you just want to dabble.... i think they are about $350
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Postby rwh » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 10:45 am

What's your feedstock going to be? Buying sugar at the supermarket would be a very expensive way to fuel the car. Also, how are you planning to remove the 5% residual water from the ethanol to make it suitable for the car?
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Postby regan » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 10:52 am

i made a 5lt one from an old pressure cooker and about $50 worth of copper fittings. it recirculates water with a pump through 2 water jackets making it a reflux style still.

goes well distilling water but i have not gotten to the stage where i get motovated and boil up some wash trying to keep the tempritures right.

the wash has been sitting there for atleast a month also :lol:
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Postby regan » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 10:55 am

rwh i wonder what benzene costs and how you might get it :lol:
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Postby James L » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 1:18 pm

feedstock would be anything high in carbohydrates that you can get alot of... they suggest getting old bread from the bakery... potatos... any old fruits... helps when you know fruit farmers and bakers i guess....

As for the residual water... i wasnt sure... yet....

And benzene.... you might be hard pushed getting your hands on that stuff... unless you work for a scientific organisation....
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Postby rwh » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 1:26 pm

How do you convert the carbohydrates into sugar for s. cerevisiae to consume?
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Postby James L » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 2:02 pm

yeasts can excrete enzymes that breakdown some of the more complex carbohydrates so they can be used in fermentation.... maltase, invertase, zymases and of course amylase.
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Postby James L » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 2:05 pm

all you need to do is pulp or mash the bread/potatoes/fruit to give the yeast the greatest surface area to break down the carbohydrates... just takes al hell of alot longer than using processed/simple sugars...
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Postby Kevnlis » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 2:42 pm

Or you could just keep a spitoon and make moonshine like the yokle rednecks in the south of the US ;)
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Postby warra48 » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 2:44 pm

Is the original post SPAM ?????
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Postby Kevnlis » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 2:47 pm

greg was the first to reply so I am assuming he checked...
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Postby gregb » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 2:58 pm

warra48 wrote:Is the original post SPAM ?????


Was in the right forum, was relevant, wasn't trying to link to any where untoward. Overall looked on the level, so I gave 'em the benefit of the doubt.

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Postby lethaldog » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 5:31 pm

Kevnlis wrote:
lethaldog wrote:A still and lots of sugar and yeast, most home brew shops will have what you need to get you started and you can ask them bout the finer details,by the way remmember that it is illegal in most states to own and use a 25 litre still for the purpose of making spirits :wink: :lol: :lol: :wink:


So build your own 24L still :lol:

Your not actually allowed to have anything over 5 litres and it is still not allowed to be used to produce spirits :lol: :wink:
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Postby Kevnlis » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 5:50 pm

I live in Bundy mate, spirits grow on trees here! ;)
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Postby lethaldog » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 6:37 pm

:lol: :lol: that would certainly be different :lol:

Excuse me sir could i buy a bottle of J.D, certainly just let me go pick one :lol: :lol:
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Postby Kevnlis » Tuesday Sep 04, 2007 7:03 pm

I seriously should have a chat with some of the old blokes that make rum around here, see how they do it. Free cane is not hard to come by!
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