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Matt_555 (Guest)
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I was thinking about making my own copper liquor still, but is there a chance that it could give me some kind of poisoning?
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caliginous (Guest)
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I have never known anybody who poisoned themselves with a copper still. I have however known people who have been injured because their still was leaky or inadequately ventilated & has blown up or they have followed questionable recipes & have poisoned themselves.
If you want something easy to practice with then look up "amazing plastic still" or "easystill". The amazing still you will probably have most of the parts for if you are already making homebrew the easystill is expensive but very safe & discreet.
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Aquila (Guest)
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Lead yes, Copper no. A lot of water pipes in older houses are copper.
You can get lead free solder, Ask for foodgrade or you can get copper braizing rods.
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Matt_555 (Guest)
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Alright, thats good to hear,
so for my copper still I wanna build, I was thinking about making it all out of copper,
I was gonna make the still be 50-60 litres, and have the lid be an acute angled cone that could have two small holes near the top that i could put the fishtank heaters through, and in the bottom of the still have a copper tap to get the boiled off moonshine from, and make 4-5 40 litre copper 'mash-buckets' with lids,
is that usually what a copper still consists of?
and what do you guys usually use to heat your mash to while its in the still?
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caliginous (Guest)
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The most common heat sources would be either an electric hotplate or a 100watt Immersion heater with an adjustable temperature range of 45°C-55°C.
I would avoid anything with a naked flame.
Do a google search for "home distiller" you will find a site with plans for several types of still & a lot of general information on how different types of still work then you can decide which would suit you best & take it from there.
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Matt_555 (Guest)
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on September 18th, 2006, 5:02pm, caliginous wrote:The most common heat sources would be either an electric hotplate or a 100watt Immersion heater with an adjustable temperature range of 45°C-55°C.
I would avoid anything with a naked flame.
Do a google search for "home distiller" you will find a site with plans for several types of still & a lot of general information on how different types of still work then you can decide which would suit you best & take it from there. |
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Whenever I made whiskey I used a big fishtank heater and set to the '85-95 degreesC' setting, i never went near it until i unplugged it and let it cool down abit,
What do people usually use on this forum?
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caliginous (Guest)
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The immersion Heater I referred to is used in evaporatative stills which operate at low temperatures the hotplate is used for most other stills which usually operate between 82°C-94°C.
Chris always said any discussion of distillation should remain theoretical or be done with private messages or emails as it is illegal to use a still for distilling alcohol in most countries & he didn't want to risk any problems for the site by having too much specific information posted on this forum. This conversation is pushing his rules.
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Aquila (Guest)
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I agree with the above post. This thread has got enough detail in it and there is plenty of information on the net to be found, hence I have locked this thread.
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