tipk99 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Anyone ever heard of a city not permitting direct fired stills? Any reason to expect tthere'd be trouble doing it? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisan Still Design Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 open flame, alcohol vapor, explosive potential. there are many jurisdictions that are making distilleries meet explosive proof standards with electric components, and steam boilers must be in a separate room with fire rated barriers between. the days of open flame distilling are coming to a close. there are some that still do this, but not many and thy are having a harder time getting Insurance every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Plan on your fire inspector objecting to the use of a direct fire. That doesn't mean that you can not heat your still this way, but you might have to make a case for why it's a reasonably safe practice in your distillery. After a lot of back and forth, our fire inspector agreed to allow us to heat our still with direct fire, but expressed his preference to us using electric or steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearwaterbrewer Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I suggest making a trip to Boulder, CO and visiting Roundhouse spirits.. buy a bottle or two, and he will tell you how his two open fired alembic stills came into operation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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