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    Continuous Column Still Setup with Mash Tun, grain separator & heat exchanger

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    20 minutes ago, SlickFloss said:

    I don't own one and haven't run one so take my shit with a grain of salt but I would say reasonably for operations sake no. You would be able to tune that doubler to a point and maybe utilize a take off to get there legally a time or two but its not designed for neuties as it stands IMO.... Theoretical plates (depghs, "brakes", RAP, Siporax, etc) are not all equal. A theoretical removal of a plate to save space in a still will ALWAYS impact its operational capacity. More and deeper trays run faster. Denser intelligently placed inefficiencies scrub reflux better. etc. etc. etc. This is the issue with the early HF systems, can't speak to the more modern ones. Beyond the cleaning issues, the loss of plates slows down the feed rate because the vapor stream has to do more work on each tray, meaning it is taxed more thermally. 

     

    It would be incredibly easy to insert a steel column in place of these plates given the TCs, or possibly just pack those plates, 

    thanks, very much along the lines of what i was thinking as well. 

    Mash Tun Question

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    18 hours ago, whiskeytango said:

    We removed our false bottom and would get a nice pile of grain in the center around the rake shaft since the rake is about 7 inches up from the bottom of the mash ton. We just made a cross bar that bolts on that rider an inch or so ups from the bottom and added that below the original rake.  Works great now 

     

    so was the mash successful in the end? 

    Mash Tun Question

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    I have unique opportunity to purchase an over 2k gallon mash tun with false bottom for making malt spirits. I currently have a 600 gal mashtun for in grain mashing no false bottom. My question, has anyone rused a still that has mash tun and rake to make ingrain mashes for bourbons by removing the false bottom? Will the rake provide enough agitation during the mash cook? i dont really see why not, would be nice to just have one cooker that can do both. 

     

    Roller Mill for corn

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    thank you all for the great replies. i am guessing since we primarily do bourbons and unmalted ryes a hammer mill makes most sense for in grain mashing. We plan to start doing malt whiskey's so may end up needing two mills. For now still having our grains milled by our malt supplier. 

    Roller Mill for corn

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    On 5/15/2023 at 9:45 AM, Georgeous said:

    Anyone here use a roller mill for corn? we get our grain milled for us but could save 10 cents a pound milling ourselves. We have an opportunity to buy a roller mill pretty good priced. it says it will do corn but not sure if it will fine grind like a hammer mill will. 

    Also if it does do a grind on corn just not as fine as a hammer mill will that still be ok? what would be downside of going this route? We do in grain fermentation 600 gallon batches. 

     

    Roller Mill for corn

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    Anyone here use a roller mill for corn? we get our grain milled for us but could save 10 cents a pound milling ourselves. We have an opportunity to buy a roller mill pretty good priced. it says it will do corn but not sure if it will fine grind like a hammer mill will. 

    Also if it does do a grind on corn just not as fine as a hammer mill will that still be ok? what would be downside of going this route? We do in grain fermentation 600 gallon batches. 

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