Hudson bay distillers

morning does anyone have a link to a good source of hydrometers in eastern Canada .  anywhere in canada is fine but eastern canada would be best . thanks 

kim  

hey paul any chance you can expand on this warning and tell us who the Canadian vendor is ,would appreciate the heads up  

hello we were wondering is anyone out there using a label printer to make there own labels , if so any do and dont you can share . 

kim 

does anyone use there own printer . 

silk now that is funny ....priceless 

we use a Milwaukee 18 volt rechargeable (cordless ) drill in distillery for all kinds of stuff from drilling holes to turning the pump i was talking about . as long as the drill is brush less it is considered   safe to use in a explosion area . im sure dewalt makes brushless tools to . 

tim  

princess auto sells a stainless steel barrel pump for a hundred bucks , take the handle off and put a brush less rechargeable drill(makes it explosion proof )  on it and it will pump anything from spirit to mash . grunfos sells a electric circulating stainless pump for 500 bucks but its not explosion proof and wont pump grain in mash , but pumps wort with no problem . 

tim 

curious about the kettle you have the column on is the lid removable and if so how does it seal . thanks 

tim  

if i was you i would use a mashing machine and keep everything above it air tight vented only to out side the building for explosion purposes .

tim 

pete would you happen to have a pic of how you fitted your oil burner to your wood boiler . 

good info pete thanks . out here if we went this route it would defiantly be used motor and hydraulic oil . glenlyon here in rural Sask oil holding tanks shouldn't be a problem . the big thing now is to compare the pro and cons . we have option of staying with wood boiler , switching to a round bale burner , or oil burner , or going to all solar . all have there advantages our son is a electrician so he is pushing hard for solar . thanks again for the info . much research to do 

tim

thanks starcat for the info , compared to gas it is a pain but our new location doesnt have the luxuray of gas and there killing me on my wood fired boiler . were jus checking around to see what affordable options there are out there . 

tim 

good post mjduheme there is no place for that arrogant shit on a forum thats jus trying to help people . shrug it off paul jealousy is a ugly thing . 

tim 

morning everyone i was wondering if anyone is using a low pressure steam boiler that runs off waste oil . im curious as to there costof operation , cost of purchase , and how reliable and trouble free are they . well actually any info would be great . thanks 

tim 

thats a huge vapour leak to loose half ur product threw but is entirely possible . did you smell alcohol during your run , on a stripping run the vapour should be pretty easy to smell , i would hope your alcohol sensor on your ventilation system would be going nuts before you loose half your run tho . i would defiantly pressure test your system and test your ventilation system if you are convinced you had 10 % in your wash , that much vapour into the air could could be quite the hazard .    

lol that is true but this guy lives in town by the look of it the cows are some one else out in the country .  

i watched a you tube video of a west Virginia distillery where the guy pumped his mash into a trailer the juice ran out and off he went with the trailer to shovel it to his cows . seemed pretty simple . 

depends where your from 

it could be alot of things , how tall is your column , is it packed , do you have a deflagmator to get some reflux , and how hard are you pushing it . if your column is hollow with no packing and one plate your runing basically a pot still , that being the case those numbers are not bad for a stripping run . the other thing you can look at is are you sure there is 15 percent abv in your wash , and did your fermentation actually produce the alcohol that you think it did . 

curious whats your mash tun look like 

im no expert when it comes to corn , but lots of members are . i have to agree with pete if your runing corn and want to dewater before you ferment your going to have a project on your hands . pauls idea is probably your best yet . 

at what stage in the proccess are you dewatering , preferment , post ferment , or post distilling . why i ask is that has a major role to play in the type of equiptment needed . preferment can be as elaborate as a good lauter tun , post distillation can be as simple as pump it into a mini bulk bag and let it drain on it own .  depends what your proccess is . 

thanks for the tips folks , paulson has samples on the way , thanks for the heads up whiskey tango , broken anvil yes we are from northern saskatchewan i ll check them out . thanks again 

kim 

thanks for the info i ll look into them . 

kim 

joe as usual your bang on , good post . your second last paragraph sums it up perfectly . we buy grain , yeast , barrels ect that doesn't mean it doesn't take some skill to make use of them  . i think if your using the term craft on your label then you should be able to explain your own definition of the term to your customers if they ask .