Hudson bay distillers

we have never delt with companies in china and dont intend too my opinion is dont mess around and risk getting ripped off... jus call paul and let him set you up then you can lay awake in bed worrying how your going to spend all the money your making from the sales of good whisky not laying awake worrying  about a company and there integrity in china . 

tim 

paul years ago one of the OSB mills in hudson bay had 2 huge diesel elecetric generators that burned gas collected off of there waste wood incinerators they were made by deutz in germany ,, that mill is long since gone but to my knowledge both were sold off and are still in operation at a sawmill in kelvington . very cool stuff 

three cheers for wood fired hydronic boilers , in our country hydronic are very comon fired by wood wich is carbon neutral and round bale burners that are also carbon neutral . our wood fired boiler is 250 gallons and takes 4 foot long wood . heating the house the shop the distillery the mash tun and still kettles we get easy 12 hours of burn time from a fill of good seasoned wood  . the other huge saving is plumbing in the hydronic lines compared to runing steam lines . 

paul there is a good demand for wood boilers companies like homesteader from winkler manitoba have been around for years .

pete how hot do you run your hydronic water in your boiler when your still is operating . 

tim 

the whole idea sounds genius to me i hope u share some pics of your build 

tim 

we ran a test batch of 100percent wheat mash , the mash turned out great tried stripping it with direct heat and it scorched and looked jus like your sample very little smell in the distillate but very noticeable in the backset and in the empty boiler . even tho it was lautered there was enough fine flour in suspension to burn and discolour the product .     

thanks guy s for the tips i ll give it a try , i ordered a tig brush while i wait for it i ll try it . 

captain only plus i see to citric is easier to get and easier to dispose of , the tig brush uses phosphoric acid to clean and passivate   . when you use nitric are you soaking in acid bath or spot treating . 

is that price 120 dollars canadian ...where in southern alberta are you from 

tim 

not sure if this is relevant but we have a electric boiler that heats our hydronic water system have never ran it to produce steam but have used it to produce 200 degree water . at over a 1000 bucks a month to run it was shut off in no time , our power bills come in every 3 months so by time we got the power bill it was not good , almost a big brown splatter on the post office wall when i opened the bill , my opinion is dont use electricity do what you have to to avoid it burn the neighbours furniture to produce heat if you have to anything but electricity . lol

tim   

good post jo very well written 

tim

thanks falling rock we will give it a try . we may end up getting a tig brush worse case . thanks 

kim

hello everyone i was wondering if anyone has a method they are willing to share for passivating stainless steel other than nitric acid bath . need more of a spot treatment like welds ect not the entire vessels . any info is appreciated . thanks 

kim 

does the size of the mash tun have a influence on the wall thickness ......like should a 500 gallon mashtun be thicker than a 150 gallon unit 

atta boys now lets all be joe pro so we dont drive the administrator to drinking 

any idea of the manufacturer

thats unreal glad the fella is ok . i think that still held up pretty good couple new fittings and a buffing pad and bet she ready to roll , ru going to rebuild it paul

i would suggest the possibility of getting or modify  a mash tun  that can be heated and cooled  to mash with but can also be fitted with a separate lid that can used as a stripping still . a simple pot still column and ur mash tun is a stripping still and ur 75 gallon still is only for spirit runs . i wish i took a pic of it but i seen a mash tun lid made out of oak planks with a pot still head on it super cheep and usable till the guy could afford to up grade . stumpys 500 gallon would be sweet unit . if u cant secure a agitator dont dismiss the idea of recirculating with a pump  instead of agitating , the pump will not only keep your product from scorching but can be used to empty mash tun in to fermenters and empty fermenters into stripping still and empty stripping still after stripping run . ....it may not be super fly cool but it will save you some start up money , my theory is every 50 bucks you can save is a bottle of product that you get to keep the money from  instead of giving it to the bank .... 

 we toured a vodka distillery in January that had a beautiful hand made german  still how ever they only run it once a week because they dont have the sales to run it every day to me that dont make sense . the bank gets paid weather the still runs that day or not .

where are you located curt depending on your location there are other options to get started and selling top notch product . best advice i was ever told was that when your night shift is run ragged trying to keep up to sales its time to get bigger equiptment lol ...

tim    

hey curt how big is your still

tim

hello way over there in BC hope your meeting goes well on thursday 

tim 

i spent years at a integrated feedlot / ethanol plant all the stillage was pumped to the cattle it was there only source of water and it accounted for 10 % of the grain in there diet . the distillers grain was also fed out mixed with silage ect ...to my knowledge poundmakers agventures in lanigan sask was the first feedlot / ethanol  combination in canada .

so what is everyones preference for micron size of primary and secondary filters for barrel aged whisky

good charts paul but im curious there are no percentages on the various chemicals would it be safe to conclude that it is pure or as pure as possible when tested , 

tim 

ihave seen that still in action it is a very nice unit , you did a great job on it 

mjduheme. got the pics , holy lick its worse than i would have guessed , i ll share them with the others here and we will talk about the viability of fixing and making use of it . how far are you from pauls fabricating shop , also is the agitator still on the boiler or did it sell already . could you send me the measurements of the inside boiler i may have a vessel that will fit inside that jacket once the crumpled one is removed . thanks 

tim 

i would be interested in some pics detailing the damage if you have time and a idea what kinda money you are hoping for thanks .

fbk.northern@xplornet.ca   

who manufactured that boiler