ViolentBlue

I read his entire article, the guy is a hipster. he loved the Micro distillery movement before it started getting real press, now its too mainstream. But the big producer are Hip again.

I source my boilers from China as well. you can get good quality from chinese factories, or you can get poor quality, you get what you pay for. Now Max, please stop stalking this poor fella.

are these stackable? could a removable cover be fabricated for them? might just be the solution to space issues in a small startup.

Max, this discussion might be better suited to another section of the forum, rather than in a for sale post. no rules have been breached.

no open flames, but still flame heat. those are gas fired, but flame is contained. open flame is not an problem by itself, its the open flame in conjunction with a failure in vapor or fluid ethanol handling that would be an issue. there are ways of doing flame heating that are not open or inherently dangerous as others. the above picture (thanks Jed) is a good example of a safer way to do flame heating. the still appears to be gas fired, and water jacketed, but the flame is contained within a proper chamber, exhaust gasses ducted out. this creates a draft for the air, and significantly reduces the chance of the flame spreading out into the distillery.

Yup, those are a good group of guys. had a chance to meet them at the conference after they bought the stills. Treat them well and they will be loyal customers.

ASME is for pressure vessels and steam boilers. there is little to no pressure in a still. ASME certified pressure relief valves aren't a bad idea though.

nothing wrong with running a thumper, but flour paste seals and undersized cooling worm are definite design points I would change. I see a lot of distilleries heating with open flame as well, its not a practice I feel particularly comfortable with.

Thanks for the plug, I'll let my customers in your area know about your fermenter

where abouts is it located, I know a number of people that could make use of it.

the brass will be a non issue if you're using it for dephleg temp regulation. there should be no vapor contact.

yup these are the units to use for automatic tempurature control of your Dephlegmater.

3" outer diameter (3 1/8 actually) and 9x 1/2" inners

had a pleasant talk with a representative from Canada Revenue Agency. I've been inquiring about opening a teaching distillery here in Alberta, and Alberta does not require licencing unless I sell. so I fall back under Federal Licencing, which seems quite promising to do just such a thing. So over the next year, we will be opening locations in Alabama and Alberta (Canada) where you can try your had running our Professional Units. However our Northern location should be able to do tasting, aging and product development. Steve

I heard there was an award winning peach brandy that was made using a simple potstill, made from a 55 gallon stainless barrel. if you got the skills you can make good booze an almost any equipment.

That is a beautiful Unit, don't think you'll be short on takers. Steve

Delivered today. we'll have some first hand reports for you all soon.

could be worse, could be a accurate description. neverbeencalleduglybutmightjustbeaaccurateVB

Fitted and ready for shipment.

ultimately it was just their preference to have copper.

wanted to let everyone know, for custom hand fabricated copper pieces, you should talk to Sherman at Artisan Resources LLC. (a friend of but not directly affiliated with Artisan Still Design) We have a client that requested for some custom pieces, including a copper Parrot, and a copper replacement for the stainless condenser that came with our 60 Gallon Prototype still. Sherman Knocked this one out of the park, it is truly a thing of Beauty from every angle. in time I'll update the pics of the entire still assembled.

talk to Sherman http://adiforums.com/index.php?showuser=108 he can get you set up.

closer to 27gallons on the thumper (17% of boiler volume)

another one shipping this week. this one is heading to Georgia

I'll shoot you a PM and talk specifics, seems like you want a custom system, we can do that. this is a picture of the system rendered above, as it really sits. we've increased the thickness of material on the boiler and added an agitator, $35k delivered. this particular one is on its way to South Carolina at the Six and Twenty Distillery.