Castaway Fiji

Hey a bit late to the party but we use Unleashed, not a distillery specific program but integrates with Xero and I believe every other system out there. There are some issues where manual adjustments have to be made but it is very precise on BOMS and inventory we do maybe 5 to 10 separate assemblies a day and havent had any major issues with it

Absolutely, the support on operation out of China is zip, and we flew up there twice to inspect the machines before they were shipped- I still think I know nothing and always learning:)

We are in a very different market but and we run 4 stills now 2 from a well known Chinese manufacturer, one euro and one American. I would disagree about the Chinese products we run them flat out 5 days a week and have done for over 3 years and they havent missed a beat and have always been very helpful with parts/ gaskets etc. The best advice I was given before we got in the game was that the still is the least important part of the equation, its what goes into the still thats important.....just my 2 cents:)

Cheers Silk I will drop them a note

yeah thats what we are doing via a gravity fed system- with additional carbon on the interior of the feed tank, produces great vodka just super slow- it may be that we just need multiple/ bigger units

They just dont seem to do the job, we have a few here already and the data on them is so scant. If you buy the Pall units it is a serious investment- or you go Chinese but it would seem granulated activated charcoal is still the most effective

Hey Five thanks for the reply, yes I found the same monograph, interesting that they prescribe such low levels in hand sanitiser but arent so concerned about what you ingest! One thing I did come across which really surprised me is that Tequila must contain a minimum amount of methanol by law in Mexcico to be Tequila......that explains an awful lot! Mexican standard The amounts of methanol in distillates are of utmost importance for the alcoholic industry, because this compound can be dangerous for its consumers if its ratio indices are not adequate. For this reason, there are established standards for controlling the levels of methanol that a distilled beverage can contain. In Mexico, there is the standard “NOM-142-SSA1 / SCFI-2014, Alcoholic beverages. Sanitary specifications. Sanitary and commercial labeling. ” (2), issued by the Ministry of Health, which establishes the permissible limits of methanol content for different distilled beverages. The standard establishes a maximum methanol content of 300 mg per 100 ml of anhydrous alcohol. It only presents an exception for whiskey and cognac drinks where the maximum allowable limit is 1000 mg of methanol per 100 ml of anhydrous alcohol. It is important to note that the Tequila Standard recognizes that Methanol is an unavoidable constituent, setting a lower limit of 30 mg of Methanol per 100 ml of Anhydrous Alcohol; that is, an alcoholic beverage that does not contain Methanol can not be tequila since, as explained above, Methanol is generated from pectins that are in the agave.

HI guys Does anyone no of any commercially produced vodka filtration units that use activated carbon as the medium capable of processing 5000L + per week? Any thoughts would be much appreciated

Yep we run molasses washes and without a silicone based defoamer they are a nightmare, it s cheap as chips , we use about 100ml per 2000L strip...very effective

what was your abv going in? You loaded 750l? What was the take off?

Further to my query above I went to the USP Harmonization and found this one https://www.usp.org/sites/default/files/usp/document/harmonization/excipients/alcohol-08-01-2014.pdf whihc is the current alcohol monograph and outlines the testing but not limits,

Hi everyone, I have had a good browse through the FDA and TTB publications but cant locate the mandated levels for ethanol and or acetaldehyde in liquor, could anyone point me in the right direction, much appreciated!

Sorry been working away thanks for al the replies...we got it sorted!

Hey guys can someone shed some light on the best way to stack 53 gallon barrels in a 40ft HC to fit as many as possible? Thanks in advance

Hey guys We are about to ship a load of barrels out of Washington to Fiji and are sitting at an awkward number- ideally we are looking for another 80 or 90 ex bourbon or whiskey- I know its a long shot but just putting it out there- we would need them by the 10th September Cheers Paul