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32 minutes ago, Golden Beaver Distillery said:

We recirculate two 1,800 gallon wine tanks for our cooling needs. We reversed flowed our chiller (chills the water not glycol).  The chiller cools down one tank while we use the other. We've run 730 gal pot still, 300 gal pot still and 150 gal vodka still all at the same time with no issues.

Wow! That's impressive. Are those tanks located inside? We have a similar setup, 500 gallon stripping still, 300 gallon pot, and a 125 gallon pot. But that's good know the sizing of tanks you are using. Thank you, I appreciate the insight.

10 minutes ago, Silk City Distillers said:

@MG Thermal Consulting is your guy.  The positive about being in Vermont is you have year round cooler temperatures, meaning you have lots of interesting options that warmer locations can't use (dry coolers, etc).  That said, being in a downtown can also create challenges, especially with the noise generated by external coolers and chillers.

 

 

 

Thanks Silk City! I will reach out to him. We moved from a smaller town which used spring water so we didn't have a water bill and now we are just getting smoked.

Hi all! 

I work at a distillery located in Vermont, we are in downtown and are currently using a lot of the town water. It's wasteful and expensive, does anyone have any recommendations on creating a closed loop water recycling system? I would appreciate any suggestions on equipment needed or if there are companies in New England that specialize in this industry. 

Thanks!