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Does anyone know of any used copper column stills for sale? It seems there were a couple old bourbon distilleries liquidated over the last few years, but were the stills scrapped?

Thats a lot of vodka.

Frank Lin distillery Hood river distillers Side Pocket Foods All in your ares (somewhat)

Aw, shuck's. Thanks! They were designed by a Portland designer named Julia Blackburn.

Elite Gurkha gaurds!

I'm trying to think why he would need to kiln the germinating rye, but my morning coffee is failing me. Can you walk me through that one?

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See? Like I said, 15,000 lbs. Of course, what he asked was how many pounds of grain he would have to malt, not how many pounds of malt would the distiller require. Typical malting loss is 8-10% but thats for the big guys using Saladin boxes, I'd guess that with his small scale floor maltings he's running more like 12-15%. But my point in giving an off the cuff answer of 15,000 with only 10 seconds thought is that there is no information to go on. Malting loss mill efficiency (most of the little guys just have two roller mills) Lautering efficiency (he did say malt whisky) cuts, etc etc etc 15,000 lbs There is no real info to go from, but the various calculations were entertaining

The faster answer is: "about 15,000 lbs".

DISCUS or Adams Beverage Group

"Can you use a plate and frame filter to remove the suspended yeast, post fermentation, or would this somehow harm the final product?" (no one answered him) I understand that no one recommends using Sparkaloid or other fining agents...however, is anyone filtering their wash before running it? Plate and Frame may not be the best choice...might there be another type of filter for this? I've read about centrifuges being used for this reason, so that's why I ask. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If for whatever reason you don't want to use filter aids, other than time and temperature, you could chill it down and allow time for Stokes' law to do its thing, then polish it up with a DE filter. Thats what you might do to make beer sparkle, but why no fining aids, and especially, why filter the wash before distilling?

Aw, shucks!

You could buy up the stock in a publicly traded company that operates a distillery, then take it private. Diageo operates at least one plant, as does Bacardi. Is that the scope and scale of your project, or do you want to give a little more info on what you're seeking?

The Liquor Group website has a list of the brands they represent. You could call any of them to get info. It looks like they are a bonded warehouse, so you ship to them tax-paid and they pay you as they sell it. So they are a warehouseman who takes a brokerage cut. Very nice and safe: you do all the marketing work, pay them for storage and "handling" and if your product sells, they get a commission! And from their prospectus (www.liquorgroup.com/liquorgroup_analysis.pdf), it also looks like they are gloating about this arrangement, and further, if I'm not mistaken (I have been drinking), it appears that they are trying to patent consignment sales. Good luck