Spy Trail Distillery

Interested is anything is left.

Supply lines are all Stainless Steel, condensate return lines are copper. Yes I will need direct steam injection in the cooker.

Thanks - the use of boiler chemicals is out of the question so the incoming water hardness / balance is an issue, as well as filtering the steam.

Thank you - the HLT is supplemented from the still condenser to recapture that hot water. The mash cooker is steam injection only so the HLT is essential to get it up to temperature. The mash cooker is jacketed for cooling from a glycol chiller, so no heat recapture there.

Thank you - The 13-15HP does not take into account heating of the hot water tank if I need to mash/cook and distill concurrently, correct?

Thank you - I am thinking along the same lines. 750K to run all now, 1mil to add some in the future.

I have read all the steam boiler sizing threads that I could find on this forum and the general consensus is boilers are sized at 1000 BTU's/Gallon usage. I have been getting some conflicting advice from consultants versus installers. Hoping that actual users here can give me some advice on real world distilling schedules and what is really needed steam wise. My equipment: 135 gallon Still with steam jacket and direct steam injection (Arnold Holstein) 265 gallon Mash tun / cooker with steam jacket and direct steam injection (Bavarian Brewery Technologies) 320 gallon Hot water tank, steam jacketed and direct steam injection (Bavarian Brewery Technologies) At this point I see myself mashing in one week as I have 3 fermenters that hold 2 spirit runs each. The following week running the still (6 runs). So basically, either I will need capacity to heat 585 gallons for cooking and 455 gallons the alternating week for spirit runs. What do you feel the correct boiler size would be for this scenario?

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Looking for a small Arnold Holstein test still as in the picture. Only interested in a used version from Arnold Holstein, not interested in other manufacturers. Looking to develop mash bills that will scale up to our production Arnold Holstein still. Thank you.

Looking for some feedback / opinions on using boiler chemical feed systems. I know that these systems are used to prolong the boiler life and food safe versions are available. After speaking with some companies / distillers they do not like having a chemical in the system since the steam will be direct injected into my still. What is the general consensus on this? Am I overthinking the chemicals in my end product? I would think boiler life would be greatly reduced.

Looking for a 750K - 1Mil BTU Natural Gas Steam Boiler. Preferably new or very lightly used. Located in NY.

Are you parting out any of this yet? Interested in the boiler.

Hello - Looking to get feedback on Arnold Holstein stills. What are peoples experiences with them, good, bad or indifferent. Would like to know how they are holding up, support, and service here in the US, etc. Please DM if you feel more comfortable rather than posting in public. Thanks in advance!

@NateKThompson Would be interested on information about the iStill mini if it is still available.