Donutboy

We were getting sugar from Maui but those days are gone. We are looking to source some from LA. Are there any distillers in the PNW that would be interested in splitting a container or shipping for of some sugar? Please contact me. 

Roy@Camp1805.com

Thanks!

@Dehner Distillery thanks for the link. We were able to get one from a distillery out of California that did't need it. 

Bought one. Thank you . @Dehner Distillery I looked on ebay for what you are talking about and Could not find it. Could you put up a link?

Found one! Thanks!

I am looking to buy 1 or 2   30" code 7 compatable housings for filtering. Please PM me if you have one that you would like to sell 

I am looking to buy 1 or 2   30" code 7 compatable housings for filtering. Please PM me if you have one that you would like to sell 

We fill the heads of ours with hot water until they pool up. once they can hold water for 3 hours or so, we flip em and do the other end. Never had one leak.

Roy

Camp 1805

Hood River

We fill up the heads of ours. If they hold for a couple of hours we flip em and do the same to the other side. We've never had an issue with doing it this way.

I've heard from coopers that when you fill with hot water and dump it that you are bringing down the level of your char by .5 of a degree. So from Char 3 to 2.5.

I'm looking for someone that has one with the auto grain out that has hydraulic lifts for the arms. Please email me

roy@camp1805.com

I would like to see if we are having similar issues.

Thanks!

Roy

I think that John Little @ Smooth Ambler had someone from the FDA show up at his door.

I was working at a winery here in Washington a few years ago and the FDA showed up flashing a badge....legit and a pain in the ass inspection.

glaciertanks.com has them

Hey Todd -

You really should get down to talk with Lenny. He's got a good thing going down there in BV and is passionate about whiskey.

Can't wood dust explode?

One of our local breweries uses a JET collection system from the woodworking side of things and they love it.

Roy

Camp 1805

We are filling up the heads of our barrels with filtered water and when they hold we flip em and do the other side. When that holds we load em up with spirit. I forget who taught us that but it works like a champ. Anyone else doing this?

Roy

Before I pull the trigger on a Super Klean, has anyone found something that doesn't cost 100 bones and is durable?

http://www.amazon.com/SuperKlean-150B-DB-Pistol-Spray-Nozzle/dp/B0084YL396/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430282736&sr=8-1&keywords=super+klean+nozzle

Thanks!

Roy

Looking for some opinion from folks on vertically storing barrels (head down, head up) vs horizontally. We are in a storage crunch and storing them vertically would help us out a lot.

Roy

Has anyone had a third party inspector make an appointment to come visit your facility? If so, how did it go and what can I expect? This is a company that is coming to our facility on behalf of the insurance company.

Thanks.--

Roy

Ager Tank out of Portland

I just got off the phone with the oregon dept of ag (that's who we report to state wise) and their advice is to register as a new business now and sometime next year reconcile it with the FDA when they aren't getting their butts kicked. Their advice was that at least you are registered vs not registering and saying 'but you guys didn't get back to us'. I'm going to take the Oregon DA advice.

Oregon DA did say that this reconcile thing happens all of the time because there are people that don't know if they are registered or not so they just create another account.

same boat here, Mike. I have sent them three emails and called several days in a row at different times of the day and I can't get through.

I think it depends on the copoer . Our Hoga has a four bolt spread, probably 3-4" apart. Hoga's aren't known for being the strongest copper but this is working for us. that pic that you shared seems to be on something pretty stout. What pot still are you mounting this onto? Maybe the factory is telling you that they don't like the idea of mounting a motor (unknown weight) to the pot like this because they don't trust it?

I'll second what Lenny is talking about. We operate on a 15 barrel system (Mash Tun, HLT, and Fermenters) but our still can only handle a charge of 150ish gallons. That means we are doing 1.5 days or 3 days of stripping runs to get through our wash. Now that's not bad, but what you are talking about seems like a very long time between strip 1 and strip 9/10. Our dream is to get a 600 gallon stripping still so that we can get around this bottle neck and make more product.

As for your process of cycling and cooling, how are you going to get the grain out of there and not clog your H.E. ? What is the plan for that? I've seen some creative set-ups.

Roy

Camp 1805

we bought a lil propane powered toyota with solid tires. I like the side shift feature for making sure that you are on the money when loading in materials and it's a tight spot. I think the key to buying a lift, especially if this is your first one, buy one from someone who will give you support when it goes down. Because if and when it goes down, you'll want it up and running asap. You never find out when things are broken days before you need them.

We've found that agitation done at the right time can really help shorten a fermentation time. Just a little bit can go a long way.