Southernhighlander

As far as cooling water for condensers and crash cooling mash, wells are the way to go if the water is below 60F.  I have advised several customers who were in rural areas to dig a well instead of buying a chiller because wells are generally much less expensive to put in place and to operate than the chiller. 

So sorry to hear of your loss.  My condolences.

If anyone needs a carbon filter housing just let us know.  We build them in all sizes including some very large ones. 417-778-6100 paul@distillery-equipment.com

Also, thanks for posting your still's "baby picture".

That's great Doc!  We are here to help you with any set up and operation questions, whenever you are ready.  

We also have breathing tubes.  paul@distillery-equipment.com

We just sold 4 of our 2,500 gallon systems complete with mash tuns fermenters, receiving tanks, proofing tanks, pumps and a steam boiler to fire everything.  The 4 stills will produce 300 gallons of white dog per hour.  The price for everything, stills fermenters, mash tuns, steam boiler etc was only $1,350,000 for the complete set up.   I will post pics as soon as we get everything built.

Georgeous.

There is no need to remove the false bottom to cook corn mash if the lauter tun has a side manway.  There will need to be a little fab work done on the side manway and then you will be good to go.  Email me privately and I will let you know what you need to do.

I've built combination mash cooker/lauter tuns that will both cook corn mash and lauter single malts.  There is no need to remove the false bottom nor add an arm below it, to cook corn mash in my design.  I have also built them as combination mash cooker/lauter tun/stills.  For a quote email paul@distillery-equipment.com

These valves operate in a proportional manner.  The coolant for the dephlegmator should come from the final condenser. The valve itself should be at the coolant input of the final condenser.  The probe for the valve should be at the output of the final condenser.  You will need a bypass at the valve and at each dephlegmator.  You will need to have some bypass at the valve  to maintain correct functionality throughout the run.

Our systems are very affordable and are in over 450 distilleries.  Give me a call 417-270-0930 or email paul@distillery-equipment.com

Georgeous,

This unit was designed for bourbon mashes and other on the grain mashes where no false bottom is needed.  If you would like a lauter tun with false bottom, sparging arm, side manway, rakes and chisels, we can build them this size and larger. paul@distillery-equipment.com

Below is a picture of one of our 500 gallon pro series whiskey stills.  The price for these stills starts at just $50,079.00   We have stills in over 450 distilleries.  For more information email paul@distillery-equipment.com

Thanks Lawrenceburg Bourbon.  We really appreciate it.

The largest stills currently listed on our web site are 800 gallon.  I thought that I should let everyone know that we have been building much larger stills.  We have sold several stills, mash tuns and fermenters that are over 800 gallons over the past few years.  Our 2,500 gallon stills will put out 75 gallons of whiskey per hour. Our bigger stills, mash tuns and fermenters come in:

1,000 gallons

1,200 gallons

1,500 gallons

2,000 gallons 

2,500 gallons

If you are interested in equipment in these sizes please let us know.  417-778-6100 or 417-778-6908 paul@distillery-equipment.com

Workpress,  A good rule of thumb for boiler sizing is 1,000 BTUs of low pressure steam boiler output for each gallon of mash in the pot.  This gives a 1 hr heat up to operating temp time for my stills which I designed in a way that maximizes the heat exchange surface area.  Depending on the design of your vessel and jacket, it may take longer.  500 BTUs of low pressure steam boiler output per gallon of mash will work for a 2 hour heat up time on my stills.  

2 hours ago, Kindred Spirits said:

What was it originally designed for? It sounds like its made out of some thick material, but without a certified rating for pressure, your AHJ might take issue with it. 

No certification is required for vessels that operate at less than 15 psi because they are not considered pressure vessels.  Vessels that operate at more than 15 PSI are considered pressure vessels and they must have an ASME rating and the ASME codes must be followed by the manufacturer for the construction of such vessels.  However, a 15 psi ASME section VIII safety valve of the proper capacity must be installed on the jacket of the low pressure vessel. 

Workpress:  If you need a 15 PSI ASME safety relief valve of the proper capacity, let me know.  We have them in many sizes.  We also have a huge inventory of parts that you can use to build your column.  Just give me a holler 417-270-0930 and ask for Paul.

Thanks Rodney, we really appreciate you.

Hi Stevereno424.  I think we have what you need.  Give me a call 417-778-6908 and ask for Paul or email paul@distillery-equipmenmt.com

Below is one of our barrel dumps.  If anyone needs a barrel dump just let us know.  417-778-6908 ask for Paul. 

If you need to remove the heads from industrial continuous column distilled GNS, this still will do a 2,500 gallon charge in 3hrs.  That is over 13 gallons per minute. For more info call 417-270-0930 or email paul@distillary-equipment. We have GNS redistilling stills in many different sizes.

We have sold several of our 2,000 and 2,500 gallon mash tuns.  email paul@distillery-equipment.com for a qoute.  We also have stills in these sizes.

We have what you need. Email paul@distillery-equipment.com or call 417-778-6908 and ask for Paul.

Thanks.

We are glad to help you with your project. For qoutes email paul@distillery-equipment.com

Thanks.

Marko.

Acetal is rated excellent with ethanol.  You will absolutely need to ground the pump.