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As a vendor myself, like Steve I believe that it is very important that people be allowed to review vendors on this forum no matter whether it be positive or negative reviews. A few weeks ago I saw a negative review of a very small equipment vendor on this forum. Basically the reviewer said that he purchased a controller from this vendor and he received some old wire in a box. About a year ago I purchased a controller for one of my customers from this same small vendor and it was basically junk, with loose wires etc and it would not work. When I asked to return it, the guy said F you and hung up on me. I had a controller built for my customer at a local UL listed shop which cost me twice the amount that I had charged my customer, but a deal is a deal. This vendor is a thief and everyone should know about him so that he does not rip anyone else off. The bad review of this vendor has been removed now, which leaves everyone who does not know about this thief at his mercy. As a vendor I would like to ask you to please reconsider your policy on this matter. If anyone would like to know the thief's name please email me privately.

Hello Shindig, We have 150 gallon mash tuns with insulation, agitation, steam jacket and cooling. For a quote including shipping email me directly paul@distillery-equipment.com. We also sell low pressure steam boilers now and lots of other equipment and parts, including steam jacketed stills, bubble plate columns and pumps etc. I am still working on the replacement for my ugly old web site that has not been updated in over 2 years. I have been so busy designing, building and selling equipment that I have not had allot of time to work on my web site, but we hope to have it finished soon. I will let everyone know when it is ready.

Thanks Nick, It looks like they have some pretty cool stuff. Paul

Hey there Nick, Thanks for your input. There's no way you could embarrass me, so no worries there my friend. Since the liquid temperature of the mash will never exceed its boiling point, then of course we must primarily concern ourselves with the temperature of the Alcohol and Water Azeotropic mixture in its gaseous state. Of course the volume and temperature of this gas will increase as more btus of energy are applied over time to the mash, thus we can control the time that it takes for the complete distillation of a given volume of 12% mash, by manipulating the amount of energy in BTUS that is applied to the mash. So, since there is a direct relationship between the amount of energy applied to the mash and the amount of vapor produced over a given time from the mash, then the application of X number of BTUS will produce 200 gallons of %30 low wines from 500 gallons of mash in 2 hours. Thanks Nick, you just solved my problem. It looks like a fairly simple formula to create. Does anyone know were I can get sensors for % of Alcohol

Does anyone have temperature set points for doing a stripping run? I need them to program a controller for a 500 gallon steam jacketed stripping still with a 12" diameter X30" stainless stripping column with a 12" x 48" tube and shell condenser. I would like to do the stripping run in around 2 hours once operating temp is reached. The resulting low wines will be 25% ABV to 30% ABV from 12%ABV mash. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Direct Fire 53 Gallon Pro Series Still. This still has a 4" Diameter Bubble Plate Column with 4 plates and copper packing and 4 site glasses that are 3" in diameter. It has a pre condenser at the top for reflux control, which can be turned off for high flavored Whiskey, Rum, and Brandy. The column is copper packed to remove sulfides from the alcohol vapor. This still can be fired with propane or electric heating elements. This Still comes with: Drain Valve with Downspout, Professional Grade 250° Thermometer with 3" face, Carrying Handles for Portability, Fill Spout with Tri Clamp Plate, Clamp on Stainless Column, Clamp on Dephlegmator Section with Liebig Condenser, Structured Copper Packing for the Column, and Tri Clamp Heating Element Ports with Face Plates. Price for this Still is $2,600.00. Free Shipping in the lower 48 states of the U.S. Phone Number (417)778-6908 or email. paul@distillery-equipment.com

This Mash Tun has sold and is no longer available.

This is a great mash tun for the price. The price of a new Mash Tun like this one is $30,000.00 to $40,000.00 This Mash Tun has a large manway, lots of Triclamp connection, a low pressure steam jacket and a Lightning agitator. If you are interested email me at paul@distillery-equipment.com for more info and pictures.

I have several new 350 gallon stainless steel totes for sale for $1,945.00 each. If you by 3 or more I can make you a better deal. They make great storage tanks, Mash Tuns Fermenters and Stills. Please see the pictures at the links below. http://distillery-equipment.com/new350gallontotes2.jpg http://distillery-equipment.com/new350gallontotes.jpg I also have several used stainless steel totes for sale for even better prices. If you need equipment built from these totes we can do that as well. Email me at paul@distillery-equipment.com or call 417-778-6908 and ask for Paul

The stills mentioned above are jacketed. The heating elements are in the jackets and the jackets can be filled with oil or water. Also we can supply steam jacketed stills and Mash Tuns in sizes up to 1,000 gallons. We also build steam injected mash tuns and stripping stills. We are building a steam injected mash tun /stripping still right now. Also I just sold a 600 gallon steam injected mash tun with a cooling jacket to a distillery in Texas.

Unfortunately we haven't sold any of the American made jacketed stills yet, so none have been built. I would love to sell one to somebody. We have been busy though, as we have sold 7 mash tuns. I sold one 600 gallon steam injected mash tun with a cooling jacket and an 8 hp three phase agitator, which was especially designed for thick mashes, to a distillery in Texas a couple of days ago. We have also sold 2 jacketed stills that we are building from Groen Kettles. These stills have their own self contained indirect electric heating systems and PID controllers. We've also sold several jacketed fermenters and we completely outfitted a mid sized Brewery in Colorado. I have been working on our web site but we have been so busy for the last couple of months that I haven't gotten much done on there, but my wife has been helping me for the last couple of weeks so we are getting closer. There is just so much stuff to list. We want to be everyone's one stop shop for distilling equipment and Tri clamp Parts, fittings and valves etc, etc. I think everyone will be surprised with the variety of things we will have. Meanwhile if anyone needs anything just email me at paul@distillery-equipment.com Below are 2 of the jacketed fermenters that we sold to the Brewery. .

We are not producing yet but we are working on it. We are probably at least 6 months out. We will be producing Ozark Mountain Moonshine (Corn Whiskey 80 proof), Ozark Mountain Lightning (Spirit Whiskey 112 Proof) , Rebel Rum (will have a confederate flag Label), White Swan Vodka and Devil Dick's Gin. Devil Dick Bose was a Confederate Irregular Cavalry Commander here in Oregon county MO during the Civil War. A few months after we get started we will have Angel's Share Bourbon and Ozark Mountain Whiskey.

Hello, We have Ozark Mountain Spirits LLC near Alton MO. We also own Affordable Distillery Equipment LLC. If you need any distillery equipment give us a holler at 417-778-6908 Paul

Kristian and Sherman My name is Paul and I sell distilling equipment. What size and brand of pump would you recommend for moving mash between Mash Tun, Fermenter and Still, all vessels being of 100 gallon capacity? Also what size and type of hoses would you recommend for the same job? Thank you very much for your help

Hello Jim, I didn't notice your post until today. I can build a jacketed 100 gallon still boiler for you without a column for between $4,000.00 and $6,000.00 depending on exactly what you want. A 250 gallon jacketed boiler would be between $6,000 and $10,000 without the column. We hope to have our web site updated within the next few weeks. We have been so busy we have not been able to work on it. Please call me at 417-778-6908 or email me at paul@distillery-equipment.com

We have 100 gallon direct fire mash tuns for sale for 1,460.00 each. If you want to distill off of the grain or make beer this is what you need. These mash tuns come standard with removable false bottom screens, 2" try clamp clean outs just above the false bottom screen, 1" drain valves with 2nd screen & 1" tri-clamp adapter and 1.5" tri-clamp thermowell with thermometer and 1/2" triclamp adapter. If you want a 4" tri clamp clean out it would cost and extra $155.00. These are not on our web site yet. If you are interested please email me at paul@distillery-equipment.com or call 417-778-6908.

ViolentBlue your stills are incredibly beautiful as always. If anyone needs a jacketed mash tun to go with one of ViolentBlue's 60 gallon stills, or any other still email me at paul@distillery-equpment.com or call 417-778-6908 The mash tun shown has a 60 gallon capacity and an agitator. The price with a digitally controlled electric heating system is $5,950.00 If you have a low pressure boiler and do not need the electric heating system the price is $3,650.00 We have several 60 gallon jacketed mash tuns at this time. We can supply jacketed mash tuns up to 1,000 gallons.

The 1.05 million BTU Boiler has sold to a wonderful craft distillery in New York State. We will be posting for sale more new and used distillery equipment on this forum from time to time. If you are looking for distillery equipment of any size and type please give us a call at 417-778-6908 Thank you Paul Hall Affordable Distillery Equipment LLC paul@distillery-equipment.com

We will be updating our site soon. We haven't built any of these stills yet. All we have at this time are some drawings, including the drawing that I uploaded with the original post. These stills will be built in a professional shop that builds stainless tanks, stainless jacketed tanks, and stainless pressure vessels for the dairy and food processing industries. They have been in business for 22 years and are well known for the quality of their work. Another shop that does electrical controls will be doing the wiring and we will be doing the copper work including the Pot Still Head, Condenser Coil and the Flake Stand in house. I will have the drawing for the Flake Stand in a couple of days. These Stills have a 2 year parts and labor warrantee on everything but the electrical. There is a 1 year warrantee on the electrical for parts only. The electrical parts can be purchased at your local hardware store and can be easily installed.

Here we are folks, the first truly affordable American made Jacketed Stills. When I look at these Stills I see quality, simplicity, functionality, versatility and affordability. Whether you purchase one of our more traditional all Copper American made Pro Series Stills or one of our less Expensive Stainless Steel and Copper American made Pro Series Stills, you will be making an investment in a piece of equipment that will give you decades of service. One of the great things about these particular stills is the ease of use. The operation of these stills is very simple and straight forward. The heating system is electric with a simple on off switch and a digital controller. All of the electrical system components and safety components are off the shelf parts that you can get at your local hardware store. The heating elements are 4,500 watt 240 volt water heater elements that you can purchase for around $40.00 each. The digital temperature controller is the same kind that you find on a home heating boiler or furnace and the pressure safety valves are simple water heater pop off valves that cost around $35.00 to $40.00 each. These stills were designed this way, so that if you have a component fail you do not have to wait days for an expensive part to show up and then pay a technician a boat load of money to install it for you. These stills have a 2 year parts and labor warrantee on the boiler and head and a 1 year warrantee on the electrical components. The heating jacket allows you to distill on the grain without the worry of scorching. We are building these stills in 50 gallon, 100 gallon and 200 gallon capacities. The introductory prices for the stills with the stainless jacketed boilers and copper pot still heads are: 50 gallon $7,200.00 , 100 gallon $8,200.00 and 200 gallon $11,200.00 After we sell one of each size, the prices will go up. Paul@distillery-equipment.com 417-778-6908

If anyone is interested, I also have for sale a pretty little Cleveland Boiler that will run up to a 70 gallon Still or Mash Tun and a boiler built by Precision Boilers that will run a 200 gallon Still or Mash Tun.

Hello Jeff, When I checked this boiler out, I checked the manufacturer's documentation and that documentation stated that the boiler was rated at 1.05 million BTUs. I made the mistake of assuming that was output, and so when I calculated the size of kettles it would run, I based those calculations on 1.05 million BTUs of output. Now that you have enlightened me, I did the calculations again and they show that this boiler will only run 550 gallons of steam jacketed kettles, and it would take a little less than 1 hour to heat them up. So, yes the output is 840,000 BTUs per hour. Thank you very much for the information. I have corrected the add.

Sorry folks, the 1.5 Million BTUs is a typo. It should read 1.05 Million BTUs Made in the USA! AJAX 1,050,000 BTU Low Pressure Boiler: Natural Gas, Model: HRNG-25, 15PSIG Max, 866lb per hour of steam, Built in 2008, 25 BHP, 1.05 millon BTU input, 840,000 BTU output This boiler will run up to 550 gallons of steam jacketed kettles. This boiler will heat a 250 gallon jacketed Mash Tun and a 250 gallon jacketed still up to operating temp in less than 1 hour. This unit was in service for 3 years, but it was ran very little during that time. It was working great when it was taken out of service last year. It has been stored in a nice dry shop building since it was taken out of service, so it's in great shape. The VP at the company that I bought it from said that they paid over $20,000.00 for it when they bought it new. A service technician can have this baby hooked up and running in a few hours. The manufacturer's URL is http://ajax.sarphi.com/?p=15 You can use their website to find a service center near you. I had a very informative conversation with a dealer in my area. These are the best of the best when it comes to boilers. I have this boiler priced at $4,700.00 for a quick sale. Don't miss your chance! This baby won't last long at this price! I will be delivering a still in Cincinnati Ohio next week (around 7/20). If you are between southern Missouri and Ohio, or no more than 300 miles out of the way, I could deliver this boiler to you for free. If you have any questions email me at paul@distillery-equipment.com or call 417-778-6908 and ask for Paul.

I have a great buy on a used AJAX steam boiler. It is a low presure steam boiler that was used to run a jacketed still. It is 1.05 million BTUs and it produces 866lbs of steam per hour at 15psi max. It is Natural Gas fired. It is all set up and ready to go. It is a 2008 model but it was only used for 1year. It origanally sold for over $20,000 I will take 4,750.00 for it. Let me know if you are not interested so that I can list it for sale. Paul 417-778-6908

The 600 gallon mash tun is not capable of cooling. I have fermenters with cooling jackets if you are interested in those.