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I schedule my gin runs to coincide with regular cleaning of my still. I clean the still every 12 uses so left over flavors are cleaned out on a regular basis. Coop

From a builder for over 46 years in construction all kinds. The above advice is right on. Coop

We here at Colorado Gold have always used bulk grains with the exception of the malted barley. We use the 2000 lb. totes. If delivered by fright company they need a lift gate to get them to the ground. They should always come on a pallet. Then we use our pallet jack from there on. Easily moved. We just open the top of the totes and use 5 gallon buckets to dump into grinder. Easy to keep track of the pounds of grain you use. We use around 700 to 800 lbs a day doing mash runs. I can grind and make two mash runs in 6 hours with out breaking a sweat. Coop

Sorry for taking so long to respond Holidays, we are using a model 60 from the C.S. Bell Co. You can find them on the internet. www.csbellco.com coop

We have 4 800 gallon open fermentation tanks in use at our distillery. We built a climate controlled room just for them and when all 4 are in use a good amount of CO2 is produced in this room. It is separated from the rest of the distillery to control temp during the fermentation process. It also has its own heating system for winter use. We have a very low CFM fan like a bathroom exhaust fan at the bottom of the exterior wall that we turn on when using the room to vent the CO2 to the outside keeping all the heat inside we can. Your CO2 detectors will show CO2 present and at what percentages is present. If they are the alarm type they will be going off all the time. Coop

This post is in response to my earlier post. When the new owners Randy and Judes Kingsbury read my comments about the filler they immediately contacted me. I had purchased my filler at the exact time that they took over the operation of the company and after some checking into they found that I was not sent the new model Xpress Filler but an old model off the shelve by mistake. Even after almost two years after my purchase and well beyond all warranties, they personally took it upon their selves to make all things right. They built me a brand new XF-430, sent it to me at no charge, including all shipping both for the new filler and the return of the old filler. I have now had time to put the New and Improved Xpress Filler through its paces and am more than happy to say that it is everything that they claimed it would be and more. It always stays in calibration, fills all four bottles the same every time. Is thousands of times easier to use. We use 5 different bottle sizes and shapes. All come out within specs every time. I have been with this forum sense the beginning and many of you have read my post. Some like what is said here and some do not. One thing you can count on is what any one says here is the truth as we know it. No one here would lead some one astray on purpose. I tell you now, this is the type of company that we all should be doing business with and wish there were more like them. Randy and Judes stand behind their product and are willing to go the extra mile to see to it you are satisfied with their Xpress Filler. Thanks for your time, Coop

OK I found the photos. Send me your e mail address to coop2@sopris.net and I will forward photos to you. Coop

Where bouts in Colorado are you located? Coop

Yes I do but will have to find them. I will try to e mail to you. Coop

We here made a gravity flowing grain separator. We pump spent grains in to it, let it set and drain for about 3 days and it is dry enough to shovel it out into barrels. It is damp and will freeze but dry enough to scoop out to feed livestock. Coop

Is this spent grain leftover after distilling or are you separating the wash before distilling? Coop

Since water is the the largest portion of any product you must have clean clear water. A lot of places use or make their own distilled water to make their cuts. Coop

Welcome Will, if you ever come up north to Colorado, stop by at Colorado Gold Distillery, Coop

This is from Colorado Gold way out west in Colorado. I just wanted to wish all of you the best Christmas and New Years. And may all your hopes and dreams come true. Coop

Let me get this strait, a person unknown to any of us, ask for help and opinions, from a professional site and you think it has something to do with "Moonshiners" and I can do it attitude? UL has nothing to do with union labor, and OSHA is a government organization dealing with on the job safety. Where is your I can do it attitude when from your own web site you claim "The Ultra Premium Vodka from a completely automated, computer controlled system. Many others claim to have high tech Vodka but mine really will be." Sounds a little like the pot calling the kettle black. Just asking. In the end you agreed with us all that is important to do things right the first time and you will need all the approvals we mentioned. thanks, Coop

This still is just a copper pot, no electrical, no heat source, no motors. Just a pot. Everything else is up to you. You will have to supply all approvals your self. In towns that have codes this might become the problem we are talking about. coop

First off you will be needing countless approvals affixed to any of your equipment. UL, Fire, NPI to name a few. Without these approvals the local authorities will not even let you try out your new still. Gas or Electric companies will not even allow you to hook up your your equipment. Even some of the European companies do not have all the approvals required for the US compliance's. If you do not live in a very rural area you are in for a never ending battle to get approvals. The ttb does not care about these but you would need to verify capacity, process and other things with them. If I were going to to do this in an attempt to market your finished products to the public, do not try it. A huge can of worms is all you would be opening. Coop

Please send me technical drawing along with pricing per pallet. Coop

One thing I would be concerned about would be that the design phase quote should take the label completely through the submission phase to get label approval from the ttb. The ttb may require many corrections to labels and rework costs could rise with each re submitting to the ttb. coop

We use a plate grinder for grinding all our grains. Corn, Wheat, Barley. Fully adjustable for any grind. Coop

We are fine out here, winter is coming on. We do all our labeling by hand. We also only loose 1 label at a time. If it is mechanical it will break down. Labeling 50 a min means when it screws up you loose hundreds of labels unless you a are right their. Coop

I have an older 4 bottle filler model. It is only a year old and is one of the Xpress fill. Not accurate at all. There was talk of new owners and greater quality. But after spending $2000.00 plus I have some real doubts. Before I could recommend it at all I would want them to send me one along with how much to upgrade mine. I would put it to the test myself before spending anything to fix the old one. And would want to be completely satisfied before payment would become due. I trusted them, now they need to trust us. Coop

We have been making corn whiskey within 3 months after producing. It sells almost better than our award winning Vodka. There has been and always be corn whiskey even before their was Bourbon which we have also. Coop, Colorado Gold Distillery.

We rinse after each cleaning of Sodium and each citrus wash.Coop

The same goes here. Right now if zoning changed we would be grandfathered in. But if I change anything within my building that would effect the rating of my building then it would be up for review at that time. Many many businesses, not just distilleries have been zoned out of their location and this is at the whim of the politics in your area. coop