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Maybe this is an equipment topic but it involves milling. Coming from the brewing side of things, when we mill our malt for distillling, does it have to be a finer grain size than beer grain? Would I be able to use a beer grain mill spacing or do I need closer spacing? Newbie question

Hi, this is probably a newbie question. Lets say you ferment 60 gal in a fermenter that holds 110 gal. Would all that head space be an issue? thanks J

any thoughts on this? Anyone or is it too much of a newbie question?

Thanks, I'll check them out!

We're a startup and won't be producing much. Stick on labeler. let me know. Thanks J

Any issues with the 110gal plastic fermenters and contamination? Coming from the brew side, there has always been concerns about the cleaning of the plastic would create areas for bacteria to develop. Is this a concern in the distillation world? thanks

Just wondering if there is a website or brokers of used stills? Similar to probrewer.com I'm trying to figure out a ballpark figure for 150gal still from various manufacturers and I'd like to get to know the used market a little more. Thanks J

@johnmckee Hi, In Ontario Canada where I am, from what I've been told from provincial and federal personnel, once the permit application for both the AGCO and federal excise tax has been handed in, you are allowed to possess a still and do test batches. I found that weird, but I didn't second guess what two people told me. I take it the law in the states is different. if someone from Canada knows otherwise, I would love to talk with them before I do something illegal. Believe me, being in the newspaper business, last thing I need is a competing news outlet reporting on illegal activities from a competitor. BTW, our application papers are being filed in a few weeks once we sign our lease.

Thanks for the heads up. The numbers are about right, maybe a little high. Let me put this out there now, my wife and I are both employed by the same newspaper and we are surely out of a job in 2 years. We want to take the next year to learn how to distill while we wait for approval from the various governments. I figure that will be at least 6 months before we can even think of putting a product for sale. My goal is to purchase 150gal still during 2nd year of operation and not oversupply and overspend during the first year if we manage to create a great product that is in demand. My job allows me to be very flexible luckily. We don't expect much out of the first year. Unlike Panoscape, I wasn't thinking of GNS but maybe I should explore it some more. I'm open to all criticism, as long as it is constructive. I've owned a couple of succesful businesses already, there is never a pot of gold at the end of the day, only after many many long sweaty years, if you make your luck

I just ordered my flute and 26 gal tonight from hillbilly. Pretty excited. Has anyone thought of using 4 of them together to make a series still of 100 gal? I'm writing a business plan now and for a small startup, avoiding the cost of a 100-125 gal still from the big companies makes sense? No, yes? just wondering. Just from looking at some photos, Kings Country in NY look to be using four hillbilly 26 gal with the simple pot still head. Seems like an interesting concept. Has anyone compared the flute to the simple head? Cheers