Confederate Stills

From Paul @ Confederate Stills of Alabama Cypress has a zero flavor impact on the mash....that's why Jack Daniels and so many others used it long ago. Barrels obviously can be made from oak, but these do impart some "oaky" flavoring to the mash....as to whether this carries over in the alcohol vapor is widely debated. Cedar is far softer a wood than oak or even cypress, also for my tanks, I use super select cypress....perfectly straight and worm holes free.....have you ever seen a cypress board with no knots....? me neither.

Hi, Confederate Stills of Alabama Currently building a 500G stripper for a distillery in Colorado, steam jacketed.....But also have a new design still (jacketed) that's being patented in a 250G model that would make you very happy. ala134th@gmail.com confederatestills.com

300 Gallon cypress tank / Worm for Hi Ridge Distillery in Alabama. 1.25" US copper worm and parrot, paul-csa confederatestills.com New Compressed (zipped) Folder.zip

300 Gallon Cypress tank with 1.25" copper worm-100' of US made copper. Parrot is also 1.25" with heads & tails drain. Tank has 2" center overflow return drain, 1.5" main tank drain, 1/2" cooling water inlet to feed ring, 3/8" copper vent to parrot, Tank will sit on a HD 4'x4' stand which is already built and waiting in Alabama. paul-csa confederatestills.com

all my pics of the finished mash cooker are too large to upload to this web site....you can see pics on my FB site: Confederate Stills

The wood is the tank....3 bulkhead fittings for the elements, 2" drain also at the screen level for solids to be flushed out....sparging spray nozzles built into the lid. attaching todays pic. paul-csa

I'm having a IT specialist in Denver update my website....what specs are you looking for?

Got the SS plate cut out and almost finished installing the staves....

http://confederatestills.com/ building a new product, a 160 gal mash cooker, SS perforated false bottom, 3 heating elements with controller from Distillery Controls (Swede) thermowell/ 5" thermometer, cooling coil, sparging spray built into lid, will add pics as it nears completion.

http://confederatestills.com/ building a new product, a 160 gal mash cooker, SS perforated false bottom, 3 heating elements with controller from Distillery Controls (Swede) thermowell/ 5" thermometer, cooling coil, sparging spray built into lid, will add pics as it nears completion.

Stills are low pressure cooking vessels. You can build your own electric or gas heated versions with little or no questions asked....all you have to do is put a serial number on it for the State & fed TTB to get a distillery license. But, steam jacketed stills need to meet more stringent ASME codes.....those are a whole different ballgame. Jacket over pressure reliefs, ect must come into play . paul-csa Confederatestills.com

Hi there from Confederate Stills of Alabama, LLC Confederatestills.com I build custom cypress fermentation tanks. For your size still, my 150 gallon fermenter would be ideal......For each fermentation (4-6 days) you could get 2 still runs in easily in one day. Depending on how many days a week you wanted to run the still, would determine the number of tanks....5 or 6 would be ideal. My pics are too large to upload but you can friend me and see them on my FB site: Confederate Stills

Hi from south Alabama, Paul at CSA here. I'm your source for cypress fementation tanks for your small craft distillery....web site: Confederatestills.com I also produce the only wood clad copper stills in the US. Patent Pending. Copper stills available from 100-250 gallons in electric/gas heat sources. Also have steam jacketed stills from 150 to 600 gallons also with the custom oak/cherry/walnut/mahogany siding. My pics are too large to upload here but you can see them on my FB site: Confederate Stills Thanks Paul-CSA, LLC

OK, looking for the ratio mentioned above: Never considered this before, what is the still size in gallons vs maximum column diameter optimal ratio? Ex. 100g/4"=25:1, 100g/6"=16.7:1 Paul-CSA

agree with Ursa Major: rule of thumb (ballpark figures): If your condenser has equivalent cooling capacity as your heat source, at the beginning of a run you can get about 1gph per inch of column diameter. 4" run hard can gen 4gph at start, 8" column 8gph......but no one runs their stills at the higher temps to get this kind of flow rates for 2 reasons: affects taste (mad liquor), and most condensers are too small for the columns. So realisticly most columns with their undersized condensers will produce maybe half the above. Paul-CSA