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You have to be careful with sweet feed. Depends on what time of year it is. Summer blend has special acids put in with it so it will not ferment so the Barns or storage areas will not spontaneously combust. Winter blend does not have that and it will ferment.

It is the molasses that is the problem. It would be way easier for you just to make your own sweet feed with normal molasses without any additives in it. Or get the winter blend and use that to make your sweet food.

That's my two cents.

It's not the barrel it's the spices.

I'm not saying that you're correct, I'm saying you're wrong. Granular sugar is 100% sugar, and anytime you add water or another substance to that it dilutes the amount of sugar in the whole total percentage of volume. Meaning less sugar content per unit.

For example if I had 999 mL of sugar and added 1 mL of water it would only be 99.9% sugar. So my overall point is there is nothing that has a higher concentration of sugar than pure sugar.

So your high fructose corn syrup contains a certain amount water and a certain amount of sugar so basically if it contains any water it is less than 100% sugar.

And I'm sorry I'm not trying to upset you. I'm just giving you my two cents. I've been at this game for over 12 years now.

It won't make spirit go black!!

Bet me. If you would for instance put a large amount of heavy toasted oak chips To a small amount of alcohol. It will turn it black. Or I should say so dark brown that it looks black.

I speak from experience.

And no I do not want to start a pissing match but I'm just putting my two cents in.

The study doesn't specifically say but i think the USDA recommended upper limit for Cu is 10mg/day for an adult. A European study found that commercially produced spirits contain between 1 and 5 mg Cu/kg of spirit. You'd have more problems than copper ingestion if you were drinking a kg of spirit/day. Add to that the study mentioned that its findings should be considered carefully as Cu is also an important metal in other systems in the body. And lastly, without copper, spirits would taste awful. There was a copper scare in the brewing world back in the 90's and the USDA determined there wasn't enough of a concern to regulate and I'm certain that would extend to distilling. It's an interesting article, and certainly worth watching.

I have made rum and whiskey in a 100% stainless steel reflux still. And in a blind taste test all said they loved the this was 75 people. So I think it is embedded in people's what they think they need. All tho copper does help with sulfides. But never put copper on the down fall side of the still ( the condenser)

That's my two cents!

I believe on flow meters. I don't use digital. I like the nice plastic ones with the ball or weight. I don't think automatic valves are needed either, maybe for some people.

I use city water for the condenser and dephlamator. Each unit has its own feed and discharge line. It is truly precision control. When you try to run two or more units off of one feed line and one discharge line you open your self up to more likely fluctuation problems.

That's my two cents.

Firebrick is made from refractory cement. You can buy it from some stores like a concrete plant.

You need an agitator.

I have so many Ideas for ya but I don't know witch one is the best fit.

Goss I don't know what to say your going to have to realy shield around the sides so you don't lose all that heat.

Maybe a wider burner than a jet cooker a use a perforated stainless screen with lava rock on top to diffuse it or ceramic material.

Sounds like your going to lose efficiency.

My option is the still is not a pressure vessel. It is what is called an "an open system - closed process" that means it is open to the atmosphere, but the product starts as a liquid and ends as a liquid as it exits the still. I could see a relief valve but if its truley open then why create a can of worms?

As for the seam jacket it should have a rating or signed off by a liciened engineer before the manufacturing began. All of the steam jackets I make are engineered to 250 psi at 400f.

That is just my 2 cents.

I have a race labeler, and an express fill...... I love them both!

Those things are crazy expensive! The boiler is normally the cheapest part, it's the install were they get you.

But also think it is better to go a little bigger and be able to more things with it than to max it out on one task.

My new goal is 1.5-2 gpm, stripping only. I'm very close to having it done.

Just to let you know I will be making my own sight glasses

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I suggest using flow meter for the dephlamator (gph). And most of all use an Independent water line to feed it. If you share a line it will mess with the flow.

I use a press

I use a press

How much $ ? Does that include the boiler also?

I can build a wart chiller.

What is the throughput rate of your continuous still? And at what percentage can you get out?

Put in the baffles.

I might be able to help you with the seam jacket problem. On the bottom of the curved surface you need what is called half tubes not a simple jacket.

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Either way I would use both Alfa and gamma enzimes!

Nothing will have a higher concentration of sugar than granular sugar. The sugar density is far higher than hfcs, or anything else.

You have to mix the spent grain with something like hay. Chickens you can feed straight. My spent grain is dry or a little damp when it leaves.

And paper work required.

What parts are needed for an agatior? I just want to know about sealing it so no vapor leak out buy the motor.