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  1. Bier Distillery
    So I have this piece of history which apparently at one time was good enough. Digital devices should be good enough too.
  2. Bier Distillery
    In my opinion, the traditional and approved way of measuring proof is a bit of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. You can either know the temperature or the proof/density, but not both. I’d bet that on average, any of the digital readers yield better results than the average person using the best analog equipment. I wish the TTB would acknowledge that.
  3. Bier Distillery
    What is the unit on the left in the last picture?
  4. Bier Distillery
    Sorry, its never going to work. You need indirect heat for grain in.
  5. Bier Distillery
    Blue Label FTW (although I will check these others out for my next order).
  6. Bier Distillery
    How well do your small continuous stills deal with solids?
  7. Bier Distillery
    That's the thing I hate too. Can't really ever get them 100% clean. Never really understood the non-draining design. How about these: http://www.thecarycompany.com/330-gallon-voyager-heavy-duty-poly-tote-26bvt5 Anyone use them? Bigger opening to get inside to clean it and the description says it drains well. Does it?
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    I have two of these tanks, I have two because one leaked from bottom of the leg seam you mentioned and they sent me another. What I've been doing is spray balling caustic up to 180F. Wouldn't that kill just about anything even if something was lurking in a seam?
  9. Bier Distillery
    Make sure you compress the foreshots and heads. And actually, much of the flavor that you need for apple brandy comes from late heads.
  10. Bier Distillery
    I’m distilling some cider as I write. I always found the heads to be tiny compared to the other products I make, however the foreshots are extremely nasty. I ferment everything myself.
  11. Bier Distillery
    Do you use an off the shelf hydrator or one you made? Why do you say that? I'm using a blower now and am thinking to switching and am just curious.
  12. Bier Distillery
    Love it! How are you getting the grain out of the mill? A blower?
  13. Bier Distillery
    Ha! That would certainly work. How much grain do you do per batch and how long does it take?
  14. Bier Distillery
    A slide valve/blast gate had been suggested by a friend, but the concern was that it wouldn't provide enough control of the flow from a gravity hopper to the mill. You find it works for you? The company suggests augering into the mill but that seems unnecessarily expensive and complicated and they can't provide a ready made solution. I want to avoid having this be a hodgepodge of ill fitting parts. Pictures of your setup would be cool. Do you use any grist hydrator?
  15. Bier Distillery
    What sort of systems are people using to feed their mills? I'm looking at switching to a hammermill, and apparently I can't just dump in all the grain at once.
  16. Bier Distillery
    Anyone use a Colorado Mill Equipment (Eco HMS) with auger? I'm considering a purchase and am having trouble visualizing how I will install it. Any chance if you have one you could send me or post some pictures? I have asked them and all they provided me is some standard promotional pictures with the actual installation to real equipment cut out.
  17. Bier Distillery
    I use the same system you do (with a larger micron filter though), and I suspect you left the bypass open on the top of the filter housing. Even if the filter was filthy, it shouldn't let char through.
  18. Bier Distillery
    @MashI know you said no questions, so please don't feel you need to answer, but #11 intrigues me. Unless taxes weren't being paid for spirits removed from bond, $33k seems like a really high number for your operation. I live in fear of screwing something up and not even realizing it until too late. P.S. I've enjoyed reading your story over the past few years. Thank you.
  19. Bier Distillery
    Exactly what sort of treatment? Do you have documentation that I might be able to share to show an inspector that a cooling tower is safe?
  20. Bier Distillery
    Does anyone have a document describes a cooling tower as an approved cooling method for non-contact cooling water? Something that would satisfy an inspector that doesn't have much experience?
  21. Bier Distillery
    Thanks for the inspiration. This should work for lifting parts into place.
  22. Bier Distillery
    Thanks for the offers to make a custom one, but I think the path of least resistance is to drill a hole in an end cap and put a bolt through it as Huffy2k did.
  23. Bier Distillery
    Anyone know of a triclamp fitting that has a centered eye hook? I'd like to use a winch to lift equipment.
  24. Bier Distillery
    Sent PM.
  25. Bier Distillery
    Sent you a PM.
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