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Still available? Thanks Ad

what are the specs on this column; what boiler size was this intended for, column length, diameter. Usually revenoor has their stills set up based upon power input ie electric element wattage to match the cooling capacity for the condensing unit. Do you have any of that info. thanks, Aaron the little egg farm and distillery

Can you email me some details on the turnkey system; is it set up w/ an electric heating element that runs on 220v that can be easily removed and converted to steam? Also, do you have pressure relief valves on the column and boiler. Lastly, are the steam jacket pressure rated/certified? I'm very interested. thanks, Aaron

From what I've read it's not so much a methanol problem as toxic levels of other cogeners, particularly fusel oils, that remain in the beverage when you simply remove the water component. Sounds like a bad idea. Sorry. Charles is correct.

There is a very good chance that if you check with your grain source you are dealing with buckwheat seeds that look a lot like morning glories. Organic farmers commonly use buckwheat in their green manure rotations and the buckwheat easily establishes and is sometimes hard to "clean" from the grain. One of the older distilling references refers to buckwheat as a workable but inferior fermentable "grain" event though it's not truly a grain. Not sure of effect on yeast, though. Even if they were morning glory seeds, it takes about 100-200 morning glory seeds to be psychoactive for a 70kg person anyway and they don't really have strychnine, though rumored to in the sixties. The other common field weed would be hedge bindweed but the seeds are much smaller. Hope that helps. Aaron

I would contact Cheryl Lins at Delaware Phoenix for a definitive answer, but I believe it has to do with solubility of the volatile oils in the absinthe. When it is diluted below 50% the beverage may become cloudy. Traditionally, absinthe was a very high alcohol beverage designed for dilution prior to consumption. There may also be European standards for exported products that would be worth investigating. hope that helps. Aaron

So a few questions for you. What sort of still size was this engineered for, i.e boiler size and heating input BTU/watts? Did you work out any of the cooling info to size the condensor for your project? Sorry to hear things aren't working out so well. thanks, AD

do you have any information on power source, cooling mechanism, reflux mechanism and is it new/used. Is this all stainless or is there any copper in the vapor path or boiler? thanks, AD