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  1. Thanks, glisade! Gravity and time can be effective!
  2. isinglass? chitosan? any preferred brand/product? clear and sparkly is certainly the goal. tks in advance for any recommendations.
  3. very interesting idea, and cheaper than a $000 machine. we have been thinking to basically rack the gin as if it were a home batch of beer, leaving dust and debris at the bottom, using a siphon approach. this looks compatible with that idea. Thanks!
  4. I'll second the positive word on Sons of Vancouver. Always a pleasure to be there and fun to work with.
  5. ISO best idea to filter very fine dust and particulate matter from a compounded gin we are working on. Don't want floaties or what a customer might think would be foreign matter in the bottle. Thanks in advance!
  6. Exceptionally pleased to announce the release of our Galloping Goose Canadian whisky this coming week!  Thanks to so many of you here for advice, comments, equipment- and process/operations advice!   Come see us at Paine Field, Everett, WA! 

    1. Glenlyon

      Glenlyon

      You whiskey has spent three years in the barrel to be called a Canadian Whiskey? Otherwise, its just a whiskey not a Canadian Whiskey. We are in the midst of fighting about this with our provincial liquor board.

    2. et1883

      et1883

      Roger that.  Aged more than 3 but we are only claiming the 3.   If I read your note, the provincial board does not want you to use the "Canadian Whisky" statement?   Best of luck.  Would love to hear how that works out for you all.  

  7. and then there is BRBN, from British Columbia. One can guess it's composition. 🙂
  8. Also interested if BKamphuis found a solution.
  9. adding a point of discussion: it seems that adding ventilation is the primary upgrade from F1 240-gal storage per zone if I am reading this correctly: http://www.klausbruckner.com/blog/distillery-storage-dilemmas/ (and then only if wooden barrels are not used). and venting is not required if storage in metal containers is less than 1000 gal/zone; ditto, back up power is not required if less than 1000 gal/zone. Welcome corrections and comments.
  10. the only option then if we want to barrel age our bourbon/rye/gin on site in 53-gal barrels would be to accept no more than 240-gal total including that in the barrels, or to go to a higher classification. The distinctions between H1, H2, H3 for example are less clear than the F-1. With room for 50 or more barrels, we're going to need a higher classification then.
  11. We are now talking with a 3rd fire services contractor - 1st stopped responding; 2nd wanted a month for research and wanted larger projects than ours; 3rd seems to be on the mark. I did hand him the document you provided on 4 zones (pdf on Mar 5th) and NFPA 30 discussion on barrels. Expecting a proposal soon for 3 new sprinkler heads in each of 3 new 1-hour-zones (each a tote size closet, generally). Appreciate the background and insights. Hoping for early resolution and moving ahead with 4 zones F-1, each with 240gal, not including barrels/bottles.
  12. Thatch, am I reading your remark correctly, that you say spirits-in-barrels are included in the 240gal MAQ per zone? My understanding was that they were exempt from MAQ counting and so you could have up to the 240 gal MAQ in addition to spirits in barrels and bottles. In any case, MAQ is subject to the authority having jurisdiction and they could require a lower MAQ regardless what any of the fire code says (NFPA 30, others).
  13. Roger that. Waiting for reply from the fire services contractor. There is an unfortunate conflict of interest in that the guy providing sprinklers is the gateway to approvals. Hopefully, this will be easy (!) :-) Thanks again!
  14. received this from fire services contractor - to whom I had sent the PDF from Thatch - perhaps that document had not made it to the designer. Welcome comments: Ok, this is tricky. As noted below NFPA #30 excludes barrels of distilled spirits. Based on that, then it would defer back to NFPA #13. Based on NFPA #13, I believe the storage areas would be extra hazard 2. The distillery area would be ordinary hazard II. 5.4.2* Extra Hazard (Group 2). Extra hazard (Group 2) occupancies shall be defined as occupancies or portions of other occupancies with moderate to substantial amounts of flammable or combustible liquids or occupancies where shielding of combustibles is extensive. I think the existing system in the storage area needs to be evaluated/upgraded to meet extra hazard 2 occupancy.
  15. Wow, thanks, Thatch! Exciting diagram and text! That is exactly what we have proposed. I did not see, or did not understand a requirement for actual sprinklers inside the 3 additional zones, or the combination of building automatic sprinklers with 1-hour-fire-cabinets (our 1-hour sheet-rock/fire-door 'cabinets' or 'closets) is sufficient. If the latter,then we can skip the fire system modifications! Hugely helpful. Let me add my thanks also to each of you who are commenting and educating me on this process. The more I know, the more I know the less I knew! Cheers!
  16. Thanks again, Thatch for a great link. None of this easy!
  17. hoping to avoid H3 but starting to see no way around it. Southernhighlander's outside storage idea has been posed to landlord. From some of the charts it seems that ventilation, power back up, alarms are the primary differences between F-1 and H3 (other than volume, of course).
  18. agree with Tom that chain link is not a good fire prevention method. Thanks to Thatch for links to the 64 page powerpoint and audio above. Will share these links with our fire services contractor and fire marshall.
  19. good evening all - we have approved construction plans for 3 added zones for transstore tank storage, each at 240 gal maq. "I think" those zones need to be studwall/sheetrock with individual fire suppression (sprinkler). However, Is that NFPA or other requirement? Or can the zones be chain link fence, so we can use the existing F-1 sprinklers? That would make construction a lot simpler. Fire services contractor is recommending chain link, as sprinklers will active at 150 degrees. Also for Thatch, is there an updated link? Keep receiving 404 error on above, and searching at the site does not produce a link. With thanks,
  20. welcome to the group, Mato! Best of luck with your projects!
  21. we have received emails from "Casks and Botas," www.casksandbotas.com in Seville, Spain. I searched but did not find a reference to them on the forums. Any experience with them? Thoughts and comments welcome. With thanks in advance,
  22. Water will be a continuing discussion, I think, Patio29Dadio, send me a copy? With thanks in advance,
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