300 Gallon, 24-Plate Unused Automated Distilling System For Sale

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300 gallon fully automated distillery from Corson.  Asking Price $110,000.  Lot includes Still, Mash/Lauter Tun, 2 Fermentors, Touch Screen Automation.  All vessels are 300 gals working capacity w/CIP and butterfly valves, designed for a 12′ clear ceiling height, and still wrapped in NEW condition.  

-Steam heated pot still w/whiskey helmet, agitator, botanicals vessel, 1x four plate column+dephleg, 2x ten plate columns+dephlegs, condenser, and enclosed spirits safe

-Steam heated mash/lauter tun w/agitator, cooling jackets, top and side manways

-2x Hinged top fermentors w/agitators and cooling coils

Includes new PRVs and VFDs for all agitators

System is rated for 300,000 BTUs; all it needs is a boiler and chiller. Located in Central New Jersey.  Feel free to email me with any questions.

 

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[daveflintstone]

run run far away

[barristerandbrewer]

From everything I have read, Corson was a complete disaster. I would only consider this only if it were being sold for salvage value. 

[Dismal]

@barristerandbrewerAre you making an offer?  

This unit is one of the last units that Corson produced and all issues were addressed.  As a precaution I purchased all new PRVs and they are included in the purchase.  The unit is available for inspection.  

There has been plenty of discussion about Corson on this forum that people can look up, adding hear-say here does not add anything but hear-say.  I've spoken with many distilleries that bought and use Corson equipment daily to this day and they are happy with their equipment.  Those are voices that have not been heard here.  

[daveflintstone]

dismal indeed

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[captnKB]

I have worked on and repaired multiple Corson systems. Their equipment is poorly designed and in some instances downright dangerous

[Triangle Distiller]

Is most of the difficulty with the distilling equipment (kettle/columns/condenser)  or do the problems also include the ancillary equipment i.e. the mash tun?

[CDS]

On 6/2/2022 at 7:59 AM, Triangle Distiller said:

Is most of the difficulty with the distilling equipment (kettle/columns/condenser)  or do the problems also include the ancillary equipment i.e. the mash tun?

I've had a Corson mash tun working for 6+ years with zero issues. I know this is not a representation of the full spectrum of equipment, but just wanted to share my experience. 

[Dismal]

Bump.  

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[Dismal]

Price reduction, $99,000

[Dismal]

** SOLD **

 

There's been a lot of discussion on this forum in general and this listing in particular about Corson equipment.  The comments are predominantly negative.  The people that purchased this system from me currently own an early Corson system.  They like their system so much they wanted a second as they expand.  I found the quality to be excellent too.  These comments are not intended to minimize the real issues others have had with Corson equipment or to disparage any other supplier.  These comments are intended to present a more balanced view of this equipment for future readers researching the topic.  What everyone seems to agree on is that they were very difficult to deal with and that one of the brothers was seemingly a miserable human being.  In my research when buying this, reading the law suits, the customer service was the basis of the suits.  I found the commentary here to not reflect my experience with this equipment and apparently not the experience of the buyer either.  I hope now that I no longer have a dog in the race that this perspective may be valuable to others in the future.  

[Quinta Essentia Alchemy]

It does seem like they got a few decent pieces of equipment out the door before things went to crap. I'm glad you had a good experience and were able to recover some of your investment.

I also appreciate everyone highlighting the issues with Corson (nearly went down that dark path myself years ago; one of my clients unfortunately did). It's important that this community police itself. The fact is that the vast majority of vendors and distillers have been doing this for less than a decade and there is a lot of hubris, predatory marketing and just plain ignorance driving the industry and it needs to be called out, especially when it's so egregious. I hope your purchaser has the same positive experience you did.