Liquor Creek Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Our company is in process of purchasing a new still. Three different places have now advertised their "storage tanks underneath the columns" feature. The stills have two or three large towers with columns on them and below each column there are these storage tanks attached with either a little peak-hole or manhole. I believe the first two tanks are to be filled with water. I realize this is a little vague, but I cannot find out a definitive name for this feature to more accurately describe them. 1. Is there a name for these tanks? 2. What is the function of them? Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnKB Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Heads, Hearts and Tails tanks. The three tanks are there to make it easy when you make your cuts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnKB Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Welcome to the forum John. Please take a minute to post to the welcome introduce section of the forum and tell us a little bit about yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dehner Distillery Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Spirit Storage as CaptnKB said. If you did not have them you just put the liquid in what ever vessel you wanted as the still is running. You do have to drain them out any way so.......... Just extra show really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekSpirits Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 If it is what I am thinking, it is a tank where your hot exhaust water goes from your condenser/dephigmator. This hot water is then pumped through the stills CIP after you dump your spent mash to clean the still before your next run. This is what my Kothe does. The site windows are to be able to see when it is full and empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dehner Distillery Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 If you are just storing water then it seems kinda pointless to pay for it if you have a chiller system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAndy Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Yes to what GeekSpirits says, that is how our still is setup. Seems like an expensive way to collect water, but its sort of nice as space is pretty tight in the still area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquor Creek Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Thank you all for your informative and prompt responses. This answers my questions and will help us better select our still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYE Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hey John, The first two storage tanks are used for storaging water to clean the still.The last storage tank is used for storaging spirits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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