PAST MMWS 2021 GTG...Cancelled

[Woodhore]

Can't promise anything. We're probably going be seeing a lot of calves being born about then.

I told you them damn cattle no free time.

 

[davidwyby]

Can't promise anything. We're probably going be seeing a lot of calves being born about then.

No cowsitters? cow midwives? :-D

 

[Woodhore]

You volunteering?

 

[Woodhore]

Finally read whole thread. Any version of Cajun real good. Happy to donate for cajun.

 

[Mastermind]

No cowsitters? cow midwives? :-D

Who would you trust to look after your profit for the year?

 

[davidwyby]

Who would you trust to look after your profit for the year?

I feel ya.
Just funnin’

Looks like hopefully I might actually have a guy I could trust. But yeah I know.

 

[Hinerman]

September is a good time to get out of here. Also, I suspect whatever is hot for y'all would be real nice for me :-D

Not necessarily. You ever heard of humidity?

 

[Mastermind]

Not necessarily. You ever heard of humidity?

Yeah....there ain't no dry heat in Tennessee.

 

[davidwyby]

We flood irrigate this whole dang valley and it gets plenty humid. Ain’t skeered. I been to Hawaii.

Or 115-120 dry heat will cook you to a crisp in no time. Feels like your skin is burning off.

80-90 ain’t bad especially with shade and a breeze. Those temps at the end of summer, we are like, “aaaaahhh, normal people/place summer”.


Then there’s the fact that it never stops. 95 is the low in the middle of the night...and summer is like 6 months long.

Ok, sorry, rant off.

At least winter is nice. My FIL once pointed out that west TX is hot or cold.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

yeah the booze and saws don’t mix. I ain’t trying to go home known as stumpy the rental pig tamer. I can bring a few gallons of the good stuff too.

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Kinda. The second tank is a thumper keg. Mash goes in the copper pot, a gallon of backings (the tail end of the last run, approximately 50 proof) goes in the stainless keg. Alcohol vapor boils off the mash and travels through the pipe to the thumper, which has an inlet line that is below the surface of the backings liquid, where it condenses to liquid again. Eventually the steam from the pot causes the liquid in the thumper to start boiling so that you get a second distillation. The steam leaves the thumper and travels to the worm which for mine is a 50’ long coil of 5/8 copper line twisted in a 50 gallon barrel of water. It condenses back to liquid and runs out the bottom distilled. With a good starting corn and sugar wash that has an alcohol percentage of 18% I can see 190 proof on the first couple jars, and collect over 4 gallons of distillate from 20 gallons of mash. I stop collecting for drinking and blending purposes at 70 proof. Everything lower goes into the next batch or in the thumper. Sorry that’s super long winded.

Thumper88 i've been looking at your distillation set-up given that i do this on a bigger scale for work.
Can you elaborate on the line-up to the second vessel? From the pic it appears we just have a tee feeding down to the keg and across to the cooling coil?

Cheers, Adam.

 

[Nutball]

I was wondering the same. I figured you'd have 2 separate pipes going in the thumper to avoid a short circuit.

 

[Thumper88]

It’s a bell mouth fitting. The pipe enters through the the top and then bell fitting opens up around it. Input pipe drops to the bottom of the thump keg, then the vapor rises back up into the bell and goes out the side pipe. It allows me to use a stainless keg without having to cut and weld or solder fittings into the top. And it’s less joints to develop a leak.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

It’s a bell mouth fitting. The pipe enters through the the top and then bell fitting opens up around it. Input pipe drops to the bottom of the thump keg, then the vapor rises back up into the bell and goes out the side pipe. It allows me to use a stainless keg without having to cut and weld or solder fittings into the top. And it’s less joints to develop a leak. View attachment 286652View attachment 286653View attachment 286654View attachment 286655

Gotcha. Very clever by the way. Lot of Big Oil ideas captured in your home 'Refinery'...

 

[av8or3]

I will try to be there. I’ll bring some old saws to play with.

 

[Nutball]

New saws are cool too, like a 1201... If only someone had one to bring.

 

[Egg Shooter]

New saws are cool too, like a 1201... If only someone had one to bring.

If I was coming id bring a slew of vintage saws. Probably "forget" to bring a few home too.

 

[av8or3]

New saws are cool too, like a 1201... If only someone had one to bring.

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

 

[av8or3]

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I have no idea what you’re talking about.

It’s never had gas/oil put in it.

 

[Nutball]

You mean you dont have another with gas and oil in it?

There's a first for everything.

 

[Mastermind]

I like turtles.