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A nice Sunday Morning to you Gentlemen,
Apologies for the delay in writing back.
Hey Carcass - no I haven't brewed any beer since I worked at Triple Rock Brewery back in '89,'90, and '91. But I remember a Chocolate Milk Stout that was an extremely popular Sunday morning on the couch drink. I've recently met The Girl and as we're putting her through flight school she said I needed hobby while she studied. I had wanted to distil since my brewing days and thus this became the perfect opportunity. I'm now waiting on the 8.5 gallon buckets from Mile-Hi as Rick suggested and then off to another double wash.
Hey Rick, as well as being new to distilling, I'm also new to the forum - post thingy. What's the etiquette or rules in passing on private email addresses? You have my permission to pass onto Carcass my email address, if that is all it takes. And how's the Top O' The Hill lately? Still buried in snow? My Lady is in Conneticut with her family for a week and she says the snow has all turned to ice and is as concrete - blech. It was 75F in Nor Cal yesterday... Ya know where in Florida you're moving? I've got family on the Gulf of Mexico side and they have always said that area to be lovely.
Anyway, always good to see y'all on my screen.
And as always,
Yours,
PJ Lily
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PJ:
Man, chocolate milk stout. Is there anything better than that!! It snowed all night last night, and it is snowing all day today. Unfortunately I have to find a way to get off my hill at 07:15 in the morning. Good luck to me! Thank God for four wheel drive, but even that doesn't help on ice. And, as your Lady says, there is a really good base of ice under all the new snow! Things will get much better when I get to central FL.
Glad you got the 8.5 gallon buckets. I think you will be happy with them.
Everyone:
Now, is there anyone out there using a parrot? I'm thinking about building one and just wanted to know if anyone else is using one and if it is worth the effort. Does it help you with making cuts? Or is it just another usless gadget that I don't need but can never seem to resist?
Cheers!
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While the thought of getting an 'inline' sample sounds great, a setup such as the 'parrot' constantly mixes your distillate, so it does not give a true reading of what is coming off at any given time, just an average. For a true 'current' reading ,which is especially important when making cuts,, there is no shortcutting- you must take individual samples. For this, the smaller 100ml cylinder is excellent.
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Thanks Rick.
That's the way I've always done it. I guess I'll just keep doing it that way then. Now if I can just quit breaking my test jar.....
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Elricko,
Ya, I do have rather too many fond memories of the lads and I couch potatoing away far too many sundays with the chocolate milk stout and video games.... And no kiddinng about always breaking the test jar!
Hey Rick, any thoughts on getting ahold of Carcass other than the forum? Good luck on your hill...
Yours,
PJ Lily
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There are a lot of variables to consider for this question on parrots. Volume distilling, pot or reflux still and how closely you watch your production. If you are running a reflux, I think you"d go by temp and aroma to make your cuts. If you use a pot still, I use my nose more than anything else but I use the % alc to tell me when to stop collecting tails. I believe a 10 gal. still is the minimum size to use a parrot with. It also depends on how closely you watch your product. If you are like me and use a pot still while doing various jobs while distilling ,garden, soap making, beer or wine making, grape crushing, racking or honey-do"s, use a parrot. A parrot saves you from pouring your product into a graduated cylinder to check the proof. I like having a constant read without messing with it. I wait until the heads are gone then I put the parrot in place. If nothing else, they look cool.
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Elrico,
I was just thinking about your question and the rsponses related to using a parrot in line sampler. Looking at my 100 ml graduated cyliner,and knowing that even for low alchol content, you do not need a full 100 ml sample. 1' copper pipe has an inside diameter ,I.D.,of 1.049', which is real close to the 100 ml cylinder. Why not make a parrot with 1' copper reciever, 1/4' feed line? The volume to the top or overflow could be at the 70 or 75 ml heigth. A 1/4' 'Dump' valve could even be added at the bottom, allowing to dump the contents of the receiver.
Anyway, just a thought. Hope it helps.
Hersh
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