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Offline ranchonodinero  
#1 Posted : Saturday, April 10, 2010 3:04:33 AM(UTC)
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Looking for some guidance on which size/type of distiller. I've made a LOT of beer-OK not lately, but one of the things I used in my beer haze-I mean days, was a recirculating mash infusion system based on converted beer kegs. It made 13 gallon batches. I still have the carboys and canning pot for "typical" batches (6 gallons). Is there an advantage to using a converted beer keg for a boiler? Do you lose some efficiency by doing smaller say 5 or 6 gallon batches? If I get a chance, I'll throw up a photo of the beer system.
Offline ratflinger  
#2 Posted : Sunday, April 11, 2010 4:04:10 PM(UTC)
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If you have good kegs then you could certainly just buy the HC column and attach it to your keg. Some use propane on that setup & I've pics of nice kegs with dual electric hot water heater elements installed. I do 6 gallon runs, but I have other equipment set up for 6 gal. so that's what I use. Others like to be able to experiment with larger batches, which you would be able to do. Course you can still do 6 gal runs with a 13 gal pot.
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