Hearty congrats Sir!! Sounds like your just about in bizness here. Did you knock out the little O ring down in the neck of the keg? If so tell us the best way to do it..if not..best go knock it out and tell us how you done it. Now was you the one with a hook up kit where the SS gizmo did not have a screen? Or maybe that was somebody else. If it happen to be you..how did you handle that deal? If it aint you..never mind. Thanks.

fellas I too have read no glass for a thumper.......but I used a mason jar and had no prollems. I'm not saying its the safest way to go but it worked fine in my case. Now....a pickle jar I cant say. The whole reasoning behind no glass is the saftey issue of course. I never broke one but we can all visualize it happening, in my opinion the only issue is how are you gonna keep that jar on your down tubes???? If you decide to used a jar I'll tell ya what I did if your intersted. Again in my opinion I dont think its really necessary but if it gives you the warm fuzzy feeling then go for it, with the appropriate glassware of course. A mason jar or Ball mason jar can take the heat.

Purty well knew that was you who had used the glass thumper with success...but did not want to hazard a wild guess in the event of being wrong. This place has turned into a shark tank ya know? No use to go dripping any spare blood in the water. Glad you fessed on up. I mean anybody who uses PVC for the column should have no issues with a glass thumper..lol.

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What I found with useing it was I could REALLY tell when the end was near. That cloudy oily mess would show up in that little jug first(the thumper) and I'd know its time to call it quits. I'm not absolutly possitive that its double distillation but thats what they say. I dont have that unit anymore and just never did add it to the next one I built. Maybe just too lazy but I can still get some pretty good neutrals. I would'nt tell anybody that to make the real thing you MUST have a thumper, but some may disagree."