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"I am still in the research phase and am enjoying reading a lot of older posts. I am living in an apartment and am having a hard time finding a way I could do small batches in the apartment without stinking up the place or burning it down. Will listen to all advice.
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Greetings BH makes a countertop unit: http://www.brewhaus.com/...ion-Container-P1031.aspx For small batches, I don't see the ferments stinking up the joint at all, and there isn't all that much odor when you distill. I have yet to notice odor at all during distilling, but me missus tells me I can't smell anything any how.... Cheers and enjoy the community here. |
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Welcome fellow New Englander. I agree with RC. Not much smell at all. I started out with an Easy Still a couple years ago. it was good practice to see if I was going to like stillin'. The issue is that with only 1 gal at a time it was difficult to make decent cuts and only get about 8 oz. of decent stuff. Also if you tried to do a 5 gal wash without stopping it would take over 15 hours. Now I like this hobby more than I like quahogs.
Read Read Read, then ask away.
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Exactly...It's a good proof of concept unit and allows a person to test small batches. What I like about it is a person can learn about the craft at a micro level, and all the skills will translate if you move up to a larger unit.
I recommend you tool on down to the grocery superstore where they have a bakery and ask them for their used dough buckets.. They have them in 2, 3 and 5 gallon sizes. They are perfect for small scale ferments. And, you can do a couple at a time. They burn thru the 2 and 3 gallon ones daily. They are HDPE, white, have a nice tight sealing lid. All one needs is a hole for the airlock. Best part is they will simply give them to you for free. They throw them away... |
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" Originally Posted by: RCRed  Exactly...It's a good proof of concept unit and allows a person to test small batches. What I like about it is a person can learn about the craft at a micro level, and all the skills will translate if you move up to a larger unit.
I recommend you tool on down to the grocery superstore where they have a bakery and ask them for their used dough buckets.. They have them in 2, 3 and 5 gallon sizes. They are perfect for small scale ferments. And, you can do a couple at a time. They burn thru the 2 and 3 gallon ones daily. They are HDPE, white, have a nice tight sealing lid. All one needs is a hole for the airlock. Best part is they will simply give them to you for free. They throw them away... On my way to Shaw's in-store Bakery Now, thanks for the reply's and I look forward to making my small batches for future enjoyment. Thanks again"
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At the risk of seeming commercial, in my book Making Fine Spirits (at kelleybarts.com or amazon.com), I have a coffeepot still that the reader can build in a day or so, for maybe ~$30 (if you're good with thrift stores), with no soldering, to take that first distilling step. Yup, it's too small to do much production, but it's also great for distilling gin essence. Actually, it's a simplified-build copy of a gin essence still on Tony Ackland's site http://homedistiller.org/ From 2 750's of cheap grocery store wine, you'll get about 4-5 ounces of cut and diluted spirit, ready to age.
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why don't you look at the plans for the amazing still. Brewhaus has them on their home page
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