Bosvelk's 4" Pot Still

[Bosvelk]

Sorry I should start up dating my information :)
I'm in WA.... I did post up in the welcome section :)

[Bosvelk]

Vinegar cleaning run done
Plain water cleaning run done
This arvo will do ethanol cleaning run :)
Hopefully Wednesday night do some stripping runs :)

[dogbreath vodka]

:text-worthless:

If there ain't no photos it didn't happen.
;-) :D

[Bosvelk]

Here is some pics then :P

[Bosvelk]

Girl friend got me a jumper :)

[Bosvelk]

Anndddd steam :)
Oh and don't worry about the small PC water storage that was for testing IBC is out side for that :)

[rumdidlydum]

Nice work there bos :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Bosvelk]

I should edit that post hahaha after this weekend I should say fiancé got me the jumper :)
Now to get this rum on oak for th wedding :) haha

[Bosvelk]

Stills fired up again, ethanol cleaning run :)
30l of sbs at 10% I got from the vibe yard

[hillzabilly]

With running on gas ,I would collect into smaller containers,even on strip runs ,so the amount at risk of fire is a lot less,a fire extingwisher is a must have as well ,plus good ventilation.cheers hillzabilly ;-)

[Bosvelk]

Yea this lot is running into a big pot about 2 meters away...
Only running 6l an hour flat out -.- was hopping for better for stripping...

[hillzabilly]

Sounds fine ta me since ya only had 1/3 of a load in the boiler ,with wash that foams like rum and some grain washes you may not allways be able to run flat out any way ,without it pukeing.cheers hillzabilly ;-)

[Bosvelk]

Insulating the boiler help much?

[Zak Griffin]

Nah it's more to do with unfermented sugars in the wash that lead it to puke ;-)

[Bosvelk]

I got a 4 inch sight glass so I can see what's happening inside of it
I noticed it was only boiling around the edges where we welded the base on
Not in the middle like a normal pan... Will boiling chips help?

[Sam.]

What type of burner and reg do you have? Sounds like your not throwing enough power at it

[dogbreath vodka]

Great photos :teasing-neener: :D ;-)

[Bosvelk]

What type of burner and reg do you have? Sounds like your not throwing enough power at it

It's a normal cast iron 3 ring burner...
I use it for melting lead for sinkers so would have thought it be plenty

[TasSpirits]

Recon you need a HP spiral burner or similar for a boiler that size. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Sam.]

Recon you need a HP spiral burner or similar for a boiler that size. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

:text-+1: At least a high pressure reg for your burner mate, if you can't hear it roar it isn't working hard enough ;-)