If I want to make a still (hypothetically)

[CigarStone]

This is all hypothetical so belay the discussions of legality please.

If I were to make a still at my cabin, and on a nice fall weekend, produce a bit of vodka which I would then filter and drink I would want to know a few key things......anybody have any experience?

Question #1 Is there anything more complicated than the four components, heat source, boiling pot, condensing/cooling coil, and the collection vessel?

Question #2 Does the boiling pot have to be copper or will stainless steel work?

Question #3 Will a fan blowing across the condensing/cooling coil help to produce more vodka?

Question #5 Any idea how long a pot of fermented potatoes will need to be heated to produce a quart of vodka?

Question #6 How long do i let the potatoes ferment before firing up the still?

Any advice would be hypothetically appreciated

 

[Keystone_Raider]

try here :

http://www.stilldrinkin.com/Turbo%20Stills.htm

 

[AVB]

Is this where I'm supposed to jump down the noobies throat for posting in the wrong forum or is there another something else also required ???

 

[CigarStone]

Is this where I'm supposed to jump down the noobies throat for posting in the wrong forum or is there another something else also required ???

And what forum should it be in oh wise one? And yes there is something else required! Someone as old as you should surely know how to help with this project.

 

[gtadroptop]

Would you be hosting a hypothetical gathering to taste test the hypothetical first batch from your hypothetical still? :whistling:

 

[BlindedByScience]

And what forum should it be in oh wise one? And yes there is something else required! Someone as old as you should surely know how to help with this project.

Nice. I'm sure with attitude like that you'll get a ton of useful replies.

Oh, and putting this in The CP Saloon - Liquor / Liqueur / Shots would have been the appropriate forum.

Hypothetically, I'd suggest that asking for advice on how to break federal ATF laws on a public forum may not be the best move one could make. Hypothetically, of course.

 

[CigarStone]

And what forum should it be in oh wise one? And yes there is something else required! Someone as old as you should surely know how to help with this project.

Nice. I'm sure with attitude like that you'll get a ton of useful replies.

Oh, and putting this in The CP Saloon - Liquor / Liqueur / Shots would have been the appropriate forum.

Hypothetically, I'd suggest that asking for advice on how to break federal ATF laws on a public forum may not be the best move one could make. Hypothetically, of course.

Tom:

1. You misunderstood the humor between Ray and I

2. The saloon would be the proper forum if there were going to be moonshine to drink. This is a discussion on how one would build something.

3. Party pooper!