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Shouldn't you have been in class today instead of posting about how to make moonshine?

Hey, wait a minute ... is that really a false aralias under that grow light in your closet :D
 
Here is a little toy I made. It is a pot still and I heat it double boiler fashion.:ban:

potstill.jpg
 
LOTS of good information on distilling here on this site http://www.homedistiller.org/

You might also want to look at adding a doubler/thumper to your still. While it will decrese your output volume it will increase your purity of alchohol

You may also want to raise the specific gravity of your mash so that you are getting about a 25% ABV and try using distilers yeast. You should be able to find distillers yeast at your LHBS or wine making shop. I know Wyeast makes some and it works nicely and allows you to get concentrations up to 25%.
 
Brewpastor said:
Here is a little toy I made. It is a pot still and I heat it double boiler fashion.:ban:

potstill.jpg

Reverend-
How many pastors in your area have pot stills ? Do you , too have the proper forms on file with the state for your science project?

1. Be careful ! The Federales would love to get you for that.
2. That's really cool !
3. You just gave me a great idea.


bpappy- Who do you think you're fooling ? We were all high school students once. It was awhile back for some of us, but we still were.
Science project, my heinie ! You guys are drinking that stuff ! It'll make you go blind ! Don't do it ! Just say no !:D
 
I mean "Here is a concept I had" and "If I was to make this, which I wouldn't because it is illegal, I would heat it double boiler style..."
 
By the way, I have a quick legal comment. I haven't researched the laws against distilling yet, but I would bet that distilling itself isn't illegal, just drinking it, or allowing it to be drunk, etc. Otherwise, there should be a lot of scientists in jail somewhere.
 
Honestly I am a student my name is Jason Williams and Im a senior at Westfield High School in Westfield Massachusetts and this is my science fair project. I wasnt in school today because our school is on Mid Winter Break for the week. You can check out this http://www.scifair.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=58 scroll down to westfield high school and you will see my name and my 2 partners names.
 
Brewpastor said:
I mean "Here is a concept I had" and "If I was to make this, which I wouldn't because it is illegal, I would heat it double boiler style..."

Good save . Now that you mention it, I can see that the image is computer generated, the same kind auto manufacturers use for their concept cars.Very impressive. What would its hypothetical output vs. input be ? In theory.
If my eyes don't decieve me, that's an external reflux still concept, isn't it ?


Jason, If that's indeed your real name ( adjusts light to shine more in the suspects eyes), are we supposed to believe that you're a teenager who's interested in distillation for a purely academic purpose ? What kind of idiots do you take us for, other than the normal kind ? What if I told you I grew pot plants in my room when I was 17 simply out of an interest in horticulture? Would you believe that ? My Mom didn't !
Hey ! Maybe you could call my Mom and explain your project to her and she'll believe that mine was a school project 20 years ago !
 
sudsmonkey said:
bpappy- Who do you think you're fooling ? We were all high school students once. It was awhile back for some of us, but we still were.
Science project, my heinie ! You guys are drinking that stuff ! It'll make you go blind ! Don't do it ! Just say no !:D


Hahahaha. If anything that I learned from this whole process its way easier to just buy liquor than it is to distill it. :D
 
HMMMM well my parents said even if I dont make regionals or states then at least it was a meaningful experiment and I gained something out of it. Ya mom and dad I gained some extensive knowledge on how to brew lol. Commercial operation will begin this summer. Looks like Im going to ahve a pretty busy summer. LOL JK (maybe) jk around. Who knows I may start my own business when I get old enough and become the newst Sam Adams .
 
LOL actually those guys make some serious bank playing video games. If you can get a sponsor and are good enough you will win big competitions. Those guys are making like $150,000 a year for that.
 
bpapi said:
LOL actually those guys make some serious bank playing video games. If you can get a sponsor and are good enough you will win big competitions. Those guys are making like $150,000 a year for that.[/quote
Monkey Jr. would like to make them, but we live in the WOODS. Not much of that goes on here. I look at it like my Dad did when I told him I wanted to be a rockstar. Said it'd never come to much. You know, he was right. Since I broke up Black Sabbath, nothing much has happened.





OK, they were a band. A really famous band. They never heard of me. That was kind of a joke. ......... They were bigger than NSYNC.
 
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