You hit the nail on the head. You can read,explain, and diagram something a million times. But actually seeing it work as it should connects the dots. Thank you I know that it's time consuming and never easy but I have expanded my education beyond measure.
The mystery has been revealed. Really neat to see how it really works not just the unseen belief that that is really what is happening. Thanks for all you do.
I have subscribed. 👍. I use to work at a oil refinery 20 yrs ago and I have been thinking about building a still. Then I ran into your videos. You're SPOT ON. In fact a lot of what I learned all came back. Bubble trays,reflux, the water flow through condensers. When refining petro, you controlled the tower thru reflux. Wow. I'm so glad I ran across you. I got a lot to learn. Already have a design for my still, because of your videos. P.s. at the refinery I had to use hydrometers in measuring specific gravity of the products coming off the main crude tower. Heavy oils,diesel, kerosene, and naptha. It's been fun watching you work.
I'm currently an Operator at an oil refinery and I'm working on building a reflux still now. When I first became interested in distilling alcohol I only knew about pot stills with thump kegs, but as soon as I found out about reflux stills I said "Hell yeah! That's something I know how to do!" Lol anyways, happy distilling.
Nathaniel Nelson funny how you remember things. I retired last year after 4o years of running columns . Either cryogenic separation or petroleum . This is way more fun.
Heath Wise I just retired last year . I was a shift supervisor in one of the control rooms at a refinery . I’m gonna build one of these to keep me outta trouble since I have all this free time !!!!
I agree with Tom. I’ve been running my still for quite a few years and I’ve learned more with your videos than I ever learned by trial and error. Thanks!
You're the best home distilling channel on RUclips, George. Thanks so much for your input over the years as most of what I know has come from your good self. You even do a bit of wood turning I see!
Can I say thank you George I have been a hobby distiller for ten years now and have learnt more in the last twelve months from watching you and your channel, I have made two PIDs to control my two boilers your explanations are easy to follow and understand, I look forward to catching your next videos, stay safe.
Great to be able to see what's actually going on in the column. Talking about it and explaining it is great but seeing it actually happen really knocks it home for me. Thanks George for showing us that and thank you to whoever made that and sent it to you. It's awesome to see how this community comes together to help each other any way they can.
Thank you George for your support and your knowledge it is well taken my first run was excellent I got a 200 proof after I threw Wave 4 oz of the head and when I got to my Tails I had a good amount of tails at 63% so things were great everything work just like you said I appreciate it keep up the good work thank you very much
Thank you I bought a still and called the Indiana ATF in indiana to see if if i could own one for distilling water .They said yes its a hunk of metal unless you use it to make alcohol .I will honor that and will never make a drop but someday I hope our laws change because i could have made hand sanitizer. I learn from your great videos and i think barley and hops has the best out there.I built my PID from your videos you made it so easy for me to understand. Again thank you for your knowledge your fun to watch
Thank you so much for taking the time to educate us on home distilling. I love your videos. Thank you for showing me the ropes. Look forward to a new video or a farewell sign off
Excellent videos, George. I've been watching these for over a week now. We are in need of sanitizer in Dallas. Yes, you know where I'm going with this. Mostly out of stock in at least two major hospital systems. I'm a DIY sort of person but now looking at getting up to speed ASAP. BTW, just thought about the fuel ethanol-energy scam. Why don't they divert that waste of resources? Solve two problems as once. But that's another topic. I have a few basic questions and some interesting ideas like a reduced pressure (vacuum) heat pump distillation idea. Why not move the heat around and pull heat out of the condenser and move to the boiler. That's where the vacuum might come in. I'm not sure one could get to high enough temp for a boil with conventional heat pump system. OTOH, there are heat pump water heaters so I don't know. Hack one of those and use the cooling coils to provide cooling of a recirc tub of cool water. Let's work on it. But I'd probably best stick with basics for now. Would you mind an email to me for some questions re low cost turn key refluxing still to get to at least 180 proof? I've watched a good number of your vids so far. Perhaps you can help a number of us docs and healthcare personnel with this problems. Can you email if you have a moment? We have a couple of unemployed docs ready to get to work on this. Cheers, DJ dejswa@yahoo.com
A T500 is a good start up still to cut your teeth on and it will give you almost a gallon of 180 proof your looking for with every 5 gallon batch you run if you shoot for a high abv mash. Plus the only adjustment is for water so it's pretty easy to use.
I can't find words about you Gorge , every video is so educational and good explaining . You are my favorite Teacher . Keep going what you doing 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
George, I enjoyed your Glass Reflux video run, like you stated fun to see what is going on in the column. Keep up the great work producing educational video's.
Fantastic demo. Understanding how little it takes to run the precondensor is a surprise. I always see crazy amounts of reflux going on and by the looks of it less is more here. Tiny surface area compared to the coils I have seen in ccvm very low water flow. Being able to see what is going on at the still head is very informative
Always interesting to watch. The best part is we can go back and watch again if necessary. Thanks so much George ! Awesome to watch The Master at work 👍👍 Happy Distilling to ALL !
Wow, great video George! Can we get a close up of the connection details of that glass column? I’d love to get an idea of how to make one. Happy distilling!
You bastard George! I was sitting on my couch drinking a coffee until you were showing us the flow rate of the cooling water. Now I need a leak myself!
I’m watching right now. After josh and I ran the still. We’re making hand sanitizer for 1st responders. The still balanced perfectly but we get 180 proof fro 6 hours. You just mentioned more condensation / water flow , means more higher proof. Yes I thought that was how we could raise the proof. But I wasn’t sure if that was what we needed to do. Thanks so much ! I always learn so much from you !
by the way...as the proof decreases can you slightly increase the water flow in the primary condenser? or there is a theoretical limit for that as well? besides the point where you don't get anything (100% reflux).
Really enjoy the scientific feel you put in your videos. I've been watching a lot of your videos in the last few weeks for inspiration. Would like to see a video for people to calculate specific gravity from mass and volume for those who don't own a hydrometer but do have a volumetric device and a scale.
hello George started thinking about distilling started to watch your videos mostly because I just love the tune at the start of your videos. Q/ how do I get to hear the whole song . Have spent the last 3 weeks at home, and have done nothing but research into this process. I love the science have built myself some tables to convert imperial to metric on paper (in NZ we use metric) actually now can swap between the two easy . Note just for other viewers, I have spent possibly over 100 hrs researching the info George gives have found it all to be sound and accurate. My wife keeps asking who Im talking to Actually I'm answering your questions.
George would you be able to make a parts list for that exact Reflux setup? Perhaps the plumbing parts and where you got your pot. Your videos bring a calmness to the art of "the still" thank you for your knowledge 🙏
George, I'm sure you know this but for those that don't you can get what I got for my Lehigh condenser. It's a 3/4" to 1/2" x 1/2" reducing tee. It's 3/4" in 1/2" out and tee's to 1/2". You have to use you travel to remove the shoulder which keeps the 1/2" pipe from going all the way threw. You slide one on the 1/2" pipe, slip a 3/4" pipe over the 1/2" the slide another reducing Tee on the opposite way. Then fit 2 short 1/2" pieces into the tee off and solder everything.
I love the one #haterClubMember. Who ever is disliking these videos, give it up. You are making me laugh daily cuz you must hate life itself. Enjoy the time you have and #happydistilling... love out. :)
George, again some great information. But I see a different PID in the background. Can I get a part number on that larger PID? Thank you so much for what you are doing for all of us.
The best explanation of reflux made simpler by the fact we could see it. Many Many thanks. A newbie question for you George. You turned off the water and stopped the reflux so essentially you ran it as a pot still at the end. Was the purpose of doing this so that you could reduce the ABV and therefore predict/capture the tails? I'm guessing that doing this is not advisable on my T500 due to the plastic parts. Thanks for all your hard work educating us.
One hetp of column is for demonstration purposes. George could have 2, 3, 4, or 5 or more packed sections (HETP) Where does it end? This was for demonstration purposes only.... It's really for pot versus reflux separation differentiation selection only....
Hello George, thanks a lot for your very useful videos. Can you make a video for propane distilling, in my country, propane does the main fuel and much cheaper than electricity. I know you might not have the equipment but if you can give some tips for those of us that haven't access and means for PID controller that would be awesome. and I really like to see how the final flow from the two-inch column as I know it's one of the main factors for balancing the reflux system, especially in the propane system.
Hey Uncle.... I will talk to George and see if we can get a propane version of the P&ID controller for propane systems.... don't hold your breathe... but we will see what George and I can come up with.... colllectively... #happydistilling.. :)
Awesome video. Where in the world did you find a glass column? Very informative showing exactly what the vapors/condensing actually do in the column. You explain it better than anyone I've spoke too and i've been in this for a long time. thank you Sir.
@@bking0740 what do you use for the connections? I'm a glass blower and have access to lots of tubing and have been wanting to make one with some 50mm I have laying around but can't figure the connections out
@@MadJix traditionally lab glassware used ground joints and a dab of petroleum gell to stop the glass vacuum bonding and refusing to separate. I think more modern Lab glass use pliant plastic bungs with holes in of different sizes and compounds. (Nitrile, silicone, etc depending on chemicals being distilled)
I have not seen anybody on youtube talk about cleaning equipment with steam instead of using chemicals. Would you please cover that one day in a video. Much appreciated.
Could you or someone please point me in the right direction. I’m looking for a glass column. Thank you. Thank you so much for such amazing and informative videos.
George we enjoy seeing your handsome face on your videos but for this example it would have been nice for the newbies to be able to see more closeups of the reflux action that you were doing a fine job explaining .
Did you buy that column setup or did you build most of it? I would love one, I think it could really help me and I would to show my son what is really happening in the column.
I really appreciate the knowledge you share. I'm building my own reflux Tower. How far from your output or point of no return do you place your precondension and what size tube do you use. Look forward to the answer again thank you for the knowledge
Will you at any time build a thumper - assuming you haven't already - & do a class? I suppose it's more involved & still not as efficient as a reflux. It would be interesting though. Thanks for the free classes!!!
I'm just exploring distilling I've never made alcohol but I've been watching allot of your vids and others vids and was under the impression that only copper or stainless would be used for distilling, then I saw this vid and laughed as I'm a lampworker and could make these glass tubes for distilling, hell I could probably make a whole still from glass and just wanted to say thanks for the ideal, this could be a project in the near future, all glass super fragile distilling equipment, oh I have seen the lab equipment distillation but I'm talking of building an actual glass still not just putting lab beakers together.
Perhaps worth trying is to pack more copper mesh into the column so that it touches the reflux pipe, that way (copper being a good conductor) you should theoretically have a more gradual reflux going on.
Hey George. I am a huge fan! I am super excited to get started in this hobby with my wife when I get out of the navy. For the time being your videos are teaching us both a ton. I just had a random thought and figured I would ask if you are familiar with fermenting vegetables other than potatoes? Thanks for all the great videos! Love the clear column.
Im a hard cider and wine maker. Haven't distilled yet. But coming to the end, why not turn the temp down because alcohol turns to steam before water, and since your not running there precondenser at the end, just steam the booze
Can you give us a review of your grain grinder? I was it in a previous video, but I didn't see you use it. There's no online reviews of it. Awesome video! keep up the good work!
I have same grain grinder and it is awesome! I had a typical roller type but it wouldn't crush corn so went to the electric like George's. It does far better and more consistent job of crushing while producing very little powder. It is quick too. I got mine on ebay. They sell 220v and 110v units. You don't need the 220 unless doing very large quantities of grain.
You are a great teacher Sir - Thanks for doing this. I am curious about your training - are you a chemical engineer? You sure understand a lot about distillation and reflux.
Hand sanitizer is still hard to find here. What would be a good setup for just me and my wife? We have no children or others who live here with us, so it would only be used for 2 people. I have looked everywhere for hand sanitizer with no luck.
George does sell P&ID controllers and high quality ones to start with. Just send George an email with what you are looking for and he will respond in due time. Thanks for watching and asking about the P&ID controllers Golddenboy....
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Been stilling for 12 yrs and you have explained in detail more than I've learned in that time in every video you do..thnx for being here for us!
You hit the nail on the head.
You can read,explain, and diagram something a million times.
But actually seeing it work as it should connects the dots.
Thank you I know that it's time consuming and never easy but I have expanded my education beyond measure.
This is soooooo awesome!
I agree with you 100% Bearded... when George told me about this I was like hell yeah... this is so awesome.
@@cryptoponics Right?!
Thanks for all the amazing videos!
Glad you like them!
The mystery has been revealed. Really neat to see how it really works not just the unseen belief that that is really what is happening.
Thanks for all you do.
The glass column would be great to show puking and the result of over stuffing.
Its an excellent teaching aid.
I have subscribed. 👍. I use to work at a oil refinery 20 yrs ago and I have been thinking about building a still. Then I ran into your videos. You're SPOT ON. In fact a lot of what I learned all came back. Bubble trays,reflux, the water flow through condensers. When refining petro, you controlled the tower thru reflux. Wow. I'm so glad I ran across you. I got a lot to learn. Already have a design for my still, because of your videos. P.s. at the refinery I had to use hydrometers in measuring specific gravity of the products coming off the main crude tower. Heavy oils,diesel, kerosene, and naptha. It's been fun watching you work.
I'm currently an Operator at an oil refinery and I'm working on building a reflux still now. When I first became interested in distilling alcohol I only knew about pot stills with thump kegs, but as soon as I found out about reflux stills I said "Hell yeah! That's something I know how to do!" Lol anyways, happy distilling.
Nathaniel Nelson funny how you remember things. I retired last year after 4o years of running columns . Either cryogenic separation or petroleum . This is way more fun.
Heath Wise I just retired last year . I was a shift supervisor in one of the control rooms at a refinery . I’m gonna build one of these to keep me outta trouble since I have all this free time !!!!
I agree with Tom. I’ve been running my still for quite a few years and I’ve learned more with your videos than I ever learned by trial and error. Thanks!
LUV ur comment and this is why everyone reading this should sub to George's channel if you haven't already.... #happydistilling
CryptoPonics I agree. I’ve subscribed.
You're the best home distilling channel on RUclips, George. Thanks so much for your input over the years as most of what I know has come from your good self. You even do a bit of wood turning I see!
@6:00 so cool to see the drops forming on the condenser cross tubes ! Makes me want to build a glass column.
Great video, George.
Can I say thank you George I have been a hobby distiller for ten years now and have learnt more in the last twelve months from watching you and your channel, I have made two PIDs to control my two boilers your explanations are easy to follow and understand, I look forward to catching your next videos, stay safe.
Great to be able to see what's actually going on in the column. Talking about it and explaining it is great but seeing it actually happen really knocks it home for me. Thanks George for showing us that and thank you to whoever made that and sent it to you. It's awesome to see how this community comes together to help each other any way they can.
Thanks for turthfully unlocking the mysterys of distilling I've gained a wealth of knowledge watching your videos
Thank you, thank you, thank you. The best video I've watched about a reflux condenser 👍🇦🇺
Thank you George for your support and your knowledge it is well taken my first run was excellent I got a 200 proof after I threw Wave 4 oz of the head and when I got to my Tails I had a good amount of tails at 63% so things were great everything work just like you said I appreciate it keep up the good work thank you very much
Thank you I bought a still and called the Indiana ATF in indiana to see if if i could own one for distilling water .They said yes its a hunk of metal unless you use it to make alcohol .I will honor that and will never make a drop but someday I hope our laws change because i could have made hand sanitizer. I learn from your great videos and i think barley and hops has the best out there.I built my PID from your videos you made it so easy for me to understand. Again thank you for your knowledge your fun to watch
Just follow Chucks rule number one only break one law at a time it has kept me out of trouble for years.
Bringing moonshine to the 20th century since 2020! The clear column takes out a lot of guesswork. Thanks George!
Thank you so much for taking the time to educate us on home distilling. I love your videos. Thank you for showing me the ropes. Look forward to a new video or a farewell sign off
That glass column is amazing. Thanks for showing us he action from the inside.
What a great video and excellent explanation of how to run a reflux still. Thanks again George!
The glass column was a great idea, it is great to see the reflux column working. Thank you for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome video George. I'll be running a batch of vodka sunday and using my reflux for the first time, this will really help.
You rock, George! A true renaissance man and an inspiration.
just starting and you are an amazing teacher in the arts.
Running in reflux mode for the first time right now, your videos are very helpful as always!! Thank you
Excellent videos, George. I've been watching these for over a week now. We are in need of sanitizer in Dallas.
Yes, you know where I'm going with this. Mostly out of stock in at least two major hospital systems. I'm a DIY sort of person but now looking at getting up to speed ASAP. BTW, just thought about the fuel ethanol-energy scam. Why don't they divert that waste of resources? Solve two problems as once.
But that's another topic.
I have a few basic questions and some interesting ideas like a reduced pressure (vacuum) heat pump distillation idea. Why not move the heat around and pull heat out of the condenser and move to the boiler. That's where the vacuum might come in. I'm not sure one could get to high enough temp for a boil with conventional heat pump system. OTOH, there are heat pump water heaters so I don't know. Hack one of those and use the cooling coils to provide cooling of a recirc tub of cool water. Let's work on it.
But I'd probably best stick with basics for now.
Would you mind an email to me for some questions re low cost turn key refluxing still to get to at least 180 proof? I've watched a good number of your vids so far. Perhaps you can help a number of us docs and healthcare personnel with this problems.
Can you email if you have a moment? We have a couple of unemployed docs ready to get to work on this.
Cheers, DJ dejswa@yahoo.com
A T500 is a good start up still to cut your teeth on and it will give you almost a gallon of 180 proof your looking for with every 5 gallon batch you run if you shoot for a high abv mash. Plus the only adjustment is for water so it's pretty easy to use.
I can't find words about you Gorge , every video is so educational and good explaining . You are my favorite Teacher . Keep going what you doing 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Really good video explanations and being able to see the difference between a pot still and a reflux still
Glad it was helpful!
George,
I enjoyed your Glass Reflux video run, like you stated fun to see what is going on in the column.
Keep up the great work producing educational video's.
I absolutely love the glass column very cool
Fantastic demo. Understanding how little it takes to run the precondensor is a surprise. I always see crazy amounts of reflux going on and by the looks of it less is more here. Tiny surface area compared to the coils I have seen in ccvm very low water flow. Being able to see what is going on at the still head is very informative
Always interesting to watch. The best part is we can go back and watch again if necessary. Thanks so much George ! Awesome to watch The Master at work 👍👍 Happy Distilling to ALL !
That was one of the best labs I’ve seen in this hobby ever! Well done George !
That's really cool to actually be able to see the reflux action.
I'd love to see a 3rd part where you cut and finish the spirit. As always, awesome info!!
Beautiful video, such an opportunity to be able to see this for free. I really appreciate it!
Wow, great video George! Can we get a close up of the connection details of that glass column? I’d love to get an idea of how to make one. Happy distilling!
Thank you for your videos. I had to take a break at 4:40 or so and run to the bathroom for some reason.
You bastard George! I was sitting on my couch drinking a coffee until you were showing us the flow rate of the cooling water. Now I need a leak myself!
yep seeing that reflux in the glass was great! more people need to understand that reflux is a ratio percentage not on or off
I’m watching right now. After josh and I ran the still. We’re making hand sanitizer for 1st responders. The still balanced perfectly but we get 180 proof fro 6 hours. You just mentioned more condensation / water flow , means more higher proof. Yes I thought that was how we could raise the proof. But I wasn’t sure if that was what we needed to do. Thanks so much ! I always learn so much from you !
Cool class...it remembers me my organic practical classes at the university! beautiful pieces of art! :)
by the way...as the proof decreases can you slightly increase the water flow in the primary condenser? or there is a theoretical limit for that as well? besides the point where you don't get anything (100% reflux).
Really good demonstration, the best I've seen so far, thank you!
Thx George,pls keep the videos coming!
Thats cool to see it through glass. Tks george
Very nice demonstration George
Best video. See through column greet idea thank you
Great visual demonstration George
Really enjoy the scientific feel you put in your videos. I've been watching a lot of your videos in the last few weeks for inspiration. Would like to see a video for people to calculate specific gravity from mass and volume for those who don't own a hydrometer but do have a volumetric device and a scale.
hello George started thinking about distilling started to watch your videos mostly because I just love the tune at the start of your videos. Q/ how do I get to hear the whole song . Have spent the last 3 weeks at home, and have done nothing but research into this process. I love the science have built myself some tables to convert imperial to metric on paper (in NZ we use metric) actually now can swap between the two easy . Note just for other viewers, I have spent possibly over 100 hrs researching the info George gives have found it all to be sound and accurate. My wife keeps asking who Im talking to Actually I'm answering your questions.
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@@vintnerwinemaker your a scholar and a gentleman sir, I thank you most sincerely ... P.S loved it
George would you be able to make a parts list for that exact Reflux setup?
Perhaps the plumbing parts and where you got your pot.
Your videos bring a calmness to the art of "the still" thank you for your knowledge 🙏
George, I'm sure you know this but for those that don't you can get what I got for my Lehigh condenser. It's a 3/4" to 1/2" x 1/2" reducing tee. It's 3/4" in 1/2" out and tee's to 1/2". You have to use you travel to remove the shoulder which keeps the 1/2" pipe from going all the way threw. You slide one on the 1/2" pipe, slip a 3/4" pipe over the 1/2" the slide another reducing Tee on the opposite way. Then fit 2 short 1/2" pieces into the tee off and solder everything.
I love the one #haterClubMember. Who ever is disliking these videos, give it up. You are making me laugh daily cuz you must hate life itself. Enjoy the time you have and #happydistilling... love out. :)
There's always one.
Sweet you made up for the other videos thank you very much my whistles wet again
Love it, George! Thanks! Always such good info! And I have always wondered what’s exactly going on inside that column👍🏽
very nice column . . . I learned a lot of your video`s here in The Netherlands . . . making nice Booze now . .
So much information here. Thanks again for everything you do.
Brilliant. Add a few LEDs and you've got a hot seller with that clear column I reckon.
George, again some great information. But I see a different PID in the background. Can I get a part number on that larger PID? Thank you so much for what you are doing for all of us.
Another great video and very interesting and informative as always.Happy distilling George
Great video I am running my first reflux on the mighty mini tomorrow I have a much better understanding on how it works and how to run it now
The best explanation of reflux made simpler by the fact we could see it. Many Many thanks. A newbie question for you George. You turned off the water and stopped the reflux so essentially you ran it as a pot still at the end. Was the purpose of doing this so that you could reduce the ABV and therefore predict/capture the tails? I'm guessing that doing this is not advisable on my T500 due to the plastic parts. Thanks for all your hard work educating us.
Nice presentation, George! I'd never have guessed you'd somehow fabricate a 2 inch glass column without breaking that only one, lol! (Low-on-liquor)
Love the video George my question is why didn't you fill the whole column with packing?
One hetp of column is for demonstration purposes. George could have 2, 3, 4, or 5 or more packed sections (HETP) Where does it end? This was for demonstration purposes only.... It's really for pot versus reflux separation differentiation selection only....
@@cryptoponics Thanks CP had me wondering and wanted to make sure.
Hello George, thanks a lot for your very useful videos. Can you make a video for propane distilling, in my country, propane does the main fuel and much cheaper than electricity. I know you might not have the equipment but if you can give some tips for those of us that haven't access and means for PID controller that would be awesome. and I really like to see how the final flow from the two-inch column as I know it's one of the main factors for balancing the reflux system, especially in the propane system.
Hey Uncle.... I will talk to George and see if we can get a propane version of the P&ID controller for propane systems.... don't hold your breathe... but we will see what George and I can come up with.... colllectively... #happydistilling.. :)
@@cryptoponics WOW... thanks so much... I believe many of us will be grateful ... Happy distilling :)
@@uncleowl8187 I would like to see it done by propane also!!
Give up gas and go electric. You will never get the precise control from gas that you can from a PID controlled electric still.
Thank you George 🙏
Awesome video. Where in the world did you find a glass column? Very informative showing exactly what the vapors/condensing actually do in the column. You explain it better than anyone I've spoke too and i've been in this for a long time. thank you Sir.
I have 15 of these glass column kits for sale.
@@bking0740 what do you use for the connections? I'm a glass blower and have access to lots of tubing and have been wanting to make one with some 50mm I have laying around but can't figure the connections out
@@MadJix traditionally lab glassware used ground joints and a dab of petroleum gell to stop the glass vacuum bonding and refusing to separate. I think more modern Lab glass use pliant plastic bungs with holes in of different sizes and compounds. (Nitrile, silicone, etc depending on chemicals being distilled)
Thanks so much George
Great Job Professor George !
Too bad Barley and Hops Brewing closed down. I like watching George's videos.
how is there not a college module on this? So many micro-breweries popping up, this should be taught; by you!
I have not seen anybody on youtube talk about cleaning equipment with steam instead of using chemicals. Would you please cover that one day in a video. Much appreciated.
It's amazing how little water is needed to cool the vapors enough to get full reflux.
Great video.Hello from Germany
Could you or someone please point me in the right direction. I’m looking for a glass column. Thank you. Thank you so much for such amazing and informative videos.
Thanks George!!
George we enjoy seeing your handsome face on your videos but for this example it would have been nice for the newbies to be able to see more closeups of the reflux action that you were doing a fine job explaining .
Been watching all your videos, very informative. I'm hooked and just subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
Did you buy that column setup or did you build most of it? I would love one, I think it could really help me and I would to show my son what is really happening in the column.
I really appreciate the knowledge you share. I'm building my own reflux Tower. How far from your output or point of no return do you place your precondension and what size tube do you use. Look forward to the answer again thank you for the knowledge
Love the glass
Thanks, George!
Great videos ,Thank you!
Thank you for another informative video. Where did you get the column? What is the brand?
George, how in the world did you drill all those holes in that glass without breaking it? That is a fantastic tutorial
Happy Distilling George from the Virginia Beginner
Will you at any time build a thumper - assuming you haven't already - & do a class? I suppose it's more involved & still not as efficient as a reflux. It would be interesting though. Thanks for the free classes!!!
I'm just exploring distilling I've never made alcohol but I've been watching allot of your vids and others vids and was under the impression that only copper or stainless would be used for distilling, then I saw this vid and laughed as I'm a lampworker and could make these glass tubes for distilling, hell I could probably make a whole still from glass and just wanted to say thanks for the ideal, this could be a project in the near future, all glass super fragile distilling equipment, oh I have seen the lab equipment distillation but I'm talking of building an actual glass still not just putting lab beakers together.
Perhaps worth trying is to pack more copper mesh into the column so that it touches the reflux pipe, that way (copper being a good conductor) you should theoretically have a more gradual reflux going on.
Actually, glass marbles do much better than copper mesh. You don't need to use copper at all.
Thank You, for sharing!
Hey George. I am a huge fan! I am super excited to get started in this hobby with my wife when I get out of the navy. For the time being your videos are teaching us both a ton. I just had a random thought and figured I would ask if you are familiar with fermenting vegetables other than potatoes? Thanks for all the great videos! Love the clear column.
Vegetables really are a waste of time. They have too little starch. Stick with fruits, grain, or sugar.
@@rocketsroc Thank you.
Im a hard cider and wine maker. Haven't distilled yet. But coming to the end, why not turn the temp down because alcohol turns to steam before water, and since your not running there precondenser at the end, just steam the booze
Can you give us a review of your grain grinder? I was it in a previous video, but I didn't see you use it. There's no online reviews of it. Awesome video! keep up the good work!
I have same grain grinder and it is awesome! I had a typical roller type but it wouldn't crush corn so went to the electric like George's. It does far better and more consistent job of crushing while producing very little powder. It is quick too. I got mine on ebay. They sell 220v and 110v units. You don't need the 220 unless doing very large quantities of grain.
You are a great teacher Sir - Thanks for doing this. I am curious about your training - are you a chemical engineer? You sure understand a lot about distillation and reflux.
Great video, but you did not say what the ideal temperature at the top of the column should be maintained at while the still is running,
Looking good George!
i would love to see what happens if you empty T500 rings into this thing and run it.
I will talk to George about this comment.... see what happens.. lolz .. out..
Me too!
Hand sanitizer is still hard to find here. What would be a good setup for just me and my wife? We have no children or others who live here with us, so it would only be used for 2 people. I have looked everywhere for hand sanitizer with no luck.
George has a video on making hand sanitizer... watch ruclips.net/video/OciT9MSl2XU/видео.html and tell me if you have any questions.. #happydistilling
Couple of questions.
1. Which kind of still gives you the most flavor of your mash? Reflux or old fashioned copper pot.
2. How do you know that?
Your the best gorge. Love your channel . Do you sell pid. I like to buy one of yours
George does sell P&ID controllers and high quality ones to start with. Just send George an email with what you are looking for and he will respond in due time. Thanks for watching and asking about the P&ID controllers Golddenboy....
@@cryptoponics thanks