There is a great piece of advice I got from one of my heros Julie Childs, she said never tell your guests what is wrong with your food. Because they probably won't notice until you point it out.
Totally understand what you're saying brother. The main thing is this didn't live up to the quality I want to put out on our channel, so I felt like it was worth mentioning just as a disclaimer to let people know if they did notice it that it wouldn't be something you see consistently on here.
add a second basket for the copper reflux. put the fruit in the top basket then add a thumper bypass valves for the heads to go pass the thumper until the harts come through . then have the harts go through the thumper and add all that good fruit flavor to your product . it will take a Little bite of time for the thumper to heat up . but you will not be washing flavor out the thumper in the heads
For sure, I've received lots of recommendations to include a thumper bypass valve next time around. I'll have our shop build something and should have it on the next video with a Thumper involved. Thanks for the comment!
What I love is how excited you are during the run! The real joy and passion is showing, and that’s why I support your company! Best prices, and the quality in selection! My fav is Distilamax GW! Great vid as always!
Haha thanks man! I was so stoked, I had a blast during this run and as soon as I got that initial shot of hearts, I was overjoyed. Definitely a fun run. Thanks so much for your heartwarming comment and being a supporter of us. I appreciate you so much, brother. GW is great for grains, I love that strain as well!
Definitely hard to see with the glare but, it is what it is. I've thought about having a T just above the thumper, with a valve, an elbow and a can of some kind holding whatever you want to drop into the thumper. Once heads are past, open the valve and shoot the thumper. Might need to relieve what little pressure there should be before opening the valve. Maybe.
We've built something like this a time or two before and it does seem to be a good idea. I'll definitely have an add on like this for the Thumper in a future video. Thanks a million for the suggestion!
Why not run out your foreshots and heads (w/o thumper and infusion baskets) and then hook up your thumper and keep all the flavor in your hearts. Might be able to run into your tails a bit more. Keep the flavor in what you drink . Just a thought. Love your videos👍
This is definitely planned next run, it just didn't cross my mind at the time. Thanks for the suggestions and for all your support on the videos! We appreciate your viewership.
It was the bomb, Mark! Good food, awesome fireworks, and spent it with a pretty lady so I had no complaints. I hope yours was too my man! Hope that run turned out good. Thanks for watching!
I think it served its purpose well and did add a little bit of flavor, so all in all, I'd say worth it. If I had an extra hundred to spend on a still purchase, I'd get it! If I was on a tighter budget, I wouldn't be too upset if it wasn't included. You know what I mean?
Why not take you lights/heads BEFORE adding Fruit! Get through that step, pause and restart.... This way you keep all the early taste that your looking for....
I should had stated.....The Jumper "juice"...? I think for such a small batch, why run the heads through the thumper....it takes forever to get them out.... IF you just took enough to clean things up first, then start the whole process.....that way the copper packing helps like it should.... slow with reflux to get the heads out before piping in the fruit into the system....with out the thumper?
@@paulameis4388 I did this with my infusion basket and it didn't even cross my mind to do it to the Thumper portion too. You're completely right, not sure why it didn't cross my mind to do that as well.
Hey, Arnar. Depending on your ABV, this yield can change. How fast your still runs can also affect this yield. Let's pretend we're at 15% ABV in our fermentation, which is a somewhat "safe" number for yield and that we have a still that can run a full batch within 8-12 hours. 200 liter x .15 = 30 liters or about 8 gallons a day of spirit 30 x 5 = 150 liters or about 40 gallons a week 150 x 52 = 7,800 liters or about 2,060 gallons a year To legally label your spirit as a vodka, it has to be distilled at 190 proof and then diluted to 80 proof, so keep in mind that the 7,800 liters figure is at 190 proof. By the time you dilute down to 80 proof, you're at over double of that yield! If my math is correct with the dilution calculation, you should be looking at about 18,200 liters or 4,808 gallons of 40% vodka a year.
There is a great piece of advice I got from one of my heros Julie Childs, she said never tell your guests what is wrong with your food. Because they probably won't notice until you point it out.
Totally understand what you're saying brother. The main thing is this didn't live up to the quality I want to put out on our channel, so I felt like it was worth mentioning just as a disclaimer to let people know if they did notice it that it wouldn't be something you see consistently on here.
add a second basket for the copper reflux. put the fruit in the top basket then add a thumper bypass valves for the heads to go pass the thumper until the harts come through . then have the harts go through the thumper and add all that good fruit flavor to your product . it will take a Little bite of time for the thumper to heat up . but you will not be washing flavor out the thumper in the heads
For sure, I've received lots of recommendations to include a thumper bypass valve next time around. I'll have our shop build something and should have it on the next video with a Thumper involved. Thanks for the comment!
What I love is how excited you are during the run! The real joy and passion is showing, and that’s why I support your company! Best prices, and the quality in selection! My fav is Distilamax GW! Great vid as always!
Haha thanks man! I was so stoked, I had a blast during this run and as soon as I got that initial shot of hearts, I was overjoyed. Definitely a fun run. Thanks so much for your heartwarming comment and being a supporter of us. I appreciate you so much, brother. GW is great for grains, I love that strain as well!
Definitely hard to see with the glare but, it is what it is. I've thought about having a T just above the thumper, with a valve, an elbow and a can of some kind holding whatever you want to drop into the thumper. Once heads are past, open the valve and shoot the thumper. Might need to relieve what little pressure there should be before opening the valve. Maybe.
We've built something like this a time or two before and it does seem to be a good idea. I'll definitely have an add on like this for the Thumper in a future video. Thanks a million for the suggestion!
Why not run out your foreshots and heads (w/o thumper and infusion baskets) and then hook up your thumper and keep all the flavor in your hearts. Might be able to run into your tails a bit more. Keep the flavor in what you drink . Just a thought. Love your videos👍
This is definitely planned next run, it just didn't cross my mind at the time. Thanks for the suggestions and for all your support on the videos! We appreciate your viewership.
Great video, the quality of the information is why I'm here anyway and that was excellent, Thanks Boo
That means a lot. Thanks so much for the warm comment. I really appreciate your support
I hope your July 4th was great. My 26 gallon boiler is working as I write. Good to see you Boo and thanks for everything...
It was the bomb, Mark! Good food, awesome fireworks, and spent it with a pretty lady so I had no complaints. I hope yours was too my man! Hope that run turned out good. Thanks for watching!
Good job boo!
Thanks very much for watching and for all your support!
Don't worry about it!
So how do you feel about the infusion basket in hindsight? Is it worth the trouble?
I think it served its purpose well and did add a little bit of flavor, so all in all, I'd say worth it. If I had an extra hundred to spend on a still purchase, I'd get it! If I was on a tighter budget, I wouldn't be too upset if it wasn't included. You know what I mean?
Why not take you lights/heads BEFORE adding Fruit! Get through that step, pause and restart.... This way you keep all the early taste that your looking for....
I should had stated.....The Jumper "juice"...? I think for such a small batch, why run the heads through the thumper....it takes forever to get them out.... IF you just took enough to clean things up first, then start the whole process.....that way the copper packing helps like it should.... slow with reflux to get the heads out before piping in the fruit into the system....with out the thumper?
@@paulameis4388 I did this with my infusion basket and it didn't even cross my mind to do it to the Thumper portion too. You're completely right, not sure why it didn't cross my mind to do that as well.
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How many liters of vodka can you get out of 200 liters distilliation equipment per year. If you are working 5x working days and 52 weeks?
Hey, Arnar.
Depending on your ABV, this yield can change. How fast your still runs can also affect this yield. Let's pretend we're at 15% ABV in our fermentation, which is a somewhat "safe" number for yield and that we have a still that can run a full batch within 8-12 hours.
200 liter x .15 = 30 liters or about 8 gallons a day of spirit
30 x 5 = 150 liters or about 40 gallons a week
150 x 52 = 7,800 liters or about 2,060 gallons a year
To legally label your spirit as a vodka, it has to be distilled at 190 proof and then diluted to 80 proof, so keep in mind that the 7,800 liters figure is at 190 proof. By the time you dilute down to 80 proof, you're at over double of that yield! If my math is correct with the dilution calculation, you should be looking at about 18,200 liters or 4,808 gallons of 40% vodka a year.
@@milehidistilling1 thank you so much!!!♥️🇮🇸 ....this is so helpful info...
My best greetings from the arctic....Skál 🍻
@@IceglacierArnar My pleasure, my brother! Skál! 🍻
Now I want Chinese food…
Ha! How did you even catch that in the background? That's an eagle eye right there.