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  • grim
    edited March 2016

    Honestly, I thought I'd get a bigger rise out of that than I did.

    It is frustrating, the still came over with BSPP threads on the steam fittings, we ended up having to brute force rethread those to NPT. Whole crew of plumbers standing around wondering what the hell.

  • Myles

    I can understand the frustration. BSP and NPT are not actually compatible and you shouldn't mix parallel and taper threads. Although in some sizes the NPT and BSP thread forms are close to a match.

    And as you said, if you do cut the threads into each other, then treat it as a permanent joint.

  • grim
    edited March 2016

    We cut the thread with a tap.

  • richard

    Give me BSPP any day. NPT .... nothing but a curse.

    And hell YES, driving on the left is the only sane direction.

    :-j

  • grim
    edited March 2016

    BSPP need sealing gaskets as straight threads are not pressure tight.

    Tapered threads do not.

    Glomming a half mile of Teflon tape on a straight thread fitting isn't elegant.

  • jacksonbrown

    Which is why God invented BSPT.
    Just like there is NPT & NPS.

  • Myles

    BSPP is used on things like elements and other situations where there is a sealing washer. BSPT is used for joining sections of pipe together.

    Same as the equivalent NPTT and NPTP just a slightly different thread profile. :))

  • grim

    Oat bourbon batch 001.

  • punkinpunkin
    edited March 2016

    2nd batch mashed in a Franziskanner tribute. About to cube the first 4 corny's worth.

    You're gunna love oats if you haven't played with em before Grim. Got that soapy sort of mouthfeel without the dishcloth that rye gives some people.

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  • grim

    The whiskey is great, the oat hulls are something else.

  • jacksonbrown

    Soggy mess? Did the mash need extra enzyme treatment? How much of the mash bill did the oats make up?

  • punkinpunkin

    It turns into a frothy big pot of snot.

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  • jacksonbrown

    I had heard oats were a problem. I wonder why and what can be done to curtail it.
    Is it a protein thing? Pepsin?

  • grim
    edited March 2016

    We did 100% unmalted - corn and oats.

    All enzyme - BG, HTAA, GA.

    Usually after fermentation the grain bulk is significantly reduced and everything is relatively thin, transferring to the still is usually not a problem. With the amount of hulls - which are huge by the way, they bloomed to the size of honeysuckle flowers - it just wanted to separate, the mass wanted to stay behind in the fermenter. I ended up shoveling at least 50 pounds of hulls and grain out of the fermenter, because there way no way they were coming over.

    Didn't drain the still this morning, but I have a hunch that this will drain off very easily, if we can pump it out of the still without too much headache.

    If you have to lauter your whiskey - I think adding oat would beat rice hulls, but you would absolutely need to use a judicious amount of beta glucanase.

    Even with enzymes - it was relatively thick.

  • grim
    edited March 2016

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  • daddad

    I've been grinding oats and rice finer and finer. My leftovers look more like paste now.

    Seems the finer it is ground the more I can just rack off the top two thirds and wrestle the bottom third.

    More and more I'm convinced the solution is ban marie, not dewatering or lautering.

    DAD... not yours.. ah, hell... I don't know...

  • UnsensibelUnsensibel

    Started triple batch of chestnut liquor by popular demand

  • frodofrodo
    edited April 2016

    working on a shotgun condenser
    here is some copper porn
    3'' k copper, 12'' long 1/2'' l copper, 15% silfloss
    i will post the finished tomorrow,

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  • punkinpunkin

    It's the hairy armpit version of porn. :))

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  • KapeaKapea
    edited April 2016

    Hairy is good... (In the right place)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmX1xcCjfM

    I'm more like I am now than I was before.

  • frodofrodo
    edited April 2016

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  • frodofrodo
    edited April 2016

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    heavy lil sob...tested, no leaks, ready to go

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  • CothermanDistilling
    edited April 2016

    Family photo, mamma bear, pappa bear, and baby bear...

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  • daddad

    We want to be Goldilocks and try them all!

    DAD... not yours.. ah, hell... I don't know...

  • FullySilenced

    go to tampa, florida

  • CothermanDistilling
    edited April 2016

    Makin a batch of gin...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GihRPV1tOKk

  • bbok

    I am coming to visit one day. So jealous. Thanks for all the information you continue to pass along to us newbs

  • bachman

    Looks like my shed, except no floor drain.

  • FloridaCrackerFloridaCracker

    Looks like my shed except their isn't any shit piled up in every corner. Actually, it looks nothing like my shed.

  • yurgle

    @FloridaCracker :))

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