Twin thumpers, Barbados-style rum still ... with corn whiskey ?!?!
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Finally got around to setting up my twin-thumper rig a few months back (August 2019).
Had the two thumpers sitting around for about a year now and never got around to using them with moving workshops and all that.
Rather than running rum thru' it which is my intended goal I ran a test using a fermented out corn-whiskey mash that I had at hand.
Great video.
your "knock together" stuff is better than i could ever dream of building
Thanks Josh,
It's just practice and acquiring the right tools. I still learn stuff everyday - usually thru' my dumb mistakes! 😊
Happy Distilling.
Hey Josh, I got a reply or msg from you here about thumpers but it's only part showing up as a notifycation and I can't reply to it - can you copy and paste it again plz and I'll reply.
Happy Distilling!
You should put 2 3 way valves on the top of each thumper so that you can vent the vapor through the condenser when you shut down.
I love that overflow on the worm box!
Thanks fella.
I just cobbled stuff together to suit what I had available.
Happy Distilling.
Awesome stuff. Can you do a video (or at least provide more info) on your TIG brazing the stainless to the copper? Would be fantastic to learn!
Hey fella, ok, I'll go over what I'm doing on that front as soon as I can.
About to edit a buncha vids sometime soon that have been brewing for a while.
Happy Distilling!
rocking it again.
Heya Kev!
... well technically I was "burning it" this time but will get to "rocking" once I re-jig the still to deliver more heat at a lower density. 😊
How's your "lemonade stand" coming along over there? 😉
Happy Distilling mate!
Cant wait to start using some of your gear, I have such high hopes!
Hey Sem, picking up a bunch of glass blasted keggles tomorrow morning. 😊
Really cool design! Too bad about the smeared run, but very cool to watch the process:-)
G'day Beard, yeah I was happy with it - keen to see how it does with rum which was the reason I built the two thumpers.
The result it gives - like a reflux still running at low abv and tailing off right at the end was pretty neat.
Have run this config' again since and the outcome is repeatable without the smearing albeit a little slower than normal.
I got a bit impatient with the run for the first time ever - hence the overheating and smearing, would have been worse with rum.
Will probably end up adding element ports to the still and try 4x 1500W elements as opposed to 2x3000W ... or maybe look at some custom low density jobbies to speed things up without scortching or smearing down the track.
Happy Distilling fella!
@@AngryParrotDistillery You are a wizard with metal. I have no doubt that whatever you come up with will be amazing, and gorgeous. I'm grateful for all the detailed info in all your videos.
Did you charge the thumpers with anything prior to the run ?
One more question for you - do you cut/grind the Tri-clamp ferrules to fit the curve of the tank(s) when you TIG weld them or do you leave them 90° cuts and just weld with a gap? Looking to TIG a tri-clamp ferrule to a half barrel keg for a beer brewer set up and can’t decide if I need to find a way to cut them to fit. Thanks!
G'day again,
Yep I always curve fit components as close as I can.
The better the fit, the better your join.
Happy Distilling
hi Mr Angry Parrot I made a video for you of the thumper that I'm building, its done at night time and with only a "torch" so yes it very dark.Just to show you how this is coming along.
Man that's a sweet rig in your vid Cameron.
Lots of copper there, looks like you got a good mash to run thru it as well! 👍
Whats the mash? Looked like corn?
@@AngryParrotDistillery yes it’s corn and wheat and barley and some whiskey yeast and some instant dry yeast.i’ll run it on Monday sometime.
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Sweet!
I'm firefighting here atm - replaced elements in my still and they've thrown bad distillates.
@@AngryParrotDistillery interesting!
That PZEM-061 meter came and its installed seems to read the amps ok.
No run today too windy and the same tomorrow 20 to 30 km/h
@@cameronshine3465
Yeah no point running it in the wind, even with an insulated column it's still gonna mess with your gas.
just a update, i am nearly there with this thumper, i think 3 days i'm just waiting for this mash to work off.
I'm a little nervous and excited at the same time. It takes awhile for all of this to come together.There is a lot of work in setting one of these things up, but i am slow at 60 any how :)
Bah humbug, you're not slow at 60, you're just starting to get your shit together by then! lol.
Be keen to see what you've rigged. 👍
What kind of mash have you got brewing Cameron?
Happy Distilling!
@@AngryParrotDistillery Mr Angry Parrot I use a 100 litre SS cooking pot and add in 40% cornmeal - 40% wheat meal and couple of kilos of malted barley and cook it all. Then added 6 kilos of sugar and 2 kilos of dextrose.The 2 packets of whiskey yeast and 2 table spoons of instant dry yeast.I got a reading of 1.095 on the refractometer :)
@@AngryParrotDistillery I don't use a airlock , i just clean the hydrometer and put it in mash and put on the lid and leave it.
@@AngryParrotDistillery um Mr Angry Parrot , sorry not 6 kilos of sugar , 12 kilos of sugar and a couple kgs of dextrose.
Cool 👍
Thanks Charlie,
All fun experiments. 😊
Happy Distilling fella!
What type of ss cans are you use here brother ? I'm using one 15g ss keg and two ss 7 g kegs for my thumpers dose a very good job
Heya Prom',
They're both around 70-80L volume each (I guess that around about 20gallons each give or take).
They were a large s/s hot water cylinder I cut in half.
Kettle they're being run off is around 180-200L.
Happy Distilling fella! 😊
@@AngryParrotDistillery very nice brother happy distilling bud have great day ✌🍻✌
With the clarity it almost looks like a puke. Possible double a vomit....(?)
Could the first thumper have acted like an overflowed slobber box?
If this (discoloration) has happened before APD disregard, just curious. Trying to learn from your experience.
Cheers my friend!
Heya Big Ed, nah was still plenty of headroom in the thumpers even at the end of the run.
I gunned the power controller at the beginning then eased it back ... I think that was my undoing.
Have done subsequent runs, not gunned them at the beginning and run them nice and slow - they've come out crystal clear.
Was just a case of me being too impatient which ain't good in fishing or distilling. 😊
Happy Distilling fella!
How do you remove your corn solids?
G'day Chris,
I ferment on the grain - currently only about 55gallons at a time.
Once the ferment is done I let it settle out for a week or two and then drain the mash liquid down to the grain bed.
You do lose a bit of liquid that way but then theres other things you can do with the yeast laden grain bed afterwards. 😊
I also mill my grain quite fine too, like a fine polenta, so theres probably not as much left in the way of solids as if I was using a coarser cracked or flaked corn.
Happy Distilling!
Angry Parrot Distillery thanks mate.
I have a 200L mash that’s fermenting on the grain at the moment and I’m not looking forward to straining it all out...
(I boiled, blended then mashed the corn, so there’s a heap of fine particles in there)
What liquid do you put in the thumpers? just some wash?
G'day Danny, in this case I just had some of the same wash as in the still.
Cool thing with thumpers tho' is you can put a variety of stuff in there.
You can run them with distilled material from a previous run, low wines, backends .... you can also put macerated material in there (citrus, herbs or apples for instance) to impart flavor ... kinda like infusing a gin.
All up to your imagination! 😊
Happy Distilling fella!
Do you have contact info would like to get some stuff?...
G'day Corey,
grant@angryparrot.co.nz
Drop me an email and we can sort what you're after.
Sorry for the late reply.