The segments themselves can handle vacuum but the brewzilla definitely can't. Most stainless steel commercial kegs can handle vacuum. I could do a video using the kegmenter to vacuum distil. What product do you want to see made using vacuum.
@KegLand I work in both in a bar and brewery, the ability to extract botanical distillates at low temperatures with or without alcohol would be a huge money saver for a lot of people. Not to mention that rotovapors cost in excess of 5k most of the time.
Have run some cleaning runs and a stripping run on a neutral so far on my poly phoenix... Waiting for some bits and pieces hopefully this week so i can play this weekend!
Thanks for the support. We have sold out of some of the critical parts but we are getting more air mailed in ASAP so hopefully we have the whole range on the website again soon.
Hi, I am really interested in you polyphoenix still and will get one later in the year. But something which has crossed my mind recently is of thumpers. Basically as I understand things a thumper enables distillers to impart more flavour into our spirits, it could make a really outstanding gin. This leads me to think a kind of thumper as part of the polyphoenix still would offer and extra dimension. Have you thought about this? Do you have any intentions to look at something like this in the future??
Hey Kee, looking forward to that cheap Nitro system video you're going to make at some point -- but might build one myself sooner! I just want to double check that I'm not missing anything from pausing the video and taking a look at your design. Is it just the beverage line going through the super sucker (with some regular elbow joints I see), and an inline regulator without a gauge attached at a high point with a T split to the incoming beverage line? Seems so simple I couldn't believe it! Cheers
Yes internally here our staff have used that quite a lot. I am just looking to make some further tweaks to the design before I make the final video on this product
I would love to distill whiskey on grain, would that be allright with the screen or agitator would be required? Also CIP addon on the top would be awesome too
I have already done this and will do a video for you guys. Just fill the brewzilla with cleaning solutin then use the pump and recirculation arm to recirculate down the column. It's a super simple process to setup the CIP with the brewzilla
Pure vapor infusion or it’s not gin-no maceration! That’s how I run it in my old non-polyphoenix setup: three KL10665s plus two triclover glass sections for the botanicals above a Brewzilla Gen4 (with a KL11921 to keep them from falling in) and a KL04633 on top. I triple-distill because I use turbo. The gin run is the 4th distillation, maybe OTT, but the result is sublime-I should drop by KL HQ with a sample.
Vapor infusion was made popular in recent times by the likes of Bombay Sapphire and the real origins of gin is maceration only. So actually pure vapor infusion could be called not gin, but really, make what ya like and not worry what others do.
Sapphire Bombay used vapour infusion of botanicals to solve the cloudiness 'problem' when making gin. Of course this is not really a problem but a reflection of marking highly flavoured gin. You can solve the cloudiness issue by adding water/alcohol during the dilution step. Overall vapor infusion produces less flavour. I prefer boiler infused gin making or maceration although there are some uses for vapour infusion
@@cscollenthat's strange. In industry the opposite is true. You get less flavour from vapour infusion in the column than you do with adding botanicals directly to the boiler and macerating
This is absolute Madness I've got to have one awesome video!!!
We will get them over to America soon.
Need more videos like this, soo good. Do you guys have any future plans for vacuum distillation?
The segments themselves can handle vacuum but the brewzilla definitely can't. Most stainless steel commercial kegs can handle vacuum. I could do a video using the kegmenter to vacuum distil. What product do you want to see made using vacuum.
@KegLand I work in both in a bar and brewery, the ability to extract botanical distillates at low temperatures with or without alcohol would be a huge money saver for a lot of people. Not to mention that rotovapors cost in excess of 5k most of the time.
@KegLand ato further answer your question single distillates at low tempretures for extract making.
Have run some cleaning runs and a stripping run on a neutral so far on my poly phoenix... Waiting for some bits and pieces hopefully this week so i can play this weekend!
Thanks for the support. We have sold out of some of the critical parts but we are getting more air mailed in ASAP so hopefully we have the whole range on the website again soon.
This was a great fun video. Thanks Kee.
Thanks!
Hi, I am really interested in you polyphoenix still and will get one later in the year. But something which has crossed my mind recently is of thumpers. Basically as I understand things a thumper enables distillers to impart more flavour into our spirits, it could make a really outstanding gin. This leads me to think a kind of thumper as part of the polyphoenix still would offer and extra dimension. Have you thought about this? Do you have any intentions to look at something like this in the future??
Hey Kee, looking forward to that cheap Nitro system video you're going to make at some point -- but might build one myself sooner!
I just want to double check that I'm not missing anything from pausing the video and taking a look at your design.
Is it just the beverage line going through the super sucker (with some regular elbow joints I see), and an inline regulator without a gauge attached at a high point with a T split to the incoming beverage line? Seems so simple I couldn't believe it!
Cheers
I'm also waiting for this. I have ordered the part and will attempt a build when I get home in the next couple of weeks
Yes internally here our staff have used that quite a lot. I am just looking to make some further tweaks to the design before I make the final video on this product
I would love to distill whiskey on grain, would that be allright with the screen or agitator would be required?
Also CIP addon on the top would be awesome too
I have already done this and will do a video for you guys. Just fill the brewzilla with cleaning solutin then use the pump and recirculation arm to recirculate down the column. It's a super simple process to setup the CIP with the brewzilla
How about some hop extract ?
That is not a bad idea. I will see if this works.
The ultimate cat video.
What do you mean by "ultimate cat" ?
@@KegLand cats love cucumbers, so I hear
I’ll buy a pipette if you stock them
Yes I think it's quite a useful device. I will see if we can get stock of them
Are the pet kegs ok to store 95% alcohol?
yes, Kee mentioned this on other video
Yes the PET is fine for 96% alcohol
Pure vapor infusion or it’s not gin-no maceration! That’s how I run it in my old non-polyphoenix setup: three KL10665s plus two triclover glass sections for the botanicals above a Brewzilla Gen4 (with a KL11921 to keep them from falling in) and a KL04633 on top. I triple-distill because I use turbo. The gin run is the 4th distillation, maybe OTT, but the result is sublime-I should drop by KL HQ with a sample.
Thanks Kieran. So you put all your botanicals in the basket? Do you find you have to use a lot more botanicals that way?
Vapor infusion was made popular in recent times by the likes of Bombay Sapphire and the real origins of gin is maceration only.
So actually pure vapor infusion could be called not gin, but really, make what ya like and not worry what others do.
@@KegLand I used only vapour infusion with my Alcogene potstill I feel like I used less botanicals than you used for this run!
Sapphire Bombay used vapour infusion of botanicals to solve the cloudiness 'problem' when making gin. Of course this is not really a problem but a reflection of marking highly flavoured gin. You can solve the cloudiness issue by adding water/alcohol during the dilution step.
Overall vapor infusion produces less flavour.
I prefer boiler infused gin making or maceration although there are some uses for vapour infusion
@@cscollenthat's strange. In industry the opposite is true. You get less flavour from vapour infusion in the column than you do with adding botanicals directly to the boiler and macerating