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== About ==
== About ==


This page gives people some info about the art of building, maintaining, and/or operating a still...as well as some other associated things.
This page gives people some info about the art of building, maintaining, and/or operating a still
 
== Fermenting ==
 
A lot of stuff in a still is fermented. We've been keeping [[fermentation logs]] of stuff we've brewed in the space and then distilled. If you are new to this whole thing, the logs are a good place to start for some guidance on how to run some of your own brews.


== The Equipment ==
== The Equipment ==
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=== Still Components ===
=== Still Components ===


A pot, and a condenser :). Optionally, a reflux column. Some [[Noise Extraction and Brewing]] equipment is available in the space, and could potentially be used to accomplish some of this.
A pot, and a condenser :). Optionally, a reflux column.


=== Materials ===
=== Materials ===
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== Resources ==
== Resources ==


=== Table of Boiling Points ===
* Graph of [[Media:Distillation t graph.png|Vapor Phase composition vs. Distillate Temperature]] (EtOH / Water)
 
* Graph of [[Media:distilling_efficiency.png|Vapor Phase composition vs. Pot Composition]] to assist in determining efficient reflux ratios when operating a reflux still (EtOH / Water)
* Methyl Acetate = 56.9C [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_acetate]
* Proofing table - relates specific gravity of a liquid to its US Proof value.
* Methanol = 64.7C [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol]
* Everything you'd ever possibly want to know about Ethanol (from the Industrial Solvents Handbook...an engineer's bible for anything solvent related).
* Ethyl Acetate = 77.1C [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl_acetate]
* Ethanol = 78C [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol]
* 1-Propanol = 97.1C [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propan-1-ol]
* Acetic Acid = 118C (though this and other acids can react to form esters!) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetic_Acid]
 
=== Incredibly Useful Graphs ===
 
* '''[[Media:Distillation t graph.png|Vapor Phase composition vs. Distillate Temperature]]''' - for EtOH / Water
* '''[[Media:distilling_efficiency.png|Vapor Phase composition vs. Pot Composition]]''' - assists in determining efficient reflux ratios when operating a reflux still (EtOH / Water)
 
=== Other Neato Stuff ===
 
* '''[[Media:proof_table.pdf|Proofing table]]''' - relates specific gravity of a liquid to its US Proof value.
* '''[[Media:ind_solvents_etoh.pdf|Industrial Data for Ethanol]]''' - otherwise known as everything you could have ever possibly asked about the solvent ethanol, in a 47 page document.


== Legality ==
== Legality ==
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