I've not been on that site for yonks Moose, I'll check it out. I won't be going to those lengths though, I only do a reflux run 3 or 4 times per annum :D. I'll have a think about it, necessity is the mother of invention and all that eh 🤔


Yeah same, a boiler full gives me c. 2 gals at 95% so I ...

First off. Why are you raising and lowering it. I have missed something.

Fix idea. A long bit of threaded bar, two captive nuts, and a cup at the top connected to the coil.

Wind knob at bottom, reflux moves at the top.


As Bob says, the coil needs to be raised/lowered to control reflux.
In a ...

Hey, Mooseman get your column camouflaged mate, some nosey fecker will see it over your gate and put 2 and 2 together and turn up with an empty glass 😉


I hear you Bob and where your coming from, but in my street I'm the crazy beer brewing, cider making, science guy who's always making something ...

They look (in theory) very easy to use, providing you have accurate water flow. Do you pump or use tap pressure?

And also save the "is it there yet" time for a reflux to stabilise.


CCVM is very easy to run, stupid simple, you could say, once you have done a couple of runs to get a feel for it ...

If I am not mistaken (that is T piece with a blank cap, where the cold finger goes? ) that is a still I loosely fancied building. They sound really useful.
@stilldave I still have the keg 😁

Anyhow. I am bottling 50l of beer today. Some tasting will be necessary. So I thought I would post early ...

It is late, and I am a little pished.
Why not borrow from the old site a popular topic..,...

What I Did Today

Post by YHB » Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:57 pm
Why not write a couple of lines about what you did today.

Today I did two 24 litre strip runs.
I made another batch of Peat reek, my method.
I ...