For many years now I have been researching single malt whisky and trying to maximise my yields. The first 'problem' I found was that my fermentation was getting stuck at around 1.020 which is pretty much where it lands for…
In a pot still, you can't. A guy phones me one day and says the reflux column I made him doesn't work. What do you mean? There is nothing coming out, he says. After 20 minutes of troubleshooting I discovered…
I recently had a long consulting session on the phone, guiding a customer through the operation of a reflux still. A number of isssues came up regarding temperature readings that I thought I should discuss here. These issues are quite…
I have been fielding a lot of questions about size of boiler, mostly people asking if they can use a particular still to produce a particular product. Often people look at the Tom Thumb Still and see that price is…
A lot of people ask me how long the sill takes to boil. The correct answer is: "It depends." Sounds like a lawyer, doesn't it? There a lot of factors involved but I will provide you with a method to…
There I was, 12 months ago thinking I was only going to manufacture and sell plated columns, nothing else, let alone transfer pumps. Now HHH does boilers, heating elements, power controllers, whisky headgear, still trolleys, charcoal filters, not to mention…
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