Washington State Alcohol

Comment by neuman on December 9, 2008 at 6:47pm

Greetings Washitonians!! My name is Neuman and I am located in Bellingham. Currently building a 2" column still as a practice for a 8-12" continous plate still. Let's hear what everybody's got!!!

Comment by Ron Fisher on December 12, 2008 at 11:57pm

4" Charles 803 with vapor chamber...see my page for photo

Comment by Rusty Johnson on March 18, 2009 at 11:15am

Hi to all. I just joined AU and want to network with people interested in renewable energy and alcohol fuel here in Washington. I live in the Enumclaw are south of Seattle about 30 miles. See my page for more on my goals. If anyone knows an electrician interested in the renewable energy field, let me know.
I have the Charles 803 Distiller plans, and intend to make one to learn how it all works first, and then go on to build a higher production model.
Has anyone in this group finished a working Still yet?

Comment by Ron Fisher on March 18, 2009 at 12:11pm

Hey Rusty

I have a Charles 803 in 4" version (see my page for photos)...my still is finished however I am not done working on my boiler and fermenter...Just purchased used 500 gallon stainless milk chiller for the fermenter...boiler is being welded up now...should have things operational later this summer...

Comment by Wild Man on March 18, 2009 at 12:34pm

how much did you have to pay for the stainless tank

Comment by Ron Fisher on March 18, 2009 at 2:42pm

$1000.00 for the tank as it has programmable chiller unit on it that is in good working order with built in evaporation panels in the tank and tank has agitation system...the tank is in very nice condition and is foam insulated double wall construction...the agitation may not be quite what I need as it is for stirring milk but tank has a large manway and built in sprinkler system for washing tank out...

Comment by Christopher Johnson on March 22, 2009 at 6:40pm

Ron, you're the man. I wish I could afford a setup that nice.
Myself, I built a 2" column, 36" in length with an 18" offset head. My boiler currently consists of an old keg, so my capacity is still very low. I'm currently working to modify still a bit by increasing the column and making it a stand alone similar to the 803. I finally have all my permitting in place, so now its time to work out the bug and get the capacity up. Are you using zeolite Ron?

Comment by Ron Fisher on March 23, 2009 at 12:44am

Hi Chris

Who said I could afford it?...I have been broke every since I got interested in this stuff!

I have plans for a Zeolite system that uses steam to reactivate the Zeolite so it can be used over and over...that is another fabrication project that will take time and cost money...I have not tried to get into that yet...

Comment by Christopher Johnson on March 23, 2009 at 9:54pm

Steam..nice idea. I was thinking of an old stove or something along that line. I like your idea much better. I've just got my feet wet with the zeolite. Contacted sphinx adsorbents today and got a quote, not really too expensive considering its reusable (mostly).

Addictive hobby!

Where did you score the milk chiller? I think the folks down at the local biodiesel
plant are using a similar dairy salvaged tank for mixing/separating… whatever one does to make biodiesel.

Comment by Ron Fisher on March 24, 2009 at 10:27am

HI Chris

I got the tank used from a pharmaceutical researcher in Fife who placed an add to sell it...Not sure where he got it however it started life at a dairy then escaped somehow....

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