![]() As the hot vapor comes out of the still (Fig. Many shiners in fact prefer to use a wooden barrel for the thump keg, precisely because it loses less of this useful heat than would a metal one. The thump keg, moreover, does this in a very clever manner, utilizing waste heat from the still pot for its function. In the hillbilly still, the thump keg serves the same purpose as this second, spirit still. Most European distillers still use swan-neck pot stills, and will have both a “beer stripper” to distill the wash to the low-wine state, and a second “spirit still” to rectify the low wine to a high-proof spirit. A second, or even a third, distillation is needed to achieve the high alcohol content necessary to make high-proof whiskey or other spirit. Smaller copper pot in center is thump keg.Īn ordinary pot still, without a thump keg, is capable of distilling a wash to only a “low wine”, which will be about 40-50% alcohol. Figure 1, Typical backwoods whiskey still. The thump keg is one of the most clever and iconic design elements of the traditional hillbilly still whose purpose, briefly stated, is to distill the output of the pot still a second time, without actually having to run the distillate through the still twice. Indeed, some older European stills made use of what appears to be chambers that functioned as thump kegs, so the principle was surely well known to colonists from the British Isles and the continent. NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY USE YOUR NEW MOONSHINE STILL.While generally associated with the backwoods whiskey still, the thump keg, or “doubler”, is a very old design element that probably arrived with the early settlers and was incorporated into the stills they built on arriving in North America (Fig. Please do the appropriate amount of research to make sure you disregard the appropriate amount of your distillate before drinking. Do Not just go and start drinking what comes out of the unit. You will need to disregard the Thumper’s content or save and re-run in your next batch.ġ4. Your Thumper will fill up with Liquid and eventually stop the distillation process. Always keep still within this range to make sure H2O does not go into your product.ġ3. Put a flame underneath the Pot until the unit starts to “work” as soon as the Worm is dripping product, write the temperature down then add 20 degrees to it, “That is your Operating Range”. ![]() Your Worm, the one with the coil, needs constant ow of cool water (we recommend continuously filling it with ice) you can also get an upgraded Thumper and Worm Kit with any of our units which will give you 2 hoses to run water in and out.ġ2. All our units are interchangeable, which means you can take the Thumper out and run it directly from the pot to the worm with the coil.ġ1. We want you to run the Thumper dry (meaning, do not add anything in it) until you know what you are doing. The thumper is a double purification unit, it is not a necessity. You are going to need to seal the cap of the pot with “old school” Wheat Paste or Black Electrical Tape, make sure to seal the unit well. Strain Mash for any hard materials and pour into pot. Visit our accessory page to purchase more items from us.ġ0. There are two different types of Hydrometers, one to use for low proof (of Mash) and one for high proof. You are going to need a Hydrometer, which measures the alcohol content of the Mash, ‘cause it’s always nice to know what your alcohol is in the beginning and the end of the process. VISIT: FOR SOME EASY MOONSHINE RECIPES TO GET STARTED. The goal is to take out as much alcohol out of the mash with your Moonshine Still. The higher the ABV, the more alcohol you will be able to pull out. MASH= Fermented materials that can range anywhere between 1% to 35% ABV (Alcohol By Volume). Mash is what you put in the still to get liquor.ĩ. Once you have a burner and propane you need some MASH. You need a burner or any source of flame, you could also have a submerged heating element. Congratulations! You have successfully assembled your Moonshine Still but you still need to know how to use it.Ĩ. The unit also comes with an adapter piece which is copper, and it connects to the top of right hand side of the thumper and goes to the worm spin fittings accordingly.ħ. When connecting the spin fitting, if they should leak, use thread locking tape or wheat paste. ![]() Take the cap and insert it to the top of the pot, the bottom of the cap connects by spinning the spin fittings to the left side of the thumper.Ī) The seam on the top of cap should interlock with seam of the back of the pot.Ħ. ![]() Take the worm which is attached to coil and put to the right of the thumper.ĥ. Take the smallest piece of the thumper with drain plug facing towards you and put to the right of the pot.Ĥ. Place pot on a table with temperature gage towards left hand side.ģ.
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