Vendome

Uploaded on Nov 19, 2009 As usual with corn mash, the tails come over very cloudy and full of corn oil. This is not the most pleasing stuff but without it in the spirit run it would be lacking a layer of necessary flavor. Once at the tails the full power output dropped to 3.6…

Uploaded on Nov 19, 2009 This was taken right after the heads and just starting the hearts. This rate here was nearly 4 gallons per hour. This jar was 1.44 L and was being filled in 5 minutes and 42 seconds. The condenser was doing an excellent job of pulling down the vapor at that…

Uploaded on Nov 19, 2009 The run is near the middle. Pushing full open at 9kw, this condenser is knocking down 3.8 gallons per hour. The flow rate on teh water through the condenser was about 4 gallons per minute. I loved watching this because of the density changes in the water showing the heat…

Uploaded on Nov 19, 2009 This is the prototype computer control. It is on a Intel based touch screen pc mounted as a kiosk. It is reading all the inputs, controlling the dephlegmator and the cooling water. This unit is going to be for sale at Vendome Copper & Brass Works soon. There are some…

Uploaded on Nov 13, 2009 This is the new restaurant still from Vendome Copper & Brass Works that I have been designing and building a computer system for. It will eventually be able to store and retrieve distillation plans. These plans will be user generated and will be based on the ability to run different…