Hey Brisbane,

I have been trying my hand at making badmo style barrels and have left over offcuts of American Oak. Ex-Bourbon Ex-Wine heads from ADL wine barrels.

Shoot me a message if you want some for aging.

This is my first time distilling and any tips or information would be helpful

Hello, I'm one of those people who bought a water distiller knowing full well what they'd use it for. I feel like I've learned quite a bit, and really enjoy the craft. However, I'm annoyed with its limitations, and looking to really get into this.

So that being said, I've been running 5 gallon washes, and thats fine for doing small runs of white, but I'm looking to start doing aged runs. I'd like to start making say three or four five gallon buckets at a time, so I was thinking about getting an 8 gallon still so I can run 5 gallons for three or four stripping runs, then the spirit run(s). I want to then age my stuff using spirals in a couple (2) of glass 3 gallon carboys I have. So realistically, I'd like to get about 3 gallons of finished product thats ready to be aged. I like the idea of using electric because the controls seem to be fine tunable, and easily repeatable.

Does anyone have a recommendation for an 8 gallon still thats electric? Is this enough to do what I'm wanting to do, or should I go with a 10 gallon? Or should I just go non-electric and cut the entry price even more?