To make a thumper keg, a distiller places plant material, such as flower petals or leaves, in the unit.

How to build a thumper keg. Adding fruit infused spirits to the thumper keg place your chosen fruits, herbs, and spices into a large container of. The main purpose of a thump keg is to distill your output of a pot still a second time without having to run the product through the still a second time or to alter the taste and. It's easy, quick to assemble, and doesn't cost much to put together.

Season with salt and pepper. The thump keg, moreover, does this in a very clever manner, utilizing waste heat from the still. In the hillbilly still, the thump keg serves the same purpose as this second, spirit still.

Low wine vapor is piped into the thumper keg from the still and injected into the liquid in the keg. Thumper kegs are so named because of the pounding sound that the vapor and condensed low wine produce when the still is in operation. As a general rule of thumb, the thumper should be 25 and 40% the size of the main vessel.

As the vapors from the boiling liquid rise and travel. A thumper works by distilling the low wines from the still. We build 5,40, 20 and.

Ideally, there should be a short one and a long one. In a large saucepan, bring the blueberry juice, blueberries, and cinnamon sticks to a simmer, then gradually stir in the sugar and blueberry pie filling; Many here use a 15.5 gallon stainless steel beer keg.

The thump keg is named after the thumping sound that is made from the steam being forced under the level of alcohol in the barrel. Cut your pipes into the right sizes. In this video i show you how to build a thumper for your pot still.