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5″ Mini Liebig Condenser – Will it work?

I built a 5 inch Liebig condenser to try and cool off the 60 C distillate I’m getting during my stripping run. The ideal solution would be to incorporate a small Liebig like this one into the design of my next liquid management still head build. In my previous stripping Read more…

By Joey Joe Joe Jr, 6 yearsAugust 28, 2019 ago

Fermentation

Sugar Wash pH Control Experiment #1

The first batch is controlled with a pH buffer we made from citric acid and sodium hydroxide. The second batch we did a ‘control batch’ where we didn’t add any pH controllers until halfway through. For the third batch, we prepared live oyster shells and put them in the fermenter. Read more…

By Joey Joe Joe Jr, 6 yearsAugust 15, 2019 ago