How Does A Continuous Still Work? With Still Austin

As home-distillers we do not often get the chance to see a continuous still up close.

Josh from Still Austin was kind enough to give me a behind the seans look at a 50 ft continouos still. I had a bunch of questions for him, like how do you make cuts on a continuous still?

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[ThethSonSteve-O]

This was one of your best videos and I’m one of the people that much rather see you chasing the craft.

[tonyoliver]

So I was right! We spoke about this on messenger, continuous distillation is almost identical to fractional distillation in the petrochemical industry. They just use different terms (cuts = fractions)
Really interesting video, keep up the good work my man!!

[dannybevan]

Jesse. I worked at an ethanol and food grade alcohol production plant for 10yrs. The spent sludge was sent to another process area and squeezed of as much liquid as possible and then on to the dried distillers grain plant for drying. Some is sold as high protein additive to bolster poor quality feed stock. And the brown liquid is sold by the tanker for the same but poured over feed tray at milking stations and long feeders.... Your mate gives it to farmers for free in its full form. But my tight-arsed mega millionaire company owner employer at the time preferred to sell it to farmers here struggling for feed during the drought. Cheers to Still Austin.

[zreticuli]

Thanks, finally a continuous still explained in a way I got it... even if traditionally the analyser and rectifier are separate. Good job!

[deadmaumurphylaw]

Love this channel, just distilled a whiskey this morning getting a bit better at making the cuts by watching you

[TheWesOlsen]

This was great! I was having a hard time understanding the column still until this video.

[matthewrees]

Thank you, super enjoyed this and learnt some new things. Very interesting.

[quarlow]

Wow that is so awesome. Super cool functions.

[edensnectar]

I love the channel! Does anyone notice the guy giving the tour NEVER blinks. 😂 very cool video. That still is a monster.

[ivo]

Wow impressive video! Complete and informative! Cheers!

[chrischris]

This was a great video, very informative and inspiring.
Thanks to Jesse, Josh, and Still Austin for being generous with the details.

[LPD]

Cool Jessie. Like a big ethanol plant. Thanks for the report.

[wookieeshideout]

Thank you, this was very informative!

[asparknz]

The tubes which feed the wash in and the spent grain out must be no more than 1”. How on earth do they push the grain around? Is it milled to a very fine powder? Great video btw! Cheers.

[rrrdddrrrddd]

Just like an oil refinery. The furture big money maker is craft oil refineries

[simonalmindpedersen]

Very cool, I am a process engineer myself, and love to see these principals put in to use. Did you ask him what effectivity of the still is? -I am asking because I would imagine that it is less than that of batch destillation. Perhaps recirculating the 'spend grain' back in to the feed flow, would increase this, if they are not already doing it.
Great video, and great channel.

[insanecomicdude]

This is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[mattd]

Awesome man. Everything I wanted to know in one video, thanks! Sporting a NNW pin as well. Respect!

[paulsapper]

Wow Jesse what a cool video, this sort of video is pushing the limits of what is possible, I’ve been checking out Grappa distilling with steam.
It’s something I’ve never thought about until recently.
There are so many possibilities with distilling !

[jasongrezek]

Great review of a continuous still Jesse! As always Awesome stuff!