Peregian wrote:Not sure of your type of still and how it operates.
I have also not done a tomato paste wash for along time, I just do the FFV and get good results.
Things I do..............
(1) When the wash has finished fermenting, regardless of the type of wash, I always "rack it off" and leave for several days.
(2) Do a fast stripping run using a pot still, take product down to about 25% ABV.
(3) Re-distill very slowly using a reflux still.
The second distillation using the reflux still should remove most flavours leaving a nice neutral product.
Assuming the tomato paste recipe was done by the book a second slow reflux distillation should take care of any odd smell/flavor.
If your not sure of the result do a FFV and compare
Zak Griffin wrote:Did you syphon the clear wash into the boiler, leaving the yeast etc in the fermenter?
Peregian wrote:This is the link to the FFV................
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=8009&hilit=teddy%27s+ffv
Sorry I can't help with your type of still.
Cherry1 wrote:Zak Griffin wrote:Did you syphon the clear wash into the boiler, leaving the yeast etc in the fermenter?
It had settled really well, the boiler looked good.
Cherry1 wrote:The wash was fermented in a fermentation container then siphoned off in to the boiler. As noted in previous post, the mash had settled well and no sediment was disturbed when transferring.
The mash was pinkish, not clear but certainly not cloudy.
Lowie wrote:Cherry1 wrote:The wash was fermented in a fermentation container then siphoned off in to the boiler. As noted in previous post, the mash had settled well and no sediment was disturbed when transferring.
The mash was pinkish, not clear but certainly not cloudy.
I have found I always got an ever so slight tomato smell/taste with this wash. Sounds like you might need to leave yours a bit longer to clear too. As Peregian said, the FFV, IMHO is far superior and gives a slighty wheaty taste which you may not pick up with your reflux still - which isn't neccessarily a bad thing. If you continue to struggle with the TPW then try something different like Zak's cornflake wash, the Kale or the neutragrain wash.
Sam. wrote:How fast where you taking the product off in Litres per Hour?
Any what % ABV where you collecting at?
PeterC wrote:Hi, I looked up your still and it has a similar boiler to the T500 but has a small liquid managed reflux still. I had something similar and it was finicky to run. What %ABV are you getting? You control the quality of this by the liquid take off and it needs to be slloooowwwwww. About 2 no more than 3 drops a second and you should be getting 90% or better. On mine I found the packing got fouled easily if you did not clean it out.
My thoughts are if you can remove the packing do a stripping run first where you can just let it run fast, like small steady stream. Then put you packing in and run again diluting your strip to below 40%
Even better put a pelican type pot still on it for stripping or a second run with DWWG or FFV (what is your preference Peregian?)
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