chiller plate vs RC

[bt1]

Howdy,

Been more than happy running real small RC "TC" "tuna can" sized on glass stills. More the adequate to hold down the whole column in full reflux.

Has anyone got any thoughts on going smaller a chiller plate style 2cm say same 9 tube x 3/4" design...reckon it would be enough to play with abv's during a run.

I'm also a fan of bleeding off heads early as they rise so some by pass to PC would be welcomed not a hassle.

comments?

bt1

[db1979]

I think it's an interesting idea but I wonder if you push the RC too close to its lower limits you might have an RC that can handle some washes but not others... Or maybe not enough congeners would get knocked down in the early stages when you want full reflux and you'd end up with more in the heads. Maybe. I guess you're in a great position to try it since you've already got RCs of different sizes.