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Postby Aussie_Bob » Sun Sep 30, 2018 9:48 am

Hi from Bob . .I am very happy to join this forum . I live on gold coast . I cant see how to make a new post so I will ask my questions here Sorry if that is the wrong way to do it .
I have a Turbo 500 Still I have done about 6 Brews most of them came out 95% and perfectly Clear.
Now the last one was a little CLOUDY not bad but not clear I done it all the same way as other times, I cant understand why
Even though its Cloudy is it ok to DRINK ?????????????
Maybe someone out there that can help me

Thank You Very Much
Bob
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Re: Help Please

Postby db1979 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:21 am

Welcome mate.
Sounds like you're not doing cuts and ran too deep into tails. I'd put it back in, water it down to 40 % and run it again, this time doing cuts. Read "kiwistillers novice guide to cuts and fractions" in the newbie corner. Also read Doubleuj's "running a t500, the proper way", also in the newbie corner.
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Re: Help Please

Postby Doubleuj » Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:35 am

Gday Bob, I moved your post here to the welcome centre only because it was your first post, but otherwise you would have posted in the right area.
As DB said, have a good read through the newbies corner
And welcome here btw :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Help Please

Postby The Stig » Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:48 am

Hi Bob,
It may be time to clean your packing :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Give that a go then do as the 2 knuckleheads above suggest :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Help Please

Postby Doubleuj » Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:16 am

:teasing-neener:
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Re: Help Please

Postby db1979 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 3:44 pm

:teasing-blah: :teasing-blah: :teasing-blah:
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Re: Help Please

Postby dans.brew » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:06 pm

Welcome bob! :greetings-waveyellow:
Did the spirit come off the still cloudy or only once you moved it from a jar to bottle? I have had some go cloudy on me before as well, but it was after i put it in a certain bottle that i thought was clean... obviously there was something in there that caused it to loose its crisp clear look. It still taste fine, just doesn't quite look the part.
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Re: Help Please

Postby Aussie_Bob » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:10 pm

Thanks :text-lol:
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Re: Help Please

Postby Aussie_Bob » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:16 pm

dans.brew wrote:Welcome bob! :greetings-waveyellow:
Did the spirit come off the still cloudy or only once you moved it from a jar to bottle? I have had some go cloudy on me before as well, but it was after i put it in a certain bottle that i thought was clean... obviously there was something in there that caused it to loose its crisp clear look. It still taste fine, just doesn't quite look the part.

Thanks for the reply . To be 100% honest i dont know if it came out of Still Cloudy . i only noticed it after i put in bottles. After filtered too .
Thanks Dan
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Re: Help Please

Postby Aussie_Bob » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:19 pm

Thanks I will remember that . I like it .
Thanks for that
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Re: Help Please

Postby Aussie_Bob » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:21 pm

The Stig wrote:Hi Bob,
It may be time to clean your packing :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Give that a go then do as the 2 knuckleheads above suggest :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:


Hi Thanks for the reply . i do clean it out after 2 Brews . Like they say on YouTube .
Thanks Again
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Re: Help Please

Postby Aussie_Bob » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:24 pm

Doubleuj wrote:Gday Bob, I moved your post here to the welcome centre only because it was your first post, but otherwise you would have posted in the right area.
As DB said, have a good read through the newbies corner
And welcome here btw :handgestures-thumbupleft:


Thanks I have had a good read . Newbies Corner
Thanks Again
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Re: Help Please

Postby Aussie_Bob » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:31 pm

db1979 wrote:Welcome mate.
Sounds like you're not doing cuts and ran too deep into tails. I'd put it back in, water it down to 40 % and run it again, this time doing cuts. Read "kiwistillers novice guide to cuts and fractions" in the newbie corner. Also read Doubleuj's "running a t500, the proper way", also in the newbie corner.


Thanks Very much i will go read that . I'd put it back in, water it down to 40 % and run it again, this time doing cuts Sorry i dont understand how to do that . as its all in bottles at 40 % , anyway i will go read up JUST MAYBE IT WILL HELP ME .
Thanks Again
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Re: Help Please

Postby Andrew » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:55 pm

Aussie_Bob wrote:
The Stig wrote:Hi Bob,
It may be time to clean your packing :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Give that a go then do as the 2 knuckleheads above suggest :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:


Hi Thanks for the reply . i do clean it out after 2 Brews . Like they say on YouTube .
Thanks Again
bob

Like they say on YouTube :angry-banghead:
Stop watching YouTube now ok just stop
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Re: Help Please

Postby j0sh2008 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:19 pm

:text-+1:
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Re: Help Please

Postby Professor Green » Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:16 pm

Welcome to AD Bob.

:text-+1: on everything that's already been said.

Forget everything you've read (and seen on youtube) about the T500, it's mostly vert bad advice. Have a read of these two great threads in the newbies section:
Running a T500, the Proper Way.
Kiwistiller's Novice Guide to Cuts and Fractions.
These will help you get the best out of your still.

Cheers,
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Re: Help Please

Postby Aussie_Bob » Mon Oct 01, 2018 6:51 am

j0sh2008 wrote::text-+1:
I AM SORRY IF I DID ASK A SILLY QUESTIONS
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Re: Help Please

Postby The Stig » Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:06 am

Aussie_Bob wrote:
j0sh2008 wrote::text-+1:
I AM SORRY IF I DID ASK A SILLY QUESTIONS

You didnt, infact I think we have all been there at some point.
The way forward for you is to keep asking questions and reading whats been posted before.
And dont forget to have fun :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Help Please

Postby j0sh2008 » Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:59 pm

Your better off asking questions. I didn’t mean anything rude, just :text-+1: about not watching YouTube videos.

But your off to a good start, the guys on the forum have so much knowledge :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Help Please

Postby woodduck » Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:12 pm

G'day mate and welcome :greetings-waveyellow:

The most important piece of advice I can give you and all new comers to the forum. DO NOT get offended by peoples advice, no one here is trying to have a go at any newbies and if they did they would be sorted out real quick. We are friendly here so take things said on here as trying to help or as a joke if it sounds offensive. All the blokes above have given sound advice. We must be doing something right to have so many members.....

I would also put the cloudiness down to tails, so cuts will help you there. Cuts will be the biggest improvement any stiller could do, no doubt about it. I've never heard one person say they are going to go away from doing cuts because they don't work.

Good luck mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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