Direction needed..

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Direction needed..

Postby murray82gp » Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:59 pm

Hi guys just purchased a second hand 3” bubbler which can be interchanged with another column to make a pot still..
Good bye t500 although it taught me the basics..
Time to make some real stuff
I’m interested in making rums and bourbons with the occasional neutral..
I’ve been told that I should stick with the pot still for rums and bubbler for bourbon..
Is this the case?
Also the still hasn’t been used for a couple years, is it wise to do a vinegar run and sacrificial run for good measure..
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby woodduck » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:33 pm

Yep do a vinegar run and sac run too just to be safe.

I would use the bubbler for rums as well. I can't see a reason not too? If you want more flavour just pull a plate out and run with 3.

If you want to make neutral you'll need a packed section.

Best of luck :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby scythe » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:37 pm

Yep do a cleaning run before you put a drinking wash through it.

Bubbles can make good flavoured drinks, smooth, clean and delicious.
A lot of people like pot stilled brown drinks, they just take longer to age out the tails.
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby murray82gp » Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:23 pm

Thanks guys.. I’ll give it a run.. steep learning curve from here.
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby murray82gp » Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:27 pm

Sorry one more question, is it faster to do a stripping runs through the pot still
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby Zak Griffin » Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:55 pm

If you keep the RC shut, a bubbler is basically a pot still...
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby db1979 » Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:38 am

Zak Griffin wrote:If you keep the RC shut, a bubbler is basically a pot still...

:text-+1: except that there's extra heat up time with all that extra metal... But you probably won't notice it, and if you've only got the one boiler then you've gotta factor in stripping down your bubbler, connecting up your pot still and then rebuilding your bubbler again. I always do what Zak just said.
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby murray82gp » Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:33 am

Thanks for the advise
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby woodduck » Wed Feb 05, 2020 1:31 pm

Why strip? It's a bubbler. That's the best thing about a bubbler, single runs. I know some people like to strip their neutral for a cleaner product but I definitely wouldn't bother for brown spirits :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Direction needed..

Postby bluc » Wed Feb 05, 2020 1:58 pm

I found to much funk in pot stilled rum. I do single run on rum and whiskey(all types) through bubbler..collect at about 88% prob bit high but I like it :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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