First Bubbler Attempt

[Milky]

Great work! Really great looking bubbler! Love it, makes me want to start a glasser build!!

[wiifm]

OK,
Here we go again, where's the dam video. :D

ps. nice looking rig... :handgestures-thumbupleft:

:text-+1: on all counts!

[brewman]

Thanks Fellas,

The rum is smelling awesome already and it's less than a week on the oak. Got a 50l BWKO ferment underway this arvo so hopefully another run in a week or so. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[brewman]

Done about 70 litres of the BWKO recipe through it now and I seem to be getting a nice scum ring forming on the lower half of the first plate glass.

I plan to strip it down before the next run and will clean it off but is this normal and do those with glass bubblers need to do a semi-regular strip down to keep the glass clean?

I did get a short video of it bubbling but don't have anywhere to publish it for linking.

[raketemensch]

That's a beautiful piece of work, you should be proud. Especially when you sip...

Is there a more detailed build thread that you based it on?

[brewman]

Here's the inspiration, get into it raket.
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[brewman]

Here's a photo of the glass crud I mentioned earlier, this is after about 10 runs.

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Cleaned up no worries but not sure if others are seeing the same buildup?

I also run the plates through a citric bath followed by a baking soda bath then a good rinse with water to give them a clean up. Do I need to do another cleaning run after this wash down or will it be fine to go straight back into the rum?

Cheers!

[scythe]

That looks to be fairly normal especially for rum washes.