Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

the Doctor wrote:Firstly sorry that i have been away from this thread for a while, but it has been a busy few months... Now a couple of notes about the carter head. Mac noted that I have modified my head by adding a
t section sight glass below the Carter head.... This works for me as it allows me to thump the vapour through very aggressively...this promotes a lot of atomisation and carriage of the oils back into the botanical basket ( only to reflux out again ) I find this agressive bubbling results in wet grass/herb and juicy fruit flavours ( sweet/florals ) in the first 30 minutes of the basket. Later in the run the dryer more astringent flavours come through I usually drain the head as i aproach the end of the basket to promote the woodier and more bitter botanicals.

What few people realise is that using a Carter Head and naught but basket timing, temperature and take off speed a great number of styles can be made with exactly the same ingredients. The control is phenomenal, few delve into it.... Reyka in Iceland and us both run our vodka through the carter head loaded with amorphous volcanic glass. So your carter head can be used for a vodka too. They really are a very versatile piece of kit.

Cheers
Doc

Meatheadinc wrote:yes the thump tube extends from the Tee to the bottom