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New pot still build
Posted:
Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:34 pm
by MacStill
celebrating our first 1000 posts on AHD :mrgreen:
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Re: New pot still build
Posted:
Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:41 pm
by reknaw
are you turning that bit of copper into a boiler?????
Re: New pot still build
Posted:
Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:07 pm
by MacStill
No! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Re: New pot still build
Posted:
Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:54 pm
by maheel
your going to need a bigger boiler.... lol
Re: New pot still build
Posted:
Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:15 pm
by MacStill
Could possibly have one lined up, and a copper one at that :mrgreen:
8" tri clamps are on order too :lol:
Re: New pot still build
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:56 pm
by Griffo
Have I understood how a Pot Still workes.
You put your wash in the Pot Still and it stills very quickly to about 40% then you put it in your Reflux with about 20 ltrs of water and restill, if so can I get a Pot Still made to fit on top of my Super Reflux Boiler. or am I just as well to Still twice
Thanks Griffo.
Re: New pot still build
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:25 pm
by Kimbo
Hi Griffo,
depending on which type of reflux still you have, you can pull the packing out and it becomes a pot still ;)
as for adding 20L of water, that depends on your final ABV.
the reason being, that you dont want to put anything in your still that is greater than 40% ABV.
when i do a stripping run, i stop stripping at 20%, this leaves me with a final ABV of 40%, therefor i dont need to add any water ;)
Re: New pot still build
Posted:
Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:47 am
by R-sole
That is one minor use of a potstil as a 'stripping still'.
There's plenty of other uses too, as a flavouring still where neutral is placed in at 40% with botanicals to make gin, akvavit, ouzo etc.
Then there's the main use of a potstill, to make whiskeys, rums, vodkas etc that blow the socks off most things made with a column still and topped up with essence to resemble theses products 8-)