First run on McStill pot still

by **poompy** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:37 am

Going great! Stripping a tpw. I chucked the first 250ml. Now running down to 20%. Will repeat the process next week with another tpw. Then chuck both through the T500.

Prior to this it was a vinegar run followed by two cheap casks of wine

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Thanks again McStill :-D

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by **MacStill** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:54 pm

You're welcome mate, I'm glad your happy with it :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **Panda** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:18 pm

How long did a run take?

by **poompy** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:58 pm

2.5hrs from turning it on and turning it off. It took 50min for the first drops to start

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by **The Stig** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:02 pm

poompy wrote:2.5hrs from turning it on and turning it off. It took 50min for the first drops to start

Exactly the same as my setup, you'll love what your going to get out of the T500 now :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **poompy** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:21 pm

Have you noticed a big difference?

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by **The Stig** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:51 am

poompy wrote:Have you noticed a big difference?

Massive, stripping was the best thing I did to improve the quality of the product coming out of the T500

by **NotBenStiller** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:40 am

poompy, i'm interested to know what ABV you got from the stripping run?
I do a 25L stripping run with the T500 de-tuned in about the same time to first drops and total time - but it's prolly lower ABV - 50-55% average for the run

by **poompy** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:13 pm

stripping run went well (twice now) ended up with approx 6.25l at 48%

ran the two lots of low wines through my t500 and ended with 6L of spirit. This is separated into 400ml lots by 15. Middle jar already tastes better than the last lot of spirit i made. So looking promising so far.

Only issue from the run today is that it really highlighted how small the condensor is on the t500. Would a worm of some sort work on the out let to help knock down the vapour?

by **adictv** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:41 pm

Could you do a spirit run with the pot head on the t500 boiler? I am looking at getting a pothead made up for my t500 for stripping and the thought has crossed my mind for making whiskey and or rum

by **poompy** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:08 am

Did my first spirit run on Saturday just gone. Was pretty hard on the cuts but the product definitely tasted great off the still. Going to grab a controller soon so that I can vary the voltage.

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by **Popcorn Jack** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:50 am

Nice set up. How much does one of them set you back.

Pj

by **poompy** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:44 am

I think i paid about 650 for the t500 still setup and the pot still i got through this website. It is listed in the co-op shop for $240.

Im extremely happy with the kit.

Although if i was to do it again I would grab one of the double reducer bokas and stick on a keg. Could do it all for around the same price but be able to do bigger volumes.

by **Lupus** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:10 am

That is the configuration I am looking at. This will provide the flexibility of using it either as a pot still for stripping or running rums and bourbons, or in reflux mode. Good all rounder for a novice. And running it on a keg boiler for volume :) although finding a place to store the stuff is going to be fun :P