My pot kit has arrived!

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Re: My pot kit has arrived!

Postby Merlot » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:56 pm

Cupcake wrote:Or you could make one of these burners for fuck all :handgestures-thumbupleft: I'm pretty sure there are a few getting around on the forum,just ask Crow what he thinks of his :laughing-rolling:
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Yeah I read that thread a while back... looks a bit scary :shock: I've only got a cheapo arc welder reckon that would do it?

Thanks for the input everyone :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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Re: My pot kit has arrived!

Postby crow » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:54 am

yes arc welder is fine and these things will really strip but you will need to get a high pressure regulator. I do my spirit runs and dirtier washes with a $15 cast iron camp burner and a HP reg ;-)
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Re: My pot kit has arrived!

Postby Merlot » Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:34 am

Did my dwwg spirit run last night. As soon as the fores howstarted to drip I turned the burner down to half and I got the fabled pencil lead stream that I've been reading about :dance: . It was coming out like syrup! I was so happy I could have hugged my new baby if she wasn't so hot :)) . Chucked the first 100 then collected about a few jars of about 200 then then the next 400 was liquid gold. It smelled absolutely delicious, really butterscotchy,mmmmmmm, without a hint of heads or tails on the nose at about 85 abv. I then smelt a hint of tails so switch tne collecting vessel and monitored every 100 it stayed well over 80 abv for ages I made another cut when it got down to 79 and I thought well the rest is tails but I tasted again at mid 70s and it still had some good flavours. Not sure how much I got in the end but its all airing in the shed now will sample the different cuts this arvo.
I'm very happy :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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Re: My pot kit has arrived!

Postby googe » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:38 am

Good stuff mate :handgestures-thumbupleft: good abv too!. Enjoy your tast testing later :D
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Re: My pot kit has arrived!

Postby Kimbo » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:47 am

Thats a fantastic result Merlot, well done mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: My pot kit has arrived!

Postby MacStill » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:50 am

Well done Merlot, now the fun starts :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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My pot kit has arrived!

Postby Urrazeb » Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:17 am

On ya mate! :) be strict with your cuts and you'll never look back!!
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Re: My pot kit has arrived!

Postby Merlot » Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:47 am

Thanks fellas :smile: couldn't have done it without all the help from you blokes :clap:
Cooking up the next lot of wg now. I was gonna move on to rum but after tasting this stuff last night think I'll do a few more, it's just so easy. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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