Pot still differences

by **googe** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:47 am

Hey all, i have 2 pot stills, one is 2" colum at 500mm down to 3/4'' lyme arm of 400mm and into a 1.2m, 3/4" over 1/2" liebig. The second is the vortex one i posted recently, 2" cloum 800mm, down to lyme of 400mm and into the 3 way liebig, 1" over 3/4" over 1/2" at 1.2m. I get around 5.5l an hour out of the first one with about 70% max ABV. The second one i get around 9L an hour with about 87% ABV . I was always under the impression the % was to do with the still itself, not the condensor?. Do better condensors create higher ABV in similair porstills?. Thanks for any feed back.

Cheers

by **Sam.** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:23 am

Your generating more reflux in the still before the condenser to be getting a higher ABV or your wash is a higher ABV

by **googe** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:46 pm

Thanks mate, must be the only reason is to do with the ABV wash. I was sort of asking, do different condensors produce higher ABV?. Ill have to do some experiments with ABV of seperate washes and see.

by **MacStill** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:49 pm

googe wrote: I was sort of asking, do different condensors produce higher ABV?.

No mate, but height and shape of a pot still can influence ABV to small degree.

by **googe** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:03 pm

ah, ok, thanks mate.