Hi
I hope this is the right forum for my query
I am a noobie trying to get some knowledge of possible variations that may improve my distilling
I am running a Digiboil 35l boiler with the Alcoengine reflux column packed with stainless scrubbies and a 250mm extension packed with copper mesh
I've run a couple of spirit runs with this setup using the 0.6mm restrictor, and achieving 94-95% abv which I am very happy with except it takes such a looong time!!
What I would like to achieve is to do start some stripping runs to achieve more purity and smoothness without carbon filtering.
My first runs were turbo (yes I know!!!) Next ones will be TPW
i thought perhaps I could remove the extension,and remove the packing in the main column, then use the 1.0mm restrictor ro increase the flow and decrease the time taken to distill
I would then dilute to around 35% and re- distill later when I have enough to run the still at the 0.6mm restrictor.
Any opinions or experience feedback would be appreciated
Cheers