Hanbag wrote:
When you say get rid of the ceramics and replace with copper, are you talking about in the condenser ?
Yes I certainly am. My recent tests indicate that both Stainless Steel and Ceramic contribute very little if anything to a good quality spirit. My last two runs with only copper mesh in the bottom section of the condenser has given the best results yet. You can make up two rolls of fairly tightly rolled 90 mm copper mesh and push them, one on top of the other, firmly into the condenser immediately inside the holding nut.
I have left the section of condenser above the rolls empty. The mesh is reasonably easy to remove for cleaning in citric acid. At $34.17 for 5 Kilos delivered it is proving to be the most effective and economical method of copper cleaning.