Canadoz wrote:the Doctor wrote:DBV the idea is that one does not have to disturb the run to change botanical baskets. The column will be perhaps 3.8 metres tall so control of vapour flow can be bought down to a safe working height by the use of the valve system. I also want to use the carter head not just for gin but also for my pure vodka ( brand name ) using the Reyka method of passing the vodka through a carter head of fine crushed volcanic rock. I have tasted the Reyka vodka and believe it to be the best I have ever tasted. With the valve system I can decide when I am in the heart of hearts and redirect through the volcanic strata. I am constantly experimenting and the valve system will enable me to test many variables for short run lengths. Also I can make specialist gins where I can run a number of botanicals separately in the same run without shutting down and the costs to the run that that entails. All in all it gives me two re -configurable stills running of one boiler.Cheers.
Doc
I think the only way I'm ever going to understand any of that is to visit you someday and watch you run it.
While it would be a pleasure to have you visit someday mate... I started the long road to making a video of the building design set up and running of this still today. So in time all will be simply revealed. The design is really a matter of practicality. Once we get past a certain size it is simply more practical to create as much inbuilt versatility as possible. The video will show how this can be put to work for any distiller. Cheers.
Doc