Running a 4" modular column as a pot still

[Stillsmith]

I run a lot of my whiskey through a pot still rather than running it through my plated Bubbler. I like using my bubbler as a potstill because i like collecting product from my parrot at waist height. (i have a bad back with multiple fusions so collecting at ground level through my other potsill is not good for me due to not being able to bend over)

My question is when i use my 5 plated column as a potstill i have been leaving the plates in there and have no water running to my RC.

Would my column be better and run more efficiently as a potstill if i removed all 5 plates up the tower? :text-feedback:

I would appreciate feedback on guys that are running plated columns as potstills.

I do run on HP gas so my flute has a 1 meter long 2" lynne are so me, the shotgun condenser and parrot are nowhere near the naked flames for safety reasons.

[TheRealMrMessy]

You can turn the RC off anytime you want bloke. Then its a pot still :handgestures-thumbupleft: .

I've been doing a few brown spirits recently, using RC to compress the heads and then turning it off (and dropping the power too, of course), then running as a pot still. No comment on efficiency, but im getting more hearts from the pot still run doing it that way. Edit: i mean more vs not compressing the heads first, not to be mistaken with more vs reflux.

[The Stig]

With the plates in place and RC off you will get a small amount of passive refluxing .
Only your taste buds will tell you if it’s removing enough flavor to warrant removing the plates .
I personally prefer a whiskey helmet for pot still runs over the RC off plated still but that’s just me

[Stillsmith]

With the plates in place and RC off you will get a small amount of passive refluxing .
Only your taste buds will tell you if it’s removing enough flavor to warrant removing the plates .
I personally prefer a whiskey helmet for pot still runs over the RC off plated still but that’s just me

I have always wanted a 4" whiskey helmet for my 4' potstill. well its a 2" potstill with a 4" reducer and 2' Shotgun.

[The Stig]

Easy fix :handgestures-thumbupleft:
https://5stardistilling.com/product/whiskey-helmet-4/

[Stillsmith]

Easy fix :handgestures-thumbupleft:
https://5stardistilling.com/product/whiskey-helmet-4/

Are your Whiskey helmets available without a theroport hole?

[The Stig]

Yes , the newest ones arrived a couple of weeks back spec’d without the Thermo port .
I just haven’t updated the pic

[Stillsmith]

Yes , the newest ones arrived a couple of weeks back spec’d without the Thermo port .
I just haven’t updated the pic

Thanx Stig. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[The Stig]

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[Stillsmith]

And don’t forget , if you’re wearing blue you get a discount . It’s in the hidden section only available to the blue coats

:text-thankyoublue: