I've done two runs now with a 4" bubble plate added to my still and I don't think I like it much.
It seems that I have to run the still hotter to get it to work and as a result it doesn't taste as smooth or have as much flavour and doesn't taste quite like my stuff. It was an interesting experiment but I think I will switch things back the way it was.
Being winter and running outdoors I even had to put the 3600w element in and that definitely didn't make it as smooth as it should be
Has anyone else found they needed to run hotter to get a 4" plate to work?
I think simpler might really be better, I might even remove the small thump keg too for when it's time to run the rye batch I just mashed in.