Tesla101 wrote:I usually get a blue-ish colour when I give mine a citric bath. Not sating that's your problem, just saying...
bluc wrote:whats it smell like? i have had slighest blue on strip run from dirty still that cleaned up on spirit run but never full on blue.
wynnum1 wrote:What is the PH because have read some where that needs to be acidic or could get blue reaction.
Sam. wrote:The massive surge part would indicate a puke.
How long was the still sitting between the two runs?
Whats the still packed with?
Chocko6969 wrote:Did you get any photos?
Chocko
MartinCash wrote:According to HD there's a pretty strong correlation between blue distillate and the use of turbo yeast in copper stills.
BPR2011 wrote:Out of curiosity, did you happen to add sodium bicarbonate to the wash?
Wearthefoxhat wrote:BPR has a good point. A high ph can bring copper salts out of solution to be visible in a liquid. This can take on a blueish or muddy look. From memory I think copper sulphates shouldn't exceed 2 ppm for consumption. Anything over 1 PPM can come out of solution with a quick PH change to the upside. If you are going to throw it out perhaps throw in some citric acid and see what happens. If it dissapears then I think it is likely copper sulphate .
Do you know what your local water supply consists of?
Wearthefoxhat wrote:BPR has a good point. A high ph can bring copper salts out of solution to be visible in a liquid. This can take on a blueish or muddy look. From memory I think copper sulphates shouldn't exceed 2 ppm for consumption. Anything over 1 PPM can come out of solution with a quick PH change to the upside. If you are going to throw it out perhaps throw in some citric acid and see what happens. If it dissapears then I think it is likely copper sulphate .
Do you know what your local water supply consists of?
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