by Bodgy » Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:00 am
Thanks Carol, I have read your thread thanks for the info it was a help and was one of the reasons I went with the 5 star over the offerings in my local shop.
I'm thinking about getting the boka later down the track but I have already spent close to $1500 so I think I need to produce something to show the missus before I go blowing any more cash just yet haha.
I think I'll just take a suck it and see approach to the cooling loop. I will start out with a wheely bin full and see how the temperature goes. I'll keep some ice ready to deal with temp spikes in the coolant. If the ice is too much of a pain I will add in a radiator and fan and I'm hoping that will be enough to deal with the temperature load.
When you started out with the still what was your cleaning method? I have two buckets of TPW on the go now maybe about 17L each. I was thinking give it a good scrub, then vinagar run of 10L 50/50 mix, then sacrifice one of the 17l batches to the vodka gods, then I can run my first drinkable batch. Sound about right?