Hi, I am in the middle of colecting all the parts I need to enable me to run my still as a pot, or as a colume. I stumbled across this forum and it has way more information than the "local" one, and seams to have a general better overall atmosphear.
so far I have this 50L boiler (different company though.
and this 3" pot head
I also bought one 3" sight glass with a bubbler.
now everything I had read up till now shows for single malt and such to run it as a pot still, but I see a lot of people here are running bubble plates also, so that has me a little confused. Is there some good reading resorses on how a bubble plate will effect the product? Or would I just have to exparament with different batches to see how much each plate addition affects the outcome. I want to keep as much of the oils and esters as I can and just use my cuts to shape the flavor, I like big bold scotch.
My other question is how many bubble plates would I need to get a product suitable for a vodka or gin, and do I need a Dephlegmator? If I can, I would like to only have to cool the condenser, but if I need one then I'll get one as I dont want to use packing.
thanks.
Steve