Hi all,
Did a boil about a week ago using my new shop-bought LM type still (Pure Distilling brand).
8 Kg sugar
1 pkt Alcotec48 Turbo yeast
Turbo Clear
When the temp got to around 78.5 deg C, I opened the tap and started collecting. I threw out the first 150 mL.
The rest was something like this:-
1.750 litres @ 95%
1.250 " @ 96%
.800 " @ 90%
.250 " @ 80%
.250 " @ 58%
The temp hovered around 78.4 - 78.7 C for the first 3 bottles.
When the temp got to 80+ C, I collected jar 4. The temp got to about 88 C and stabilized and the thing still kept producing. I stopped at jar 5 and switched the thing off.
After letting the spirit 'breathe' for a day and a half, I mixed the first 3 lots together and checked the alc% again. It showed 95% at 15 degrees C.
Q: If I dilute the 3.8 litres of 95% down to 40% and re-distilled it (9.025 litres), would I still end up with 3.8
litres of good stuff?
Cheers