StillSmart Home distillation made easy! 2015-01-16T16:20:17+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/feed.php?f=3&t=3318 2015-01-16T16:20:17+00:00 2015-01-16T16:20:17+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23061#p23061 <![CDATA[Re: Double distill worse than single distill.]]> This

It may help....have you read the PDF file on double distilling on here???

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2015-01-16T15:43:58+00:00 2015-01-16T15:43:58+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23058#p23058 <![CDATA[Re: Double distill worse than single distill.]]> Statistics: Posted by RumJohn — Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:43 pm


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2015-01-16T15:16:27+00:00 2015-01-16T15:16:27+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23056#p23056 <![CDATA[Re: Double distill worse than single distill.]]>
I will do it the right way today. Question I have is--Why am I bottling 250ml of heads? What do I do with that?

Now that I think of the better distilations, think it was the ones I neglected and it started to run all over the counter-lol,,, ::)

So basically if I read it right, I don`t want the first 300ml.

Statistics: Posted by Sonnyinbc — Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:16 pm


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2015-01-16T14:41:23+00:00 2015-01-16T14:41:23+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23055#p23055 <![CDATA[Re: Double distill worse than single distill.]]> All stainless can leave sulphides in the spirit.

Robert.

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2015-01-16T08:04:44+00:00 2015-01-16T08:04:44+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23047#p23047 <![CDATA[Re: Double distill worse than single distill.]]>
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2015-01-16T05:58:23+00:00 2015-01-16T05:58:23+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23044#p23044 <![CDATA[Re: Double distill worse than single distill.]]>
You need some better filtration. Get some carbon:
http://www.home-distilling.com/store/pc ... on-c38.htm
And a chemically resistant funnel:
http://www.home-distilling.com/store/pc ... 54p454.htm
Or splash out with:
http://www.home-distilling.com/store/pc ... 54p733.htm
And read Gert Strand's book:
http://homedistiller.org/activated_book1.pdf
Jam cotton wool in the neck of the plastic funnel to keep the carbon in. Jam it in hard, aim for 1 drip per second.

Chuck

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2015-01-16T01:09:06+00:00 2015-01-16T01:09:06+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23043#p23043 <![CDATA[Re: Double distill worse than single distill.]]>
Think it smells like a combination of diesel and gasoline. It is just stored in the collection container that it gets distilled into.

In future I`m going to just stick with Vodka Star and 5kg of sugar. Although I have occasionally encountered the same problem with that as well. I know the Smart Carbon charcoal tea bags are next to useless, but I`m still using them.

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2015-01-16T00:54:03+00:00 2015-01-16T00:54:03+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23042#p23042 <![CDATA[Re: Double distill worse than single distill.]]>
Ultimately, the best course of action is going to be to stop using Turbo yeasts and high sugar levels (if that is in fact what you are doing) and run something like a lentil wash. If you feel that you must use a turbo, these with 6Kg of sugar have produced a good result for me:
http://www.home-distilling.com/store/pc ... 3p1361.htm
http://www.home-distilling.com/store/pc ... 63p650.htm

For those wondering why I used turbo yeasts, it was to compare with my regular ferments as part of my education. I find that I can get just as good results using quality yeast, lentils, and extra DAP, Epsom Salts, yeast nutrient (DAP+yeast hulls+vitamins), and a pH buffer. My local water is rather acidic out of the tap and if I don't use the buffer, my ferments stall or greatly slow down. Just buffer and lentils on their own were not yielding good results for me.

Chuck

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2015-01-16T00:39:12+00:00 2015-01-16T00:39:12+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3318&p=23041#p23041 <![CDATA[Double distill worse than single distill.]]>
First question is the obvious--why is this happening?

Second, should I just go ahead and drink the first distillation at 42%? Rather than chancing it being ruined by running it thru again?

These washes are going thru my smart still.

Any suggestions as to solving this would be much appreciated.

Thanks Sonny

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