StillSmart Home distillation made easy! 2016-06-27T19:46:56+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/feed.php?f=3&t=4130 2016-06-27T19:46:56+00:00 2016-06-27T19:46:56+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35383#p35383 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]>
Seagull wrote:
Yep Benoit, the temperature probe on the T500 is on the cooling water outlet.


Ahh so not elf magic, that makes much more sense :D

Statistics: Posted by Benoit — Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:46 pm


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2016-06-27T16:09:32+00:00 2016-06-27T16:09:32+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35380#p35380 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> Statistics: Posted by Distillingchris — Mon Jun 27, 2016 4:09 pm


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2016-06-27T16:02:33+00:00 2016-06-27T16:02:33+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35379#p35379 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]>
Blue_Duck wrote:
I dont have the patience to do 25ltr 30%abv runs
now, 8-9 hours has become tedious to me.



WOW. Is that 'sitting with it' time or elapsed time ?

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Mon Jun 27, 2016 4:02 pm


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2016-06-27T14:26:46+00:00 2016-06-27T14:26:46+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35374#p35374 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> Stripping run i get about 3 1/2 liters of 92% then water that down to 30% and i do that enough times till i have 25 liters of 30%
Spirit run i run slower water that down to 40% and filter

give good vodka and Gin

Statistics: Posted by Jaggie — Mon Jun 27, 2016 2:26 pm


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2016-06-27T11:43:14+00:00 2016-06-27T11:43:14+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35373#p35373 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> Statistics: Posted by Seagull — Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:43 am


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2016-06-27T07:27:49+00:00 2016-06-27T07:27:49+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35371#p35371 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> Statistics: Posted by Benoit — Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:27 am


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2016-06-27T06:34:28+00:00 2016-06-27T06:34:28+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35370#p35370 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> the copper dome and condenser in my kit,
so I strip with that, then use the reflux
for spirit runs. :)

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:34 am


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2016-06-26T22:34:58+00:00 2016-06-26T22:34:58+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35362#p35362 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> throw my tuppence worth in. Stripping at 65%c is ok but i personally do mine around
58-60%c and my spirit runs are done around 52-56%c. summer time i can get away with
52%c but colder weather i need to go a little higher, 56%c is a sweet spot for me in
colder months.

Chris you can do whatever volume spirit run you want, up to 25ltrs in a T500 around
25%-30%abv is a safe place to be. just keep a note of what your putting in and you
can guesstimate your final outcome. I dont have the patience to do 25ltr 30%abv runs
now, 8-9 hours has become tedious to me. As a rule of thumb 10ltrs of 30%abv is around
3ltrs of alc less the cuts, make them to your taste not the guidelines that came with
the T500 destructions.

Water is natures filter, so if you want to triple distill, take your product down to
30% again and run with it, its good iv'e done it but i found no advantages in final
taste.

cheers B_D

ps. jotted this down on in notepad, Gaz beat me to it.

Statistics: Posted by Blue_Duck — Sun Jun 26, 2016 10:34 pm


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2016-06-26T21:41:18+00:00 2016-06-26T21:41:18+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35361#p35361 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> Just water down to about 30%,may be 12 or
23 ltrs no problem. Watering down is for
safety. Run low and slow on your spirit
run, go by flow not temp.
When 1st drops come thru turn water up,
drops will slow, still is now refluxing,
let it do for 15mins or so. Then turn
water down to allow flow to commence.
This is quite a machine you have ENJOY!!!

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Sun Jun 26, 2016 9:41 pm


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2016-06-26T20:04:37+00:00 2016-06-26T20:04:37+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35359#p35359 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> I have bought thermowells but have yet to put them in so I'm still doing it the hillbilly way & turning the water on when it gets hot half way down the arm then backing off the power a bit when it first starts out of the condenser :D

Statistics: Posted by Benoit — Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:04 pm


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2016-06-26T19:32:43+00:00 2016-06-26T19:32:43+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35358#p35358 <![CDATA[Re: First run]]> Statistics: Posted by Distillingchris — Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:32 pm


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2016-06-26T14:14:52+00:00 2016-06-26T14:14:52+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4130&p=35347#p35347 <![CDATA[First run]]>
And also for my spirit run, do I want 2 lots of stripping run, so say 6litres at 80/90% watered down to ...? To make 23 litres
Or do you just do your spirit run on your original stripping run so 3litres at 80/90% watered down to ...? To make 23 litres

And same question if I want to triple distill do you just ever use 1 25l wash to strip,strip,spirit ? Watering down as you go

Hope that makes sense

Statistics: Posted by Distillingchris — Sun Jun 26, 2016 2:14 pm


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