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Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-06-19T22:44:35+00:00

Yarp!
Jump in with both feet!
Sorry, eyes!

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:44 pm

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-06-18T23:34:49+00:00

just sayin' wrote:
If you can't taste or smell heads there are two almost idiot proof tests
1: The Pain Test
Pour a tiny sample in a shot glass, lean over the glass and push the rim of the glass to your eye like a jeweler's loop. If there are heads your eye will burn. Repeat with a clean middle jar, no burn. Better yet, do the clean sample first.
2: The Pest Test
If you set your jars out to air, the jar/jars with the swarm of fruit flys is/are heads.

I am liking this.
It shows true dedication to the craft.
And a certain amount of bonkers!

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:34 pm

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-06-18T02:33:13+00:00

The previous Pikey here was a fast learner too. Pesky Chemists!.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Sun Jun 18, 2017 2:33 am

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-06-17T07:04:29+00:00

just sayin' wrote:
Well done, Pikey!

If you can't taste or smell heads there are two almost idiot proof tests
1: The Pain Test
Pour a tiny sample in a shot glass, lean over the glass and push the rim of the glass to your eye like a jeweler's loop. If there are heads your eye will burn. Repeat with a clean middle jar, no burn. Better yet, do the clean sample first.
2: The Pest Test
If you set your jars out to air, the jar/jars with the swarm of fruit flys is/are heads.

Are these really something you have tried?

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Sat Jun 17, 2017 7:04 am

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-06-18T06:28:51+00:00

It may appear like needmorstuff is talking to himself
Not so viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4571

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Sat Jun 17, 2017 7:00 am

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-06-16T20:25:27+00:00

Well done, Pikey!

If you can't taste or smell heads there are two almost idiot proof tests
1: The Pain Test
Pour a tiny sample in a shot glass, lean over the glass and push the rim of the glass to your eye like a jeweler's loop. If there are heads your eye will burn. Repeat with a clean middle jar, no burn. Better yet, do the clean sample first.
2: The Pest Test
If you set your jars out to air, the jar/jars with the swarm of fruit flys is/are heads.

Statistics: Posted by just sayin' — Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:25 pm

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-06-14T22:03:32+00:00

Maybe I am missing something in this thread?
Why collect tails?
These days I stop collecting from neutral (pot) strip much earlier than before.
It saves me time and effort on the reflux runs.
Tails are tails and evermore shall be so..
Comprised of all the lower alcohols that I don't want to drink, unless I am using them for flavour, in a Whisky brew.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:03 pm

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-05-15T22:27:21+00:00

Mash wrote:
Never trust the manual. It is a sales device.

Especially in an age when manuals can be read on line before purchasing the product.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Mon May 15, 2017 10:27 pm

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-05-15T06:29:40+00:00

Never trust the manual. It is a sales device.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Mon May 15, 2017 6:29 am

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-05-14T22:42:02+00:00

The guys posting above me have it right.
A T500 will throw out liquid that is best not all treated as hearts.
It may not kill you and won't make you go blind, but you can produce a superior product to the one you have been used to.
If you are happy with what you have, then stick with it.
If you want to improve it, then it is only a little more work.
The posters here are not trying to sell you anything, merely help you get the best from whatever equipment you own.
It is your choice.
Simples.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Sun May 14, 2017 10:42 pm

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-05-14T20:19:54+00:00

Just as I don't have an airstill, I don't have a T500.
I'd like an airstill but I don't aspire to a 500.
My common sense tells me that what needy says is right....

Statistics: Posted by packapoo — Sun May 14, 2017 8:19 pm

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-05-14T05:20:04+00:00

New to this site which I think is great... I also have a T500 which I have had and used for some 5 years now with great results. However I am somewhat confused with the references specifically in this trail regarding heads, mid's and tails. I was under the impression and correct me if I am wrong that the purpose of the T500 reflux column is to circumvent the laborious process involved with a pot still in that one only has to discard the first 50 ml of the distillation run, and the T500 will cease producing when there is nothing left (which it does) or that one ceases the run when the production rate becomes economically unviable. The T500 manual does not suggest that the output be broken into the 3 parts mentioned above. Comments appreciated

Statistics: Posted by meggsy — Sun May 14, 2017 5:20 am

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-05-12T23:52:12+00:00

You seem to have an eye upon what to expect, and within operational parameters of a little bit more yeast,strip alcohol % or spirit alcohol %, you should be able to guage a regular wash, for yourself.
I wish you luck and safe and tasty/tasteless spirits.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Fri May 12, 2017 11:52 pm

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-05-12T05:24:35+00:00

I agree Robert in time with experience and the same recipe cuts can be made this way, I will take the bulk of my heads and hearts in larger amounts but between I'll take several smaller jars for tasting then the same towards the end of the hearts.

To say 'I'm going to take 750ml heads' at this early stage probably is not the best way but like Robert says we are all different.

This will be my last comment here.

Statistics: Posted by Brewhunter — Fri May 12, 2017 5:24 am

Re: anyone patient enough to wait for tails?

2017-05-11T22:58:53+00:00

IMHO you will be wasting some drinkable product with your proposed method.
We all do things differently.
Many do not collect tails, due to the low return.
The method that you propose appears to be perfectly safe, if a little wasteful, but a possible time saver.
People may offer advice if asked, it is the choice of the individual to act upon such advice as they see fit.
These days I mostly distill by numbers, on a wash that I have run many times, and started by tasting my cuts, these days I seldom feel the need to taste cuts.
There is no one way, but a little experience can be useful.
HTH.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Thu May 11, 2017 10:58 pm