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Re: Help with off flavours

2017-09-05T22:51:59+00:00

I am lost here?
Don't quite understand what was missunderstood.
Sometimes I can be a little slow, usually posting late at night. after a drink or two.
I am up for being pointed in the right direction, and providing a chuckle for other readers

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:51 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-09-05T06:20:12+00:00

Yeah quality everytime.

For a minute, when I read that, I thought ED was suggesting making quick piss.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:20 am

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-09-04T21:36:12+00:00

Easydrinker wrote:
Rum John's post says it all really.
Agreeing with a possible change of M.O. due to a learning curve.
If you are not doing it for quality, then why invest the time?

Robert.

Not bothered about quantity just quality

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:36 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-09-03T22:11:29+00:00

Rum John's post says it all really.
Agreeing with a possible change of M.O. due to a learning curve.
If you are not doing it for quality, then why invest the time?

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:11 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-31T15:05:10+00:00

RumJohn wrote:
@ Ninja: Asked and then answered by Mash.

I have never used or even seen an Airstill so cannot be objective. However, basic rules will still apply when distilling. The chances are your technique of today will be different from this time next year. You will become more familiar with your equipment and develope a better understanding of what the relationship of one action has on the effect of another.

Nice and steady is the key. Dont be impatient . Aim for quality, not quantity.

Thanks Rum John

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:05 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-31T15:04:23+00:00

Mash wrote:

Ok as i am using just an air still do you think i should just try the stripping run to 30% to see if that improves things ?

Thats what I do.

Thanks Mash

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:04 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-31T14:17:24+00:00

@ Ninja: Asked and then answered by Mash.

I have never used or even seen an Airstill so cannot be objective. However, basic rules will still apply when distilling. The chances are your technique of today will be different from this time next year. You will become more familiar with your equipment and develope a better understanding of what the relationship of one action has on the effect of another.

Nice and steady is the key. Dont be impatient . Aim for quality, not quantity.

Statistics: Posted by RumJohn — Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:17 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-31T08:25:55+00:00

Ok as i am using just an air still do you think i should just try the stripping run to 30% to see if that improves things ?

Thats what I do.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:25 am

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-31T07:21:21+00:00

RumJohn wrote:
@ Ninja: A strip run will usually finish in the area of 30%, but I don‘t use that method to determine when to stop. I know before I start how many liters I should be able to pull off. But temperature at the column head is the main factor that determines when a run is to be terminated. Having said that, I still ignite the odd teasoon full toward the end of the run.

As Robert so often says, there is no one right way.

Ok as i am using just an air still do you think i should just try the stripping run to 30% to see if that improves things ?

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:21 am

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-31T06:17:03+00:00

@ Ninja: A strip run will usually finish in the area of 30%, but I don‘t use that method to determine when to stop. I know before I start how many liters I should be able to pull off. But temperature at the column head is the main factor that determines when a run is to be terminated. Having said that, I still ignite the odd teasoon full toward the end of the run.

As Robert so often says, there is no one right way.

Statistics: Posted by RumJohn — Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:17 am

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-30T13:32:33+00:00

RumJohn wrote:
@Ninja: Stopping your run at 20% is way too late - in my opinion.

Consider this: a liter at 20% contains 80% of what you are trying to distill. No point in that.

The run at that stage will contain an abundance of nasty shit. When you bring the spirit run down to 40%, it will be cloudy and not have a wonderful smell. The amount of energy required to produce that 20% is substantial, as is the time.

The last 30 minutes or an hour, can taint a whole run. Aim for quality, not quantity.

It is easy to make good alcohol. It‘s even easier to make bad.

many thanks ,so strip down to just 30% ? not 20% on the airstill

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:32 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-30T01:34:12+00:00

@Ninja: Stopping your run at 20% is way too late - in my opinion.

Consider this: a liter at 20% contains 80% of what you are trying to distill. No point in that.

The run at that stage will contain an abundance of nasty shit. When you bring the spirit run down to 40%, it will be cloudy and not have a wonderful smell. The amount of energy required to produce that 20% is substantial, as is the time.

The last 30 minutes or an hour, can taint a whole run. Aim for quality, not quantity.

It is easy to make good alcohol. It‘s even easier to make bad.

Statistics: Posted by RumJohn — Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:34 am

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-29T20:54:38+00:00

No point in collecting something you will not use
or want to.

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:54 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-29T16:11:31+00:00

gaza the instructor wrote:
Stop stripp @30
spirit @40

Hi gaza thanks for the advice ,on the next run i will try that .
i always stop the strip at 20 so maybe that's the issue ?
i can smell the off content after the strip that's for sure....

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:11 pm

Re: Help with off flavours

2017-08-28T21:21:52+00:00

Stop stripp @30
spirit @40

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:21 pm