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Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-15T13:27:10+00:00

Look at this bloke Ninja
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FAB-Moonshin ... Sw0aNay3LU

The still is £120 new the rest £50 new and it all looks very
second hand bargin at £150.

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:27 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-15T09:23:24+00:00

gaza the instructor wrote:
I know Ebay is stupid sometimes, or should I
say some of the people that use it.

tell me about it i use it a lot !

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:23 am

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-14T19:19:45+00:00

I know Ebay is stupid sometimes, or should I
say some of the people that use it.

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:19 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-14T18:12:56+00:00

I see the T500 on the bay went for £370 .i only paid £10 more for a spanking new one glad i did not bid now ,i know it had other stuff but ive got shit loads of other stuff loll..

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:12 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-12T19:42:00+00:00

gaza the instructor wrote:
To answer your question Toper.
Yes you have to do cuts, Fores are obvious as they are on a pot.
Early Heads the same, but by refluxing you can condense them.
Tails really do come in right at the end.
Example:- A spirit run 25 ltrs @30%
So we caculate approx 8 ltrs from run.
Fores 350ml
Heads 1800ml
Hearts 4500ml
Tails 1200ml
All figures approx on Kale wash 3x25ltrs stripped .

Gazza sorry for maybe a daft question but you said from 3x25 litres of kale wash stripped ,did you strip using the T500 or a pot head ?
and what was your total volume in the boiler from the 3 stripped washes that gave you your fores heads hearts and tails results.

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:42 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-12T15:43:31+00:00

Yes, I make the cuts.

Statistics: Posted by Duffer26 — Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:43 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-12T12:04:05+00:00

+1 I wasn't sure I had read it right.

IMO yes it still needs cuts.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:04 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-12T11:38:25+00:00

To answer your question Toper.
Yes you have to do cuts, Fores are obvious as they are on a pot.
Early Heads the same, but by refluxing you can condense them.
Tails really do come in right at the end.
Example:- A spirit run 25 ltrs @30%
So we caculate approx 8 ltrs from run.
Fores 350ml
Heads 1800ml
Hearts 4500ml
Tails 1200ml
All figures approx on Kale wash 3x25ltrs stripped .

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:38 am

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-12T10:11:23+00:00

I am always reluctant to question when it comes to Reflux Distilling, knowing so little about the process but the comment,

*The product at 94% straight off the wash is good enough for me so I don't strip*

had me puzzled as a Pot Distiller.

Isn't a run without separation of Fores, Heads and Tails a Strip Run? Or, is there some way with Reflux Distilling whereby these elements of the distillate are automatically separated.

Excuse my questioning but, as a Pot Distiller, if I was to drink the distillate straight from the wash, as described, I would be drinking the Strip.

I must have it wrong somewhere.

Statistics: Posted by Toper — Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:11 am

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-11T22:24:13+00:00

gaza the instructor wrote:
Just over 130cm mate

Many thanks

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:24 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-11T17:04:30+00:00

Just over 130cm mate

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:04 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-11T14:54:29+00:00

Thanks for all the suggestions Ive put a deposit on a new one locally (not a bad price as well ) the ebay one has a couple of bidders on it now .i dont think i would get one from overseas as pointed out re HMRC ,import duty ect ....
anyway chaps what is the overall height of the T500 when setup please .i think ive found a little home for it ..

Statistics: Posted by ninja_geezer — Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:54 pm

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-10T08:08:45+00:00

I upgraded to an Alan Manning gin still. All in, about half the price of a T500.

The product at 94% straight off the wash is good enough for me so I don't strip.

With my 17L boiler that's two runs taking 8 hrs in total, I don't collect tails.

Regards Marc.

Statistics: Posted by Duffer26 — Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:08 am

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-10T06:39:48+00:00

I'd sit tight and watch it what i do with eBay is not to bid on it till the last minute then go in with a bid in the last 30 seconds but have a maximum you wanna pay if you win you can always sell the bits you don't want i see the seller from Liverpool area is that far from you as it's about 45 minutes from me.

Statistics: Posted by Robbo12 — Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:39 am

Re: Upgrade time ?

2018-04-09T22:53:14+00:00

Unless that was posted as a price guide?
It is in OZ.
Over £250, add £80+ postage.
Add import duty and VAT. Something over £400 in total.
Add some questions from HMRC.

If I currently wanted one of these, I would sit and manually enter a dozen bids one after the other, starting at £250 and ending at £370.
Such a bid history would totally freak any competing bidder.
The extras that you do not want?
You will either use or can put back for auction and reduce your costs.
There is some extra value in the package you found.
HTH.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:53 pm