The time/quantity for spirit production with a T500 is much better.
The T500 is a lot less convenient to use, IMHO, as it has to be "set up" each time and monopolises the kitchen tap for 12-16 hours (I tend to process 3x25L wash at a sitting (you have to sit using that amount of alcohol))
If you are careful and batch the output you can get really clean, sweet spirit (hearts) and decide if you want to reprocess the rest of just flavour it. For normal consumption - Gin, whiskey, brandy - I tend to just collect the whole lot and use it. For CLEAN vodka I batch the output.
I believe you will always need to run the spirit through carbon to take the final nasties out. If you use turbo yeast this is certainly true, if you do things like a simple sugar wash then not quite so important but I think it always tastes better after the carbon and if you do the "burn test" it burns with a cleaner blue flame after the carbon filter - "red is dead blue is true"
I started with an airstill and was very please with it. I upgraded because of the time it took to support my childrens drinking habits!Statistics: Posted by lyonacre — Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:04 am
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