StillSmart Home distillation made easy! 2010-08-04T17:33:27+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/feed.php?f=3&t=326 2010-08-04T17:33:27+00:00 2010-08-04T17:33:27+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3361#p3361 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> I\'m so happy with my new ss airstill.

Statistics: Posted by swill — Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:33 pm


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2010-07-31T05:19:20+00:00 2010-07-31T05:19:20+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3320#p3320 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> I discarded about 50mls on the second run. Adding the tails to the next wash was pretty good, distillate came out at 65% this time. There was a very faint sweetish aroma to the distillate that I picked up even after I added the SS classic whiskey essence. Now I\'m gonna strip the rest of the wash (16L) and then double distil it, dilute to 40% and then filter it.

Statistics: Posted by swill — Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:19 am


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2010-07-30T20:21:28+00:00 2010-07-30T20:21:28+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3319#p3319 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]>
With an air-still, you probably only need to dump about 15 to 20 mL down the drain \'the Devil\'s share\'

But you need to do it each time.

Ciao.

Statistics: Posted by Ronbo — Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:21 pm


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2010-07-30T20:08:00+00:00 2010-07-30T20:08:00+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3318#p3318 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> Statistics: Posted by Jimmy — Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:08 pm


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2010-07-30T16:56:24+00:00 2010-07-30T16:56:24+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3317#p3317 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> Then I took off another 700mls and added it into the next run. Distilling now. I\'m gonna make some SS classic premium whiskey. I\'m pretty fussy with scotch (no mixer, sometimes ice) so I\'ll let you all know how it goes.

Statistics: Posted by swill — Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:56 pm


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2010-07-30T16:28:26+00:00 2010-07-30T16:28:26+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3316#p3316 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> The best way is to check here:
http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/smartstill/ ... martstill/
There is a link to the calculator but also the correct settings, about halfway down the page.

Statistics: Posted by Jimmy — Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:28 pm


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2010-07-30T07:12:14+00:00 2010-07-30T07:12:14+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3315#p3315 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> Statistics: Posted by swill — Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:12 am


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2010-07-29T19:17:03+00:00 2010-07-29T19:17:03+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3311#p3311 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> Statistics: Posted by Jimmy — Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:17 pm


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2010-07-29T14:57:16+00:00 2010-07-29T14:57:16+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3307#p3307 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> I\'ve got 24L of wash sitting in the fermenter right now at around 20%. So when it clears in a week I\'ll do 6 runs, collect 6 litres in all, split it in two lots of 3 litres, add around a litre of H2O to each and run them through again, this time collecting (after removing 100mls heads), say 2 litres at around 80%. Sound about right?

Statistics: Posted by swill — Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:57 pm


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2010-07-28T21:29:29+00:00 2010-07-28T21:29:29+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3302#p3302 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> A \'traditional\' stripping run would take a lot more than this, basically collecting as long as there is any ABV remaining. It\'s horses for courses - I waste more like this, but it gives me good quality results and it suits me.

Statistics: Posted by Jimmy — Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:29 pm


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2010-07-28T17:21:33+00:00 2010-07-28T17:21:33+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3301#p3301 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> So I got myself an alcoholometer the other day (ta Phantom). The wash has been on 4 days and it\'s finished fermenting already! Couldn\'t believe my eyes when it checked it. (My beers often take around 2 weeks). Anyway I\'ll leave it to clear for a week or so before I distil it.
Say Optic, how much of your 4L wash does the 2 1/4 hour \'stripping run\' yield? I was also thinking of double distilling if it means I get a better product. I guess you just take the heads cut out when you do your final spirit run.. right?

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2010-07-28T00:54:31+00:00 2010-07-28T00:54:31+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3299#p3299 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> Optic

Statistics: Posted by optic — Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:54 am


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2010-07-25T16:40:34+00:00 2010-07-25T16:40:34+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3267#p3267 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> There should be no problem with pre-heating the wash, but I\'d suggest that you do it in a large pan on a cooker - use a thermometer though as if you go too high then you\'ll lose some of the alcohol.
I\'d suggest that you start warming the wash to something like 50 or 60 degrees C, no more and at the same time, if you then just warmed the boiler section with some boiling water (so there\'s no loss in temp when the wash is poured in), then in theory, it should be quicker to get up to distilling temperature.
As for testing for %ABV of distillate, I\'d suggest that you get a \"spirits hydrometer\" and a sample test jar (you can spend thousands on very technical test kit, but a standard spirits hydrometer is accurate enough for most of us.....)

Statistics: Posted by Phantom — Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:40 pm


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2010-07-24T15:12:23+00:00 2010-07-24T15:12:23+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3261#p3261 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> Statistics: Posted by swill — Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:12 pm


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2010-07-23T19:19:33+00:00 2010-07-23T19:19:33+00:00 http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=326&p=3260#p3260 <![CDATA[Pre-warming the wash?]]> Statistics: Posted by freelancement — Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:19 pm


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