LIVE ALAN MANNING FIRST STRIPPING RUN

[H12rpo]

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[Duffer26]

it does but it is very quick and it is 'buffered' by the saucepan bottom.

Good news. The induction hob I have has 10 power settings. 1-4 cycle to maintain a temperature,
5-10 do not, remaining constant. As these are the settings I'll need to be operating at I'm excited to use this the next time I Strip.

I also have an array of valves and hozelock attachments to apply, fixing (hopefully) my water troubles. I'll upload a picture of my set up when it is.....set up.

Marc.

[Duffer26]

Second stripping run without packing done. This was interesting to say the least.

I have my water sorted with washing machine valves and hozelock style connections, works a treat.

It seems as if the lowest constant energy on the induction hob is still too aggressive.
The whole set up wobbles.

This aggression coupled with a very murky wash resulted in very inconsistent yet reliable trickles from the take off. Surge boiling is what I think causes this.

Over time these grew into some spectacular pukes! Hot wash firing out of the take off like a hose. Is this foam creeping up the column?

Going down to setting 4 where the cycling kicks in slows everything down and you do see the cycling at the business end. This setting may be ok for the spirit runs.

Anyway take 3 tonight with a hot plate and and some butter and more boil enhancers.

Wish me luck.

[Mash]

This aggression coupled with a very murky wash resulted in very inconsistent yet reliable trickles from the take off. Surge boiling is what I think causes this.

Get some shrapnel in it. 1p's 2p's and/or bits of copper pipe (flatten some)

[Duffer26]

Had a load of that shit in it. Have more of that shit in it tonight.

[H12rpo]

I’ve been having some persistent puking problems despite using butter, the still spirit emulsion and Trex....I de gassed, stirred and cursed all to no avail...
This week I ran a wash that I’d left much longer rather than just after it had finished bubbling. I think this is the key....patience!
I left it a week and a half after it had finished then gave it a vigorous stir and whoosh back and forth between two buckets the ran it......perfect!

[Duffer26]

3rd time lucky. Success! A complete coverage of raschig rings in the bottom of the boiler. And a knob of butter, Ha! Who KNEW?

The boil was still aggressive and the wash was still murky, but with a little water it maintained a steady dribble throughout.

Started off at 80% then dropped to 70 and held there for ages, then suddenly fell off down to 20 where I stopped. Is this how a strip on a pot still should go?

4hrs start to finish with 13 litres in the boiler.

Happy days! Time for some spirit runs, I have about 24 litres of low wines to process.

Marc.

Ps. I agree that a clear wash would have prevented me some hairy scary moments.

[Mash]

4hrs start to finish with 13 litres in the boiler.

Not to shabby. Well done.

[H12rpo]

@duffer26
I’m Just one step ahead of you........today I just did my first proper spirit run using all the strips from the 5 strip runs that I’ve done.
Bingo! It was great seeing the lovely clear spirit coming out. Started over 80% and stayed there quite a while ( I nicked a litre of hearts ) and collected the rest after 5ossing 300 ml of fores. It then slowly went down to 35% where I started to smell the beginnings of the ‘wet Labrador’. I started my feints there and collected down to 10%
All in all a very satisfying haul

[Duffer26]

@duffer26
I’m Just one step ahead of you........today I just did my first proper spirit run using all the strips from the 5 strip runs that I’ve done.
Bingo! It was great seeing the lovely clear spirit coming out. Started over 80% and stayed there quite a while ( I nicked a litre of hearts ) and collected the rest after 5ossing 300 ml of fores. It then slowly went down to 35% where I started to smell the beginnings of the ‘wet Labrador’. I started my feints there and collected down to 10%
All in all a very satisfying haul

Nice one! Are you using a T500? Did you not use reflux for the spirit run?

Regards, Marc.

[H12rpo]

Yes T500 user here. For the strip runs and the spirit run I used a Vino Tinto design pot head on the T500 boiler