Gin

[Robbo12]

Hi after I've done my kale wash i want to do a gin wash now the question is about the column if i remove the copper saddles and put a parcel in their is juniper berries ect will it contain the flavours ? Of course behind the parcel i will put back the stainless steel saddles any advice oh it's a t500 still.

[Myles]

Not sure you want to do that. You will coat the stainless saddles in flavour that may contaminate what ever you make the next time.

Most folks try to use a separate system for gin to avoid cleaning everything between runs.

[Robbo12]

Ok thanks i will leave that one then.

[H12rpo]

If you’re adept with soldering, make yourself a vino tinto style pot head for the T500. I did it and am having great success

[Robbo12]

Do you have any pictures of it thanks so i no what to look out for.

[H12rpo]

Here are the plans for my new Pot Still. EDIT: All fittings are ENDFEED



Picture of actual still



PDF version

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8alf5gf5gn6oi26/Pot%20still%202.pdf?dl=0

[Robbo12]

Looks good was it easy to make?

[Mash]

Once you have the bits it is measuring and soldering really. No too hard at all.

[Klunk]

I like that. Very neat

[H12rpo]

I made it and been using it ?....it’s great. The only difficulty was heating up the large pipe all the way around for the soldering run, it took ages. I think the hot gas canister torch was at its limits.

[Leatherman]

Where would you put termometer on this still? What would be the best place? Would it be on part 8? Or it is not nessesary at all? Because I was thinking to make and use it instead of my t500 pot still.

[Mash]

As I pot still I don't think it needs it. I would run this with a parrot and monitor output not temp and make cuts.

[Myles]

What Mash says is good advice.

Personally on a pot still I do put a thermometer at the high point of the vapour path. However, and it is a BIG however, I only ever use it for one thing.

On a strip run it tells me when to turn off the power. There are other ways to do the same thing, I just find it convenient to use the vapour temperature to indicate the end of the run.

[Mash]

That's not entering into the spirit of things. You want a glass parrot and a Web cam surely.

[H12rpo]

I put mine on part 8 and it se3ms to do the job just fine