StillSmart

Hi all I've been making spirits for about a month now and I've done a couple of Turbo triple distilled washes which have cleared within a day. This is my first attempt with a vs wash it's been clearing for about 5 days now but is still cloudy is this normal and would it b OK to put through my airstill like this cheers

Barney

Hi & welcome to the forum... If it was me and you don't need to strip it? why not leave it for a few more days....I've had a lentil wash take well over a week to clear. Can you put it somewhere cooler? this may help it to clear.

On the other hand there's nothing stopping you from running it, but the cleaner the wash goes in...the better for you, what comes out.

You say you've been "doing it for a month"....are you following any paperwork that may have come with the still???

Have you beaten all of the gas out? Suspended gas will prevent, or at least greatly slow clearing. There is also a slight chance that it is infected with something that will prevent clearing. You can run it as is, but there will likely be some "less than ideal" flavour carry over. A good carbon filtering will usually clear most of that up.

Chuck

Hi thanks for the welcome and replies im away for the weekend so going to check it again on Monday. I did degass it before adding the finnings but maybe didn't do it enough. Ive been following advice on this forum for making spirits double distilling etc. For this wash I followed aidenmacs advice for a vodka star adding 4 kg sugar at the start then 3 kg more 3 days later. At present ive only have the filter that came with the still but fortunately ive came into some money so ive ordered an essencia filter.

On another subject if I was able to get dextrose really cheap would it be preferable to use this rather than sugar and if so do u just add an extra kilo.
barney

Dextrose is a waste of money imo. VS with 6Kg of white sugar at the start works fine.

It can be slow to clear but the end result is good. If space allows, buy more fermenters so you're never waiting on a wash to clear.

Another useful luxury is a fermenter (the type with handles) that is only used to rack the wash and hold that wash while you get the strip runs done. With the airstill I'd do 2 x strip/ 1 x spirit run, rinse and repeat but if 6 x strip/ 3 x spirit suits you better, hey it all works.

Hi barney,and welcome.
VS and 6Kg regular sugar at the start works fine for me too.
I find Alcotec 48 happens several days faster,and for me no great taste difference in finished product.
And yes,the more fermenters the merrier!
Robert.