StillSmart

Now you're just showing off and making me jealous

I'm confined to making sugar washes at the moment to build up a goodly stock of neutral.

AM

This morning I started a TPW,

This afternoon I wiped it off the walls.

Started to strip my first TPW.

It currently going like the clappers.

Cleaned out both my fermenters ready for another 54 ish litres to be set off tomorrow.

Woke up in a pub or so it would seem . I mistakenly put the fermenting bucket in the bedroom due to lack of space.

i met normski and bought a liebig 30" column 2" copper pot head with a condensor and a tri clamp with silicon seal of him,and now lookin for some guides and that
on how to use it (when i get me boiler )

i think i am going to make one of them

Stripped another 45L. 180 to go then will take a couple of days off.My new labels arrived yesterday and look great. Took a couple of bottles down to a local bar to get some opinions of the labels and sold the lot. That will keep the wife happy for a bit longer.

YHB wrote:This morning I started a TPW,

This afternoon I wiped it off the walls.

How'd that happen

AM

Magnu420 wrote: met normski and bought a liebig 30" column 2" copper pot head with a condensor and a tri clamp with silicon seal of him,and now lookin for some guides and that
on how to use it (when i get me boiler )

Is that a vent pipe sticking up from the Lyne arm? If it is I don't get it

AM

aidanmac wrote:

Magnu420 wrote: met normski and bought a liebig 30" column 2" copper pot head with a condensor and a tri clamp with silicon seal of him,and now lookin for some guides and that
on how to use it (when i get me boiler )

Is that a vent pipe sticking up from the Lyne arm? If it is I don't get it

AM

It's where the thermometer goes i think

A thermometer doesn't really serve any purpose on a pot still but I'm sure there is a logic here that I'm just not picking up on ...it happens

AM

and now lookin for some guides and thaton how to use it (when i get me boiler )

mate, IMHO
put a 50l ss keg boiler under it, make sure all fittings are secure and the water, via hose fittings, flows through the condensor effectively
then power it with a 3-ring LPG burner or lots of wattage through an in-boiler element/elements,
>run the strips (except perhaps during the foreshots) at maximim heat/flowrate possible, mindful of advice here about potential puking, and collect until either you cant be bothered anymore or the spirit flowrate is significantly slower....just be careful of the water temp flowing through the condensor and, if in doubt, keep it running cool and quickly.
>run your final/spirit run at no more than 2.5lph for the entire run; ie for all you wish to collect (in small increments/jars, of course)....wait until it is all cool and empty/rinse.
Consider ensuring adequate ventilation and perhaps a prop for the liebig...and
NB: if anything leaks, vapourises, etc...turn it all off, wait until cool/safe and fix it properly before recommencing.
that's about it really. have fun, you'll love it I reckon.

I've just started an ~50l OCW (Odin's Cornflake Wash) with a bit of Rye bread added.

Smells lovely.

I've recently moved away from TPW and neutral as I've been wanting to make something a bit more flavorful.

cleared a turbo wash and started a RoboRum I wanted to do 2 but need to get some more yeast nutrient so it will be done tomorrow
checked the Sg on the rum batch it was at 1.114 with a potential yield at 16%

Molasses fecks up hydrometer readings because it contains lots of unfermentable sugars and other compounds that will remain in the wash after fermentation has finished, no matter what you do, so I wouldn't depend on potential yield calculations for a this type of wash.

AM