Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 8:33 amThanks for the reciepe Curmudgeon and I know it will go wrong at some stage Robert
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 8:33 amRe: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:06 pmhave a go mate experiment we are all ears
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:52 pmDon't worry about things going wrong, if they do, they do.
Celebrate washes that don't involve carbon.
Jump in, see how it feels.
ATB
Robert.
Celebrate washes that don't involve carbon.
Jump in, see how it feels.
ATB
Robert.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 1:08 pm@ Jaffa....trust yourself....it's simple, if I found out how to do it 5 years back then anyone can.. 
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:29 pmDidn't realise you were a newbie ICE
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:17 pmThanks for all the advice lads My 1st mash is brewing Lentil) and I am just doing some research into the next stage,now from what I can gather I no longer do one run as the airstill instuctions but I now have to start 2 or 3 runs topping and tailing until I achieve a clear run. Is this correct?
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:03 pmMash a brew.
Strip run it down to % of choice,20% is a good place.
Spirit run,. diluted down to sub 30%.
Collect in lots of vessels.
Make some cuts, enjoy some quality!
The following may be of help, but is not gospel!
download/file.php?id=326
Robert
Strip run it down to % of choice,20% is a good place.
Spirit run,. diluted down to sub 30%.
Collect in lots of vessels.
Make some cuts, enjoy some quality!
The following may be of help, but is not gospel!
download/file.php?id=326
Robert
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:25 pmThanks for the advice Robert and the link I will enjoy reading it whilst waiting for the wash
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:10 pmI wish you well with the results.
Oh that this sort of advice was available 25 years ago when I was stilling newbie!
Robert.
Oh that this sort of advice was available 25 years ago when I was stilling newbie!
Robert.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:44 amWell I am still waiting for the mash to stop gassing and was wondering what's the difference between a stripping run and a spirit run when done in the air still? I have no control over the temp!
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:14 amStripping run is taking all product to somewhere around 20%.
Spirit run is combining all this product and re-distilling after adjusting to below
30%.
You do not need to control temp. and the airstill is no different to any other Potstill in behaviour here.
HTH
Robert.
Spirit run is combining all this product and re-distilling after adjusting to below
30%.
You do not need to control temp. and the airstill is no different to any other Potstill in behaviour here.
HTH
Robert.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:35 pmThanks for the reply Robert So in essence the only difference in the stripping run to the spirit run is that I keep everything on the stripping run?
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:20 pmThat is correct.
Robert.
Robert.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:18 amRecently started doing something similar with sugar wash to great success, definitely a vast improvement from running it through only once.
Can some kind person clarify which run I should remove the heads.
Can some kind person clarify which run I should remove the heads.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:06 amon the spirit run mate. No need to
remove anything on the stripping run.
remove anything on the stripping run.