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Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:48 pmby swine
Hi.
Just read the airstill brief. When you say run 4ltr at a time does this mean to run the entire 4ltr through the still or say cut off after 2 hours and collect the wines for the double distill? Very confusing but I am drinking the stuff. Can you give a basic simple run with times?
Best Regards.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted:
Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:34 pmby hampk
Hi swine, from one newbie to another!
What you want to do is chuck 4 litres of wash in the airstill and then run until you have collected 1.5 litres of distillate (takes mine about four and a half hours from cold) - these are your low wines; chuck what's left in the still..
From 24 litres of wash, you wind up with 9 litres of 30%. This is what you then use for your spirit run. The extra litre can be accumulated if you keep it in a sealed container. If you wind up with less than 8 litres, you can dilute up, it won't affect the end result any.
Hope that helps!
Hampk
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:05 pmby Easydrinker
Hi swine,
Have you read this?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=765It ought to answer your questions.
But,you stop collecting at your designated cut off point,you don't wait for the still to empty.
Robert.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted:
Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:46 amby Mash
Good read that!
For my strip I don't collect anything. Just 4l at a time and get it through.
When I do the spirit run I make the cuts.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:10 amby Spirits4BB
swine wrote:Hi.
Just read the airstill brief. When you say run 4ltr at a time does this mean to run the entire 4ltr through the still or say cut off after 2 hours and collect the wines for the double distill? Very confusing but I am drinking the stuff. Can you give a basic simple run with times?
Best Regards.
I know how you feel getting your head around it with also being a newbie myself.. The guys on here have been great and that Airstill brief by AM is a fantastic read.
The only advice I can offer at the moment is that the lentil wash on here is far better than turbo yeast washes regarding skunky smells.
S4BB
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:29 pmby Mash
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The only advice I can offer at the moment is that the lentil wash on here is far better than turbo yeast washes regarding skunky smells.
S4BB[/quote]
Agreed. Better still IMO is the wheat/malted wash.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3542&p=26269&hilit=wheat#p26269
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:42 pmby Spirits4BB
Mashy wrote:Agreed. Better still IMO is the wheat/malted wash.
Not seen that one, might try that next...
Any recipes floating around?
S4BB
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
Posted:
Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:55 pmby Mash
The link should goto the recipe
-is it not working?
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:49 pmby Spirits4BB
Mashy wrote:The link should go to the recipe
-is it not working?
Got it thx, the link I clicked on earlier was to buy wheat from ebay, missed the attachment.
S4BB
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:44 pmby Easydrinker
This post is kind of odd mate,I think that I get it,not sure a newbie would.I usually try to make advice to such crystal clear.
Of course you are collecting on your strip!Mashy wrote:Good read that!
For my strip I don't collect anything. Just 4l at a time and get it through.
When I do the spirit run I make the cuts.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Thu Sep 17, 2015 2:57 pmby Spirits4BB
Reminder to self.........
When rushing around because your late for afternoon shift after sneaking in a cheeky spirit run don't lift lid off the Airstill with fan power lead still plugged in thus burning your arm like a right plonker with the steam going up one side where left arm was.
To quote Captain Mainwaring " STUPID BOY".
S4BB (ouch)
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Thu Sep 17, 2015 4:12 pmby Icefever
Wow John...hope it's not to bad?? still one good lesson learned, you won't do it next time mate.
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Thu Sep 17, 2015 4:31 pmby Spirits4BB
Icefever wrote:Wow John...hope it's not to bad?? still one good lesson learned, you won't do it next time mate.
Just my wrist, could've been worse. That's with rushing around. >:(
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:58 pmby packapoo
This stilling gig can get exciting, can't it.....
Re: Airstill, Best Practice and Results
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Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:03 amby Easydrinker
Ouch!
Robert.