StillSmart

It's the guitar riffs that are doing me in!

Robert.

Well actually folks, leaving Hendrix aside for just a moment, I still have a haze and it ain't purple!

The second 4l wound up with a blue-white tinge to in it, and the third, which I ran tonight, is afflicted the same way. I did flush the still before tonight's run.

I immediately ran some plain water and that's come out crystal clear.

So, any suggestions as to what is going on? I'm baffled

Cheers

Hampk

Have you taken heads away yet?

Blue. That sounds bad. Read this:
http://distillique.co.za/distilling_sho ... correct-it

Not sure if that is what it is, but I would feel extra cautious myself.

@ Hampk: Fusil oils. Make you final cut sooner, rather than trying to maximize your return.

Not sure if that is what it is, but I would feel extra cautious myself

chill wrote:Blue. That sounds bad. Read this:
http://distillique.co.za/distilling_sho ... correct-it

Not sure if that is what it is, but I would feel extra cautious myself.

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Well that was an interesting read Chuck


I promise that I am going to bed after this post.
Night all.

Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze Lyrics

Purple haze, all in my brain
Lately things they don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
Excuse me while I kiss the sky

Purple haze, all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me

Help me
Help me
Oh, no, no

Ooo, ahhh
Ooo, ahhh
Ooo, ahhh
Ooo, ahhh, yeah!

Purple haze all in my eyes
Don't know if it's day or night
You got me blowin', blowin' my mind
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?

Ooo
Help me
Ahh, yea-yeah, purple haze
Oh, no, oh
Oh, help me
Tell me, tell me, purple haze
I can't go on like this
Purple haze
You're makin' me blow my mind
Purple haze, n-no, nooo
Purple haze


Robert.

NB,PS,Whatever;
Purple Haze is/was a strain of Cannabis.

I quite like Tangerine Dream's version of Purple Haze, and the Waterboys did a good'un as well - two of my favourite bands mentioned in one breath!

Now back to my haze..

First, I've made no cuts at all yet - I've only completed a strip run.

That link was an interesting read - I'm going to take half a litre of the blue stuff and add citric to see what happens.

But I fear this lot may be away down the plug hole

EDIT

A half litre sample is now sitting with a teaspoon of citric dissolved in it. (Shaken, not stirred!). My blue-white description was probably inaccurate - it's more like a pale white cloud floating around inside the low wines. Easier to see in small volumes. It looks blue-ish when you catch it round the edges. Almost oily, but I'd expect two immiscible liquids to separate over time, and these aren't. All very odd - I wish I could post a photograph of it!

Any final thoughts, anyone, before I consign it to the sewer?

Do not bin it.

We need to understand this.
I certainly think it is recoverable.


.. Is your camera broke?

Mash wrote:
.. Is your camera broke?

No, but I'm not sure it's going to be easy to portray.. I'll have a bash tonight. I'm not going to waste the effort on a spirit run until the final decision is made, so a piccy is worth a punt!

Cheers

Hampk

It is sounding more like you went too deep into tails and got a lot of fusel oils. Here is another "blue distillate" link for some pictures: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 16&t=19850

@Chill I've read that thread before a while back but you reposting it is very timely - thanks. It's a low-res pic, but it does look similar to what I'm afflicted with. I've got some photos on my phone - as soon as they sync to the PC I'll up them and you can see what you think.

Ok, here's a couple of images that give the general idea..





If I swirl the demijohn, the cloudiness moves almost separately to the liquid it's in, if that makes sense. I can't really capture that in a still image!

I'm becoming increasingly convinced Chill is right - presumably if I do a spirit run and make careful cuts, I can rescue some decent hearts out of this?

Cheers

Hampk

That does not look blue to me, that look like your still puked from running a cloudy wash or you have a lot of fusel oils in it. My best guess is that the original wash got infected with something and the result had a different composition from a normal wash. Perhaps with more fusel oils or something else. What does it smell like? Have a small taste? Does it seem like something that will distill out OK, or it is drain cleaner? I recall having an infection once and sniffing the jar of strip was like snorting battery acid. I literally fell on the floor gasping and choking. I did a spirt run, had a sip, and cleaned the drain with it. To this day, I have no idea what happened but it was nasty.

Chuck

I don't think for one minute it was a puke - the demijohn contains the results of three separate strip runs and they all came out the same. Three pukes? Hmm..

Fusel oils maybe - it looks oily.

Any more input before I toss it? Or is it worth a spirit run just to see what comes out. Scientific curiosity may get the better of me, but I may well not drink the end result!

I'd spirit run it, see what happens.