it's chrimbo.....4 months early.

[eattheliving]

well guy's it's like chrimbo for me..... my brand new toy arrived today


T500 that is.

gonna need a bit of advice at the weekend when I put it together and take her out on her first run.

Is there any good guids to start reading with please?


cheers

[YHB]

You must have been a very very good boy.

Enjoy your present

[eattheliving]

thanks YHB. looking forward to my first run

[Superslim007]

I remember that feeling, Iv'e had mine for 4 months now and its the best present I have ever received, real easy to use, there are some good video guides on the internet which show you how to set up and use, feel free to ask anything if you get stuck

[eattheliving]

I remember that feeling, Iv'e had mine for 4 months now and its the best present I have ever received, real easy to use, there are some good video guides on the internet which show you how to set up and use, feel free to ask anything if you get stuck

thanks. will do

[eattheliving]

OK guy's nearly ready to run. just got a few questions if anyone of you top guy's n gal's can help please

1: I need an adaptor to attach to my outside tap for the water inlet, where do I get this from and what do I need?

2: Do I need to run the still with just water first to get rid of anything nasty?

3: Do I need to run a strip first?

4: if not then is it the usual 50ml discard and the rest is fit for drinking?

many thanks and long live the stills

[Superslim007]

Looks like your ready to run,

1. not knowing where you are I don't know where you can get the tap connector, Still Spirits do make an adapter for the out side tap just find yourself a stockist that sells the T500

2. There shouldn't be anything in a new still to worry about, I just gave mine a flush with warm water the first time and I'm still alive

3. You don't need to do a strip run with a reflux still as it will take all the alcohol from its run perfectly fine though you do have a choice and can if you really want to I just don't see a benefit - though I am just a beginner compared to others here.

4. As long as you remove the first 50-100ml fores the rest is indeed fit for drinking though there is the issues of cutting the hearts out and reconstituting the heads, though fit for drinking the first 300 ml ish (on a 25L wash) will be heads and is not considered as the fine stuff though my first few runs I drank and can't say there was a huge difference but I do now put to one side the first 300 mll after the first 50ml, put it in a heads jar and when you have enough dilute it all back to 20% and run that so you don't waste anything just keep out some of the undesirable tastes.

Don't get me wrong I am far from an expert like some of these guys its just what I have learned in the last 4-5 months of having mine.

Oh BTW you don't need to start running the water for about an hour, the bottom of the column will start getting hot near the water outlet just before the bottom temp reading starts to go up - just saves you some water

Have fun

[Superslim007]

Oh and one other useful tip that I swear by
If your water supply is from the house DO NOT let the wife run the dishwasher/washing machine when you are doing a run or you will be fine tuning your needle valve constantly like an idiot

Trust me I found out the hard way

[Iain]

Other option is buy a cheapy hose pipe set (pound shop's etc) whack one end of the cooling hose INTO the adaptor as opposed to round it and hot glue gun it .. works a treat for me !!

Don't forget it's only a cooling flow no alcohol content so no worries about plastics, glue, etc

Iain

[eattheliving]

thanks for the info guy's,

just one more thing how much spirit should I expect from a 25 litre 14% wash?


thanks again.

[billmcc]

3.5 ltr,try this

http://homedistiller.org/calcs/rad14701