Forgotten joys of an Air still

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Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Easydrinker » Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:26 am

These days, I tend only to run the Smart sill for Gin.
Trying to tidy the place up today, I had a couple of failed infusions to deal with.
I combined them,ran them through the Smart still and have an interesting result.
A neutral with just a hint of Peach and Raspberry, (the failures),and all acomplished quickly.
I may yet carbon filter the product, for now it sits alone.
But I am now reminded of just how well the air still deals with small distillations.

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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Pyro » Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:01 am

Our Airstills are much under rated. They are a no brainer for the newcomer to operate, safe, and can easily be left to run while doing other things. Also capable of keeping we more experienced distillers happy.

Well designed bit of kit.
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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Mash » Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:31 am

Could not agree more.
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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Pyro » Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:57 am

I would still love a larger pot version but I am told that it cant be done.
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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Mash » Sun Oct 14, 2018 1:14 pm

I bought another one - preowned £60. Now twice as fast. That and a freezer, I can beat a T500 hands down.
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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Easydrinker » Sun Oct 14, 2018 11:23 pm

Pyro wrote:I would still love a larger pot version but I am told that it cant be done.


I have been doing it for five years,
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2658&p=15933&hilit=silly+still#p15903

I continue to use it, albeit with a modified column when after neutral at 93+%.

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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Pyro » Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:24 pm

Had a think about it, I will never have room for a bigger still, but if I get rid of some of the stuff that I haven't used in the past year or so, I should be able to squeeze in a second Air still. Christmas is just round the corner.
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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby gaza the instructor » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:50 pm

love my AS use it a lot. Great for small scale
experiments, gins and small run requests.
I will never part with it.
Used with skill and care you can do all with it.
Rather have a full bottle in front of me
than a full frontal lobotomy
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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Mash » Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:27 am

Small is beautiful, I have smashing a pair.

oh dear god what have I just typed ............
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Re: Forgotten joys of an Air still

Postby Easydrinker » Fri Oct 19, 2018 10:39 pm

Luckily yer spell/grammer checker, or lack of, saved you this time. ;D

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