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The lemon juice is just for the acid, a teaspoon of citric acid will do the same job.

Ran both a Vodka Star wash and the TP wash back to back.

I am both happy and upset with the results.

The VS ran as normal giving me 3.8lt @ 95%

But when running the TP wash all I got was 3.1lt @ 92%

I also wouldnt class the TP as better than the VS, the TP has a slight smell to it (but not a bad smell).

About the only positive is that I know whats in the wash unlike the turbo\'s.

I may have found the problem, the big nut holding the column to the lid was loose when I was cleaning up.

So I have done another TP wash to try in a couple of weeks (with tight nut)

Just for comparison what was the Original and Final Gravity on them ??
I aim for about 10% from the molasses washes but I\'ve upped the fermentation volume to counter the lower yield.
I also find with turbos that I get less hearts.

Dont know MrCat, never ever check gravity.

I might buy a hydrometer through the week to see whats what.

yeah i suppose you have to weigh up whats best for you Andy, depending on whether you add carbon and filter the turbos to how you finish you TP washs, I havent tasted any spirit from the TP but on a smell test next to each other I thought the TP smelt a lot cleaner.

have ya done a taste test andy?

Not yet mate, want to give the flavors a chance.

I did make bourbon out of both so I can do a comparison.

haha thought ya might of just checking

Ive got a week to go for me tp on bourbon chips, hope its the bees knees as ive done 3 batches of tp since.

Just cracked a bottle of each for research purposes

I did a batch (1.25lt) each TP and VS without wood soaking.

The TP has a slightly \"dryer\" mouth feel to it, but its early days (only 2 weeks) other than that its not a whole lot different between the 2 styles.

i tried a taste test today and the vodka star seemed a little smoother.

Whooppee! Just distilled Marc83 recipe - got just over 6 litres of 40% at a cost of $aus 8.50 plus power. I wont be going back to the turbos. Thanks you to the forum for putting this topic on. Cheers

hmmm not overly sure about this recipe, I have seen it before and tasted it before, I guess I like my ss triple distilled wash with the 6kg of turbo sugars and the liquid carbon.
It didnt smell or taste right, I didnt distill it, so I am unsure of the distillation is up to my expectations. Would be interested to see the spectrometry results and compare (fermentation and distillation)

I plan on fermenting 5.7kg of dextrose in 25L to end up with 12%. So, is a double distill required for the TPW when using a Super Reflux with power control mod and scrubbers?

hi marc83 just been reading your post mate im new to all this,im going to try the tomato wash next time i put one on,can you put me right about a few things,1/ i have a T500 if i take the packing out does that change it to a pot still.and if it is when you put your wash in and switch on the still for a strip run do you just let it run with no water cooler running,2/ and how much do you get out off the wash.thank marbaker

Hi Marbaker,
I know your question wasn't directed at me but it is a little bit worrying and nobody else has replied. You shouldnt run your still with no water cooling. That will just fill your stilling area with extremely flammable alcohol vapour creating a massive fire risk.
There's a thread on here somewhere about running the T500 in potstill mode where different mods are discussed. I think I recall one of them being about routing the water so it only flows through the Liebig condenser and bypasses the reflux coil but I think the chap who did it was also had a power controller as well. Worth checking that thread if you haven't already.
PS - sorry if I've completely misunderstood your question but given how dangerous it would be to run your still without water running through the condenser I thought better safe than sorry!
EDIT - here's the thread I was talking about http://www.stillsmart.co.uk/forum/topic.php?id=502
There's a power controller being used there though, I'm not sure if that cooling setup will knock down the vapour from 2000W.
Here's another one that might be useful if its just stripping runs your after (hopefully its ok to post a link to another forum here) http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 27&start=0