Vino tinto pot head for t500

[Mash]

Are you sure? I read it as about the boiler and the foaming issue.

No matter.. sorry if I got off topic.

[H12rpo]

Sorry it's me that's adding the confusing element.

The wash was foaming (a lot) causing the white cloudiness. I could see that when I took the head off for cleaning. I've run it again and it was clear and tasty.

The copper packing issue.
I was thinking that a small amount of packing would cause a small amount of reflux and thereby a) slow down the run and b) keep the flavour........however I can see that maybe I'm on the wrong track and perhaps just need a power controller?

Anyone wanna buy a couple of metres of copper mesh :-)

[Easydrinker]

Reflux strips flavour.
You need power control.

Robert.

[Brewhunter]

H12rpo did you buy a column nut or did you find a alternative?

[H12rpo]

No I'm just swapping over the same original one at the moment

[H12rpo]

You do not throw anything away from a strip run.
You do need to make cuts on the spirit run, only the hearts are for drinking.

I do not throw anything away from a whisky spirit run,- eventually the fores,(fores and heads are not distinguished in whisky distillation) and feints (Tails) reach equilibrium in the feints receiver.
Any harmful higher alcohols are passed to the fairies, and propanol and other lower alcohols which make up the tails are eventually broken down and converted through many still passes.
Or so I am informed by a new good buddy, who happens to be Technical Engineer for a Malt distillery.

Robert.

Robert can you elaborate please?
I.e. What do you do after the strip......step by step please i.e. How do you cut the fores and particularly the bit about not chucking the fores........how do you keep the 'feints'. Uncovered ? Is this how the methanol goes to the fairies etc

[Easydrinker]

All q's should be covered in this old post of mine.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3027&p=19792&hilit=robert%27s+malt+whisky#p19792
That is my way.
There are others I am sure.

Robert.