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Thanks guys....made another run at it with another 15 gallons of mash and came up with just shy of 3 gallons!The temperature variant was the key.....the sweet spot for that specific mash was 187°… she cooked off like a champ!

I have had 6 successful runs with this still......I've recently added a chiller unit to keep cooling water cool, and had to Re route my cooling lines.....I have an internal condenser and had to wrap another bit of tube around the outside of The head as well.....the thermocouple and temperature contr...

I have a valved reflux still.....a 16 gal keg. Should I put the thermocouple in the keg or at the top of the column??

It sounds silly , but I'm still a rookie, I had a really good mash proof out about 18%. When the still hit operating Temp it started foaming really badly until the head reached 174°… after that my temp kept on shooting up really Really high(180°) .....after about 6 hrs and minimal collection of dist...

The heating cleaning run is when i decided to make the switch to 220 .....it took forever!!!

MegaJohn I too started out with 110v trying to heat my boiler.....believe it or not if you switch to 220v your boiler will hit operating temp at the top of your column within an hour!!!...no bs!!...i was very surprised it cut the warm up time that much.....aand its cheaper to run it off of the 220.....

That makes sense......thanks for all the info!!!....Im new at the whole distillation process but im quickly spending my way into an obligated hobby;)!!!!......Wish I could post pics of my monster from my android!...Ill keep yall posted on my blunders.....but really thanks guys for all the advice and...

Im using a basic sugar wash with alcotec 24......thats why Im puzzled as to where I goofed!!....That stuff smells like skunked beer....im gonna run it anyways and see what happens.....but thanks for the grain tips, thatll be my next endeavor........wish i could find someone else using an electric he...

Used a stainless steel spoon and im gonna have to say my temp control was lacking....the first 24 hrs they were in the back of my dining room away from the heater and then i moved them in front of my heater after the violence subsided....there they were a steady 78°....Ive since built a small room i...

Using food grade 5 gal buckets, sanitized with hot water and light bleach.....the first wash i just left the lids over the buckets with a towel over top in my kitchen.....they did very well i got 17%abv after 5 days. So thinking, my first mistake, that it would be a good idea to put 3/8" male h...

Thanks.....Im gonna try and run it....waste not want not, right?

Ive been successful with turbos thus far and wanna use up what i have left....about three more pks..just wondering what the awful smell is and if its alright to run it ??

Put on a couple 5 gal buckets of Alcotec 24 turbo wash....2lbs sugar per gal....1 pk turbo...now 5 days later
I have a couple that smell like good beer and a couple that smell like horrid butt!....what the devil did I do ,
And how the heck can I fix it???