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Jake, I do use broken terracotta plant pots as boiling chips, and after each run they change the color as if they absorb some nasties.
Also in my country it is used to age arak in it.
would like to hear from you if you try it as column fillings, sounds interesting.

Yea the alcohol i use is stripped grape alcohol as it is always available in my country use to make arak, raki or ouzo.I can make it brandy or neutral...nothing to worry about . i think my heat increase wasn't enough as i wasn't getting the 50ml per minute to measure my reflux and collect 5ml per mi...

You're right Demy, i could redistill my batch and get a more neutral flavor.
As to why i want that azeo is for making vodka and neutral to use for gin and liqueur. After all i think it would be a nice achievement getting the 95-96 each degree over 92 will be a step stone.

i'm sorry but what's the spool for?increasing height?

no the AC is not running. so i understand my packing is the problem, nothing to change with heat input or anything?
and how much spp do you think i need to fill that column?

WhatsApp Image 2020-09-19 at 1.42.42 PM.jpeg Hello friends, In my previous post: https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=79524 i got so demotivated but then i re-upgraded my still to this (find attached). it's 24 L boiler filled with 19 liters of 35% abv grape alcohol. the column is 2inch,1...

and i got the idea from here btw viewtopic.php?f=17&t=70925&p=7526009&hi ... s#p7526009

the product condenser is a shotgun condenser, i just filled the column with ss scrubbers to make it work as a fractional still, and im not gonna link it anymore to water jacket. thanks all. appreciate your patience

Okay i got an idea, the water flow goes in the condenser then out of the condenser to the top outlet of the so called column and it exits through the bottom of the column, this way gives a small amount of reflux along with the packing.that would be the best use of it before i fix it with the tee and...

One more thing, can i use inox mesh?can't i use it as a fractionating column?!

One more thing, can i use inox mesh?

Nice!!ill give it a try . Appreciate your help

makes sense , ill have to add a dephlegmator on top.

It isn’t really reflux. cant i find a way to use the best out of it? make me feel i didn't waster my money please :D Another concern I see with your system is the horizontal orientation of the product condenser. It could become partially “liquid plugged” with condensate That doesn’t flow to the out...

Hello, so i bought this new custom made still for me. IMG_20200720_161924.jpg IMG_20200720_161933.jpg IMG_20200720_162120.jpg IMG_20200720_162134.jpg As u can see, it is a 22 L pot with a removable 1 Meter column ,2 inch wide, and this column can be a Reflux condenser also. and if i want to pot stil...

thanks mate

hello guys, I recently upgraded to a 32 liters pot still, with a side reflux condenser that i can install and reinstall whenever i like. Currently i'm making gin as per odin's ,adding some other botanicals , but collecting a little bit less since im not using 96abv alcohol. Anyway,i am pot distillin...

thank you sir!

sir the question is ...is it ethanol or something else?like rubbing alcohol
thank you

Hello all, so i was fermenting with wild yeast starting with a 1.045 sugar wash and adding some grapes to it so it can start fermenting....the wash fermented to 1.01 after 4 weeks with an airlock. i know it did not finish completely but i was curious to know what resulted as flavor from the grapes w...

Would appreciate your help

hello all, since i only have access to baker's yeast i wanted to try a wild yeast ferment. i made a sugar water with sg 1.07 and put 3 handful of dry dates and kept temperature at 28 C. waited 2 days and nothing was fermenting, then added an apple as i though those dry dates might be boiled and the...

Thank you for your support

It does smell like vomit after putting bakers yeast

hello all, since i only have access to baker's yeast i wanted to try a wild yeast ferment. i made a sugar water with sg 1.07 and put 3 handful of dry dates and kept temperature at 28 C. waited 2 days and nothing was fermenting, then added an apple as i though those dry dates might be boiled and thei...

hello guys,just a question,does the syrup reduce the abv a little bit and by what calculations?say i macerate berries with 40% and add the syrup till desired sweetness,what will be the abv without no dilutions?any ratios?

soo what did it end up here?i looking to switch from glass to stainless and i only have access to this inox 18/10 ,same as in the photo but without the drain,don't think it has teflon.question is:is it suitable to heat if it is a little bit thin?

yeah you are right both of you guys,i'm currently working on a reflux copper still and yes i am lucky it went easy that way,live and learn.thank you.

take it easy guys on me, i was asking if someone had an idea about hot alcohol and cold alcohol mixing together ,i never had any problems before with my all glass still.thank you for your replies anyway.

hello guys, i have a glass still with a vigreux column(i know it is not recommended but i bought it before knowing it),i decided to redistill 1 litres of my 40% vodka back to 90% so i can make some cinnamon schnapps liqueur. here's what happened i started distilling and figured out i was going a bit...