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I know this is an old post, but any suggestions on not using a double boiler method? Just a regular pot still?
Is there such a thing as adding too much water to my 1 liter herbal/alcohol mix to get my still up to about halfway full...?

May I ask, what type of set up was/is preferable when distilling this? I’m assuming by the numbers at pot still Alembic dome etc. of sorts. Could a reflux be used without the packing?

This is what my wife sees every time I run a batch or two for about 6-7 hours at a time...

Hello everyone, I hope I’m at the right place for my 1st official post... I’ve read quite a few posts and suggestions here and really appreciate all of the wisdom and humor I’ve seen transpire here. I am pretty new at all this. I really started to attempt to make my own perfumers alcohol. This led m...