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Fwiw, you don't need to spend 20 mins stacking the column.....start taking off fores at a steady slowish drip a few mins after the plates are loaded. The next 20 mins are better utilised doing that imo. Smell what is coming off, you will see what I mean. Speed up some for heads, but still slow is g...

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Take off speed has a huge amount of impact on plated columns.....its what dictates how much smearing you will get.....to fast will let tails through. To fast at the beginning will spread fores and heads further. Thank you Saltbush! I’ll fiddle with my early takeoff speed and see if I can get better...

Thank you setsumi, that is some good information. I’ve never heard or read that about plate depth or take off speed.

Next question (as I approach doing some similar runs on a somewhat smaller volume) is what do you do with them? Chuck them in feints? Blend and age? Blend and drink? Also, out of curiosity foolproof, are you doing a one-and-done or a strip then spirit run? I had good luck with a one-and-done with 2...

I run a 26 gal ss pot with 3”-3 plate column with dephleg and liebig condenser.On a typical 20 gallon ujssm run I full reflux for 20-30 minutes to stack the column then collect fore shots at a drip. I toss the first 500 ml, then collect in pint jars at a just under a pencil lead size stream. I let t...

Thank you yummyrum.

StillerBoy wrote:There are so many variables, that the question of itself is not really answerable..

What a waste of time.. and to what means will the answer serve..

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Nice vitriol. Very helpful, thank you my friend.

I thought I replied my bad. A CM still.

Also I forgot to state a 3” column.


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Are you mocking me or my question?

Either way it’s not very helpful.

Hey guys, which is faster for striping and/or spirit runs? A traditional 20 gallon copper pot still with a 7 ft coil of 3/8in worm or a 20 gallon column still in pot mode with a Liebig condenser? Both with a 5500 watt element.

Good to know. Thanks Irish

Right on, thank you. I will be giving this a try this week.

Quick question, what kind of multivitamin does this need to be? And what kind to avoid?

Nice. I’m assuming they make a US version.

Will do fella, thanks for the tip!

Excellent, thank you.

Can one of you fine gentleman suggest a good meter to mount in my still dragon 220v diy kit?

Yes sir, post run. Thank you!

I hope this is the appropriate place for this question. About how many days should I let my white dog breathe?

I see this post is from 2013. What ever came of this? Has anyone on this forum ever been visited by big brother?

New enthusiast here. I wish I would have HD earlier, as I’ve got a whole check list of “do not do’s” that I have already done! I’m sure I’m not the first so now I need to track down all the threads to right my wrongs.