Pardon if someone has already asked this before.
I have heard of some folks using the "Amazing Still" to strip their wash and then distilling that normally. Awhile ago somebody showed the rough statistics of the efficiencies of a pot still vs. a reflux still.
Does anybody have any statistics on the efficiency of an evaporative still? Specifically, how much is lost/never collected?
"Amazing Still" as stripper?
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linw
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From your post it seems as if you are defining efficiency as the ability to collect all of the alcohol. (Don't know whether I would use that definition but there you go).
Considering that all stills you mention could be boiled or evaporated dry, and let's assume no leakage, then couldn't one say they are all 100% efficient?
Considering that all stills you mention could be boiled or evaporated dry, and let's assume no leakage, then couldn't one say they are all 100% efficient?
Cheers,
Lindsay.
Lindsay.
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dimes
Thanks. I was actually refering to this post about efficiencies (or whatever you wish to call it).
What I'm asking here is if there is any merit to using a pot still as a stripper when compared to an evaporative still. I'd distill it again in a pot still in both cases, but if both are more or less equal in terms of alcohol "stripped," I'd sure like to save some time!
What I'm asking here is if there is any merit to using a pot still as a stripper when compared to an evaporative still. I'd distill it again in a pot still in both cases, but if both are more or less equal in terms of alcohol "stripped," I'd sure like to save some time!
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AkCoyote
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dimes:
I've used an Amazing still for stripping brandy and here's my experience. I made 2 washes out of raisins. Double distilled 1 in a pot still with good results. On the 2nd, I collected nearly 50% through an amazing still and then single distilled in a pot still making very tight cuts. The yield was less but the flavor was much better than the two runs in the pot still. The main drawback was that it took over 2 months to complete the process.
The Amazing still is fine to tinker with but I wouldn't expect a quality product if it isn't run through a pot still for the final run. Just my 2cents.
AkCoyote
I've used an Amazing still for stripping brandy and here's my experience. I made 2 washes out of raisins. Double distilled 1 in a pot still with good results. On the 2nd, I collected nearly 50% through an amazing still and then single distilled in a pot still making very tight cuts. The yield was less but the flavor was much better than the two runs in the pot still. The main drawback was that it took over 2 months to complete the process.
The Amazing still is fine to tinker with but I wouldn't expect a quality product if it isn't run through a pot still for the final run. Just my 2cents.
AkCoyote