I have covered bottles in the garage airing over night! WOW!
So, here's some observations.
18-20L of wine basically.
1st 500ml (foreshots) was pale blue and DEFINATELY foreshots!
2nd 500 was almost clear and smelled the same.
The rest were clear after this, (like water).
First 6L (including foreshots) all the same slowly getting better smelling,
Next 3 1/2L lost all smell (as in none)
Last 3 1/2 got stinky again, ok actually started smelling like plums again.
Stopped at 13L
Came off around 3-4L an hour. Had to stop/start twice, once to go down road to bring kid home for bed, then 45min later go in and put him to bed. The first time was a 20min or so stop right after the first 6-7L. Started up and had first drops within 3-4 minutes. Second time I wrapped a blanket around and was gone for 1 1/2 hours, took about 10-15 min to get the drips going.(I shut it down both times, just to be clear, for safety's sake)
Now, this was the first run by this still and I know the first batch you throw away...but...I ran water, then water/vinigar, and now about 6-7L alcohol before the body. After all that, is the body "really" bad or can I try it?
As far as tests, I rubbed it on my hands and smelled...engine oil,grease, the wife...I'm a mechanic with dirty hands apparently, or my nose is really bad.
Did the rub test, it felt like water, not really dry like rubbing alcohol or not oily either.
Did the burn test and got blue flame with no beard.
Tried to burn some from the last bottle of tails and wouldn't burn. (duh)
The size of the liquid coming out was about the size of a big pencil lead, and I have 1/2" line. Came out fairly consistent until about the 10L mark then stopped and started until the end.
I stopped at 13L because after I started I realized I had no idea when to stop! The book was in the house (where the wife was
) Memory said 1/3rds so 3-6L=18 will be the total if I run it dry, so maybe 15 or so would be good. Ran until 13L and it was midnight so I stopped.Comments/questions/answers/help?
Did I mention, WOOHOO, IT WORKED!!!
