Methanol?how do I know?

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oliver90owner
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Re: Methanol?how do I know?

Post by oliver90owner »

Slow down!

For starters, what are you running through your mega?

High alcohol (20%+), wine wash, grain wash, etc.?

Are you doing a stripping run? I reckon that would be a must with that type of distiller. Has the distiller been modified to a lower power? Near 600W is a bit quick for getting sepatate cuts, I would think.

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Re: Methanol?how do I know?

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I don't have the mega I have a 2" vm/lm reflux column. I used a pot still for a
Long time and cuts were easy because abv changed. With this column my abv stays the same and I didn't think I had heads tails etc because all the
Same abv. Prairie told me
To take small batches and check
Taste and he's right heads and tails suck
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Re: Methanol?how do I know?

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I don't have the mega

Sorry for grabbing back the thread of the original poster (gobucks85) after you hijacked it. The post was clearly aimed at the thread title opening poster. He has a megahome.
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Re: Methanol?how do I know?

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yes I hijacked it I don't know how to start my own thread yet, and we kinda had the same problems. :clap: :clap:
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Re: Methanol?how do I know?

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genejonesiii wrote:yes I hijacked it I don't know how to start my own thread yet, and we kinda had the same problems. :clap: :clap:
Go to the section you want the topic in. And click on the new topic button.
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