distilling right now

[medic_tyler45]

Distilling right now and I can't get really any dripps till I hoit 166. Is that getting all the methonal out?

[bellybuster]

lemme guess, running a pot still with a thermometer???
forget the temp, don't even look at it.
keep heating until you get flow then dial back the heat to give you a good broken stream, kinda half drops half trickle.
After you finish start at square one in the new distillers lounge and read read read. then come and ask questions.
you'll get'er

[medic_tyler45]

Yeah I've been reading for a while now and I know not to even worry about the temp it just seemed something wasnt right taking the them off now I got a good broken stream going threw out the first 125 or so as forahots I'm into the heads now

[bellybuster]

just carry on, toss a good amount of fores and do good cuts and you'll have some fine booze

[vinper]

I can tell when its going to start dripping by, use my hand feel the column heat up. The heat has to get all the way up the copper to the liebig then turn on the water and shell start producing.. My 3'' column take a lot of heat to get warm enough .

[medic_tyler45]

4 pints in right now minus forshots it sure does smell good first pint was 130 proof ill take that for a beginner. Cant wait to be able to set down and enjoy a drink of this

[Richard7]

Is this the first run? You gotta get your sacrificial cleaning runs in ya know.

[bellybuster]

Is this the first run? You gotta get your sacrificial cleaning runs in ya know.

re-reading I thinks you may be right.

[medic_tyler45]

Well its my first drinkable run. I ran some cheap whine threw it. It came out pretty good. I ran it slow after I got the temp right. Likker was good and I guess I got a decent yield