second reflux run

Vapor, Liquid or Cooling Management. Flutes, plates, etc.

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Pieterpost
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second reflux run

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specs:

80 liter boiler
70 cm packaging in my colums SS-scrubbers
gas heated
alternative cooling element (made with 12 mm hard copper pipe)
nixon-style reflux design

(sorry, too lazy today to convert all of the measures today :wink: )

First time round I hadn't insulated the column and got an 85% product, which I had to clean with carbon. Turned out to result in so nice spirits. Btw I took 500 ml as the foreshots+heads)

Second time I had insulated the column and packaged the SS-scrubbers a bit tighter(added 2 extra scrubbers). This time I got 93-94 % out of it :D . This time I took 200 ml as foreshots+heads.

Now there is still a faint smell present in the alcohol. Nothing to be worried about (will absolutely not be noticed when diluted to drinking strength :wink: ) but I was amazed that there was still some other smell besides the alcohol in it. If I must describe it then I would say it smelled a sweetish.

Do other people also notice this?

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