Removing 'Homebrew' taste

[dieselduo]

What would suggest for cleaning a column? One step and sanistar both strip the patina.

Hot water... I've never used anything but hot water to clean my stills unless the components are new or modified by soldering... The entire rig has been steam cleaned during the run, mostly with high proof alcohol vapor... Pretty much all I'm rinsing out is the tails... I do run a long bottle brush down through my column sections every few runs with hot water running through during brushing... I don't do anything to effect the patina... I hate the taste of bare copper...

That's all I've ever used too and never had a problem

[Jimbo]

Ive done nothing more than pour hot water in from above the defleg

[tugboatbilly]

well SHIT!!!

thank you all for your input, i think we may have narrowed it down to two potential issues.

the rye i run next is gonna be the best....and then the rye i run after that is gonna better!!

[papapro]

considering the time of the year and where you live I would look at the temperature at the take off, the alcometers are usualy calibtrated at 20 C if the temperature of product is higher than 20 deg C you will be off by few degree. Check the temps.
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