Collection rate

[desahih]

hello guys,

I recently upgraded to a 32 liters pot still, with a side reflux condenser that i can install and reinstall whenever i like.

Currently i'm making gin as per odin's ,adding some other botanicals , but collecting a little bit less since im not using 96abv alcohol.
Anyway,i am pot distilling my gin at a collection rate of approximately 800 ml per hour, and i read somewhere here that some people collect at rate of 1.5 - 3 l per hour.i got crazy how am wasting too much time.it takes me about 16 hours to finish my 10L spirit run or even more.

I got used to separate by taste and smell. but mostly by temperature if i want to make a consistent product. i run it on gaz, and i usually stop at around 86C. but if i decided to run it faster, wont the temperature raise too early to 86C? and start into tails.
Considering im distilling my gin based on corn spirit.


thanks in advance

[DSmith78]

Your collection rate will vary hugely depending on many factors such as kW of heating power, column width and column style.

[StillerBoy]

Anyway,i am pot distilling my gin at a collection rate of approximately 800 ml per hour, and i read somewhere here that some people collect at rate of 1.5 - 3 l per hour.i got crazy how am wasting too much time.it takes me about 16 hours to finish my 10L spirit run or even more.

Your collection rate of 800ml /hr is within the ball park for gin.. I do pastis, which is a similar process as gin, and my collection rate is 1L /hr..

But batches are not 10L, but 6L max using a small pot for the task.. so yeah a 10L run will be long..

Mars

[desahih]

thanks mate