Parrot for Pot Still

[Andrew_90]

I built myself a Parrot which I had planned on using with my spirit runs. Having done two spirit runs so far, I am unsure as to the necessity of a parrot for this purpose so school me.

So I can see with a stripping run how it could be convenient as it would give you a measure as to where to cut off the to total run.

There are articles on Parrots and how they “smear” the distillate in the parrot which does not lead to a definite cut off in the fractions. None of these articles are really conclusive in their findings as to the degree of “smear” and whether the “smear is actually material to the collection of fractions.
So given the fact that I am planning on taking fractions of circa 500ml on as spirit run of 25 litres of low wines at 40%, I am wondering just how useful a parrot is in this application.

I am of the opinion that even as an inexperienced distiller, that a parrot will add no value to the process of producing fractions.