Rerunning a strip that is cloudy with green flecks in it

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Rerunning a strip that is cloudy with green flecks in it

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I have added 5 liters of stripped low wines to 24Litres of wash and was about to run a 1.5 spirit run.

I came across a post where someone had mentioned that green tinge/flecks can mean there's corrosion inside the still.

My still ha sat unused for around 4 months and the last thing I ran was a heavy peated barley whisky wash.

I was thinking that the cloudiness and flecks were due to me running the strip at full power and collection down to less than 10% abv.

I am now planning to run the vinegar and sac run protocols just to be sure there's no nastys in my still.

After that is done can I run the 1.5 wash or do I have to chuck it?

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Personally I'd rather clean the interior manually rather than doing a vinegar run and sacrificial run. After that I'd just distill it.

You could zip tie some stainless crubbers to a rod chucked into a drill, spin that thing and run it through the column or riser. Give it a good rise and it should be good to go.
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Re: Rerunning a strip that is cloudy with green flecks in it

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I have cleaned out the interior with a thick bottle brush and can not see any visible corrosion only patina which I'd rather not lose.

Can I re-run the wash that I've saved?

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Hell yeah Re run it. I’d treat it like a spirit run low and slow. Throw a coffee filter under the spout if you like
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Worst case scenario is it comes out blue and that’s your sac run. Collect in jars.

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Re: Rerunning a strip that is cloudy with green flecks in it

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Vinegar and sacrificial runs are for cleaning out flux and machine oils after a new build or modification.

The stripping run should have cleaned your still already, so there is no need to clean it again. Do your spirit run.
Use a filter to catch any flakes coming out of the condenser. If it catches a lot of blue, then you have a problem.
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Thanks guys. Will run it tonight.
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