Airstilled Neutral - A technique
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Phillmystill that is great to hear someone Else having great results with a air still i hope everything goes great with making nutrals I know how much more work a air still is. I started with sugar wash strip and spirit run got a good 175 proof then I cut back to 100 with sugar water syrup after about 2 weeks it goes down nice and smooth
Re: Airstilled Neutral - A technique
I’m purposely reviving this old thread, as the Airstill wave seems to have either continued or revived. Sad to see that Phillmystill isn’t still active, especially as someone who took so much time to read, learn, and put into practice the concepts this forum teaches, and to share the information as well.
The Airstill isn’t for everyone, as has been said. For others, this may be their only option, especially as an introduction into the hobby.
I have my 50L pot, and I love it. It does however take up an enormous amount of space, overlaps at least 2 burners on the stove, the counter space for the Lyme arm, the 5 gal bucket for my worm, and a 15 gallon barrel reservoir for the condenser, as well as the table with my collection jars, and then the dining room table for my cuts jars. I have the kitchen space, and a more than patient wife and kids.
I recently purchased the Vevor Airstill ‘water distiller,’ included in the manual were wine distillation instructions.
. It has been great for small, experimental batches, to decide if I want to scale up for a full recipe on my bigger still. The model I have so far has been awesome. There’s no plastic or rubber in the vapor path. I ptfe’d where the silicone gasket was. There’s a little shelf where the vapor enters the condenser in the top I can add a little copper mesh in, and then there is a removable spout, like a cup with a nipple at the bottom, which allows for additional copper mesh.
The whole idea of this hobby began from actual logistical needs, storage, preservation, frugality, and utilizing available resources etc. kudos to those doing what they do, with what they have. Awesome if you can go bigger, build your own, or have an unending supply of money or resources. Just as awesome, maybe more so, to those working to make the best QUALITY, that they can with what they have available. After all, quality over quantity is what we are after, right?
The Airstill isn’t for everyone, as has been said. For others, this may be their only option, especially as an introduction into the hobby.
I have my 50L pot, and I love it. It does however take up an enormous amount of space, overlaps at least 2 burners on the stove, the counter space for the Lyme arm, the 5 gal bucket for my worm, and a 15 gallon barrel reservoir for the condenser, as well as the table with my collection jars, and then the dining room table for my cuts jars. I have the kitchen space, and a more than patient wife and kids.
I recently purchased the Vevor Airstill ‘water distiller,’ included in the manual were wine distillation instructions.
. It has been great for small, experimental batches, to decide if I want to scale up for a full recipe on my bigger still. The model I have so far has been awesome. There’s no plastic or rubber in the vapor path. I ptfe’d where the silicone gasket was. There’s a little shelf where the vapor enters the condenser in the top I can add a little copper mesh in, and then there is a removable spout, like a cup with a nipple at the bottom, which allows for additional copper mesh. The whole idea of this hobby began from actual logistical needs, storage, preservation, frugality, and utilizing available resources etc. kudos to those doing what they do, with what they have. Awesome if you can go bigger, build your own, or have an unending supply of money or resources. Just as awesome, maybe more so, to those working to make the best QUALITY, that they can with what they have available. After all, quality over quantity is what we are after, right?
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Re: Airstilled Neutral - A technique
I bought an air still classic for gin and love the thing. I have a full on keg boiler with all sorts of configurations, but for little runs of gin it’s perfect. Looks like some regular old home appliance.
My only tweak to running it is using an SCR to throttle the boiler power and plugging the fan directly to a different wall socket. Bought a simple power cord on Amazon for this, worked like a charm.
My only tweak to running it is using an SCR to throttle the boiler power and plugging the fan directly to a different wall socket. Bought a simple power cord on Amazon for this, worked like a charm.