SherrodBrown wrote:Of course the increment would be different from still to still, even from run to run. By doing a test run you automatically get the some kind of calibration for a specific type..A hint what ABV you should feed your boiler with to get reach your target.
There is your mistake. If you are trying to hit a target ABV you are doing it wrong. Put the maths down and pay attention to the craft.
SherrodBrown wrote:I was wondering because I'm running a reflux still myself. It is a boiler with a reflux unit on top. Pot still have a natural reflux too.
I admit I must learn more on the various types but any pot still would reflux, any hybrid which is more than a sause pan will also reflux , hence my curiosity for the new grammar.
There is no new ‘grammar’, or lexicon. Yes, any still will have some amount of reflux. But to quickly summarise for you: a pot still is a traditional still which exhibits minimal reflux. A reflux still has a column in which reflux is accentuated. A hybrid also has a reflux-still-like-column, but without the design elements that produce high degrees of reflux, hence ‘hybrid’. This is not a new understanding or definition. The terms speak to the operational behaviour of the still.
SherrodBrown wrote:Most in here seem to use Azeotropic interchangably for highest reachable ABV. What do I know? Forgive me if I'm wrong.
You are not wrong about that. You were wrong about it being 95.5%ABV. The correct answer is a subtle distinction, and may not account for a hill of beans, but it is a red flag to me that someone is chasing magic numbers, without necessarily understanding what is going on particularly well.
SherrodBrown wrote:If you are going to rebuke something out of the blue, please at least take the time and read through some of the post I've made and see if you understand the conclutions I made. It's just a few. Feel free to rebuke or give me a better understanding. The 2.7 is spent wash to distill ratio from big commercial distilleries.
Ok, maybe I was a bit rude. Sorry about that. However, before you post a question saying: ‘I’m new to this forum and I’m a bit confused about the terms you are all using and what do you think about my equation to figure out what the ABV of my wash should be to hit my target ABV output’ perhaps you should take the time to read through the posts already here. That’s what I have done, and I recommend it. The answers are here. Use the HD Google Search to find them.
SherrodBrown wrote:With this attitude your learning curve will be very slow.
My attitude of keeping my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open and soaking up everything the old hands say?
Again, sorry if you got a burn. I don’t sit on here pouncing on noobs, but something you said poked me into responding.
SherrodBrown wrote:I admit I know little or nothing about certain topics and that will not keep me from debating them.
Ah, there’s the difference between us. If I know little about a subject, I don’t inject myself into the debate, because my ruminations are likely to be flawed. I might draw attention to facts I am aware of when something counterfactual is stated, but I don’t tend to announce my ‘reckons’ because that is likely to expose me as a noob with naive ideas.
All the best. There is really good stuff here on this forum. Ignore me and dig into it.