Hi everyone.
Completely new to distilling.
Years ago I made various types of beer/ale with various levels of success.
I work as a professional bar tender. I experiment with lots of various cocktails which as you can imagine costs a small fortune in base spirits.
I came across an advert for an AirStill and thought that sounds like a simple solution to my spirit needs. I live in a 2 bed apartment so I don't have much available space.
The advantage of the airstill is the small space it takes up, but that advantage is pointless if I can't make usable neutral spirit with it.
If I'm understanding things correctly neutral is what I need for gins & vodka. For the short term I don't imagine experimenting with whiskeys/bourbons but who knows if the bug bites
Jon
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MooseMan
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Welcome to the forum Jon.
You will get something loosely approaching a neutral spirit with that air still if you choose a recipe carefully and do multiple distillations adding water back to it each time.
But to make true neutral in any useable volume, you need a reflux column.
You've come to the right place anyway, so do plenty of reading and learning, and decide from there.
Either way, enjoy the forum.
Moose
You will get something loosely approaching a neutral spirit with that air still if you choose a recipe carefully and do multiple distillations adding water back to it each time.
But to make true neutral in any useable volume, you need a reflux column.
You've come to the right place anyway, so do plenty of reading and learning, and decide from there.
Either way, enjoy the forum.
Moose
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Bradster68
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Welcome and 
. MM is correct. An air still will get you by, and maybe help you understand a few things. But like most, once you start you'll be upgrading to something more to your liking.
. MM is correct. An air still will get you by, and maybe help you understand a few things. But like most, once you start you'll be upgrading to something more to your liking.I drink so much now,on the back of my license it's a list of organs I need.