Pot run: how low and how slow?

[Swedish Pride]

Riser? I’ve got a 3 gallon Vexar still with thumper. Right from Amazon. Check it out. Get back with me. Plz

I think my answer was quite detailed, how I perceive the stilling process anyways.
At some point you'll just have to dig in and do some research and more importantly learn by doing.
If running the way you do don't produce a good end product, change one thing at a time.
If you don't strip, strip untill you have enough low wines to fill the boiler.
If you use high sugar washes, drop the amount of sugar, make an all grain mash.
Maybe put some water in the thumper.
Run slower, run quicker.
Triple distill.
Collect the distillate in lots of jars.
Spend an hour a evening reading in the new distillers es section a evening for even a week.

Your still isn't brilliant to be fair, always going to be hard making great booze on a small potstill like that but it's doable with practise and dedication.

[Yummyrum]

Riser? I’ve got a 3 gallon Vexar still with thumper. Right from Amazon. Check it out. Get back with me. Plz

Guess'n you got one of these .This is the Riser .

Some don't have the copper bit .But the Flexable Stainless is still a riser .

Just be super carefull distilling anything with grains in it as the holes in gaskets in the lines are very small and could easily plug up .That quickly becomes a dangerous situation . I'd recomend you run everything through a sieve before loading your boiler .

If you like distilling , I'd suggest upgrading as soon as possible .

[Stout8174asheNC]

As long as your getting nice steady consistent drips. That’s low and slow.
As long as your getting raccoon pecker sized stream. That’s close to rushing it.
I believe in ((your time,knowledge:compassion;curiosity;love)) have everything most important.
Pick your still. Learn it. Love ie. become one with it. and you’ll find what is your sweet spot.
Honestly (shining) is science,math and common sense.)
XXXss

[NormandieStill]

As long as your getting nice steady consistent drips. That’s low and slow.
As long as your getting raccoon pecker sized stream. That’s close to rushing it.
I believe in ((your time,knowledge:compassion;curiosity;love)) have everything most important.
Pick your still. Learn it. Love ie. become one with it. and you’ll find what is your sweet spot.
Honestly (shining) is science,math and common sense.)
XXXss

How appropriate your flow rate is depends on your charge size. I guarantee that when the boys in Laphroaig fill one of their 4700 litre spirit stills they see more than a "raccoon pecker sized stream" coming off, and proportionally they're running at about the same speed as most of us. A spirit run there clocks in at a little under 6 hours by my reading.

This difference works even at our small scale. A 50l keg still filled to the brim will have a higher take-off rate than my 30l half filled (which I try not to do any more). If you want to exchange useful information about take-off rates, you need to give the rate in ml/hour (or some medieval equivalent ), and the boiler charge. Otherwise your just talking about "feelings".