hey everyone, thanks for the advice before i did my first run...ive done three since then (all various sugar washes) and they've all been pretty consistent and overall pretty good but ive got a few questions..
1. ive been diligently smelling/tasting a drop every couple ounces or so especially when my first distillate starts coming out and when it gets near the end of what i calculate as potential yield...i really cant taste or smell any difference, but it stays stead in the 90-95% ABV range for the most part but then starts trickling off down as low as 40%, but no change in taste or smell? do i just have really bad senses?
2. my thermometer hit 100 degrees right as water started boiling when i tested it with a stove pot, but in my still setup i literally start getting distillate at about 40 degrees, and it takes another half hour for it to get up in into the 70s...is that normal? i put a liter of water in the still kettle and brought it to a boil, distillate started coming out when my thermometer read 50 degrees. any advice?
i attached a picture of my setup, its a brewhaus pro series II with a water pump cooling system and propane stove for heat.
thanks for any input!
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cuts from a reflux still/thermometer issues?
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