Put my 3 ½ gal. Of low wines in the boiler, and turned on the heat about half way. Turned on the water @ 80deg, with in 45 min. the column temp was at 150 f. Started dripping at 171 deg.f, collected 200ml @ 84% abv of foreshots. Collected 385 ml of heads at 175 deg f, abv was 82.5%. (Corrected temp.). Started keeping the middle run at 176 deg.f and abv corrected to 80.7%. Continued for 4 hours until temp. Raised to 187.5 and abv dropped to 69%. Collected 2 quarts of tails, quit at 202f. Dumped the foreshots, combined the heads and tails. Came out with 3.5 quarts of 78% abv middle cut.
I am not sure if 385ml of heads was the right cut before starting to keep the middle. If you folks have any comments, my ears are open. Thanks for listening.
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Sounds about right to me.
I would turn the heat on high until it starts to boil then turn it down (save you some time). Otherwise, forshots burn real well in your car engine.
20-60-20 is a rough approximation of heads-main-tails percentages that I use. It will take a few runs to get it tuned in for your set up. Keep putting a few drops on a spoon to taste and smell your distillate. This is the best way to tell when to make your cuts.
I would turn the heat on high until it starts to boil then turn it down (save you some time). Otherwise, forshots burn real well in your car engine.
20-60-20 is a rough approximation of heads-main-tails percentages that I use. It will take a few runs to get it tuned in for your set up. Keep putting a few drops on a spoon to taste and smell your distillate. This is the best way to tell when to make your cuts.
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