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How much will i get ?
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:48 am
by backwoodsbrewer94
I have a 15.5 gallon boiler, with a reflux colum still on top. How much will i get per run ?
Re: How much will i get ?
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:16 am
by Tater
Of what?

Not much info to go on .
http://homedistiller.org/calcs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Re: How much will i get ?
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:34 am
by backwoodsbrewer94
Yea im sorry wasnt thinking

How much drinkable moonshine will i get ? and about how much methanol in the begining?

Re: How much will i get ?
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:56 am
by Tater
Of what?

Not much info to go on .
http://homedistiller.org/calcs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Re: How much will i get ?
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:20 pm
by Husker
BWB, we really need to hear about your wash, and how much of it you will be putting in the boiler, to be able to answer. If you put 15 gallons of water, or bean soup in there, you will not get much moonshine

Also, it depends upon if you are running wash, or running 'low wines', which are the product of a first quick stripping run.
Also, the calculators pages tater has posted a link to, has MANY calculators, which will tell you what to expect, if you use X amount of water, X amount of sugar, and then later, if you put that wash that is a know ABV (alcohol by volume, which you computed using some other calculators), it tells you what to expect out the back end of the still, running what you have.
H.
Re: How much will i get ?
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:08 pm
by backwoodsbrewer94
Okay ill use the calculator

i just got done cleaning my still with vinegar and water mix, i didnt get to run it yet tho because im waitng on two parts to connect it to the keg..so im kina at a stand still ( no pun intended). hopefully i can get to cleaning on monday.

Re: How much will i get ?
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:28 pm
by rad14701
backwoodsbrewer94 wrote:I have a 15.5 gallon boiler, with a reflux colum still on top. How much will i get per run ?
How long is a piece of string...???
As for your distillation run, you get what you get... The calculators are for best guesstimation only... Slow down and take the time to familiarize yourself with all of the calculators just the same...
Re: How much will i get ?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:50 am
by Usge
Re: How much will i get ?
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:07 pm
by blanikdog
I really don't believe that this is a genuine question. Surely it couldn't be, could it?????? Maybe it is? <shaking head sadly>