How much drinkables

Post by **stillvodka** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:29 am

Hello Distillers,

Tomorrow i am going to fire up my new still, i have roughtly 3 Gallons of stripped spirits, i measured the alcohol with my alcometer, it read at just over 63 %.
Out of interest , how much Good spirits should i get? after the cuts.

Thanks.

vinifera · Post by **vinifera** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:44 pm

I assume you're after pure 95.6 alcohol and not whisky, whiskey, rum or any other sort of flavored end result.

Now it's all dependent on your column. a tall (1-1.5m) and with an appropriate filling could get you cuts from everything from 20-60-20 to 20-80-0 or better. The taller your column the better result. If you want no tails you need an ARC. You can reduce the heads by using baking soda in the stripped wash.

Post by **stillvodka** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:34 am

Vini,
I got roughly 6 litres out, at 90% showing on my Alcometer, my column is 48'' high, how much Baking soda do you put in for 40 litres

Kind Regards.

Post by **Husker** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:49 pm

vinifera:

I assume you're after pure 95.6 alcohol and not whisky, whiskey, rum or any other sort of flavored end result.

Now it's all dependent on your column. a tall (1-1.5m) and with an appropriate filling could get you cuts from everything from 20-60-20 to 20-80-0 or better. The taller your column the better result. If you want no tails you need an ARC. You can reduce the heads by using baking soda in the stripped wash.

What is an ARC?

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:17 pm

ARC = Automatic Reflux Control. Don't know anything else about it....just the acronym!