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5 gallon boiler
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:50 pm
by Bigmanley2
Here is my hobby sized 5 gallon pot still should do good on my turkey fryer base do two or three runs to get some decent hooch. all stainless with copper scrubbers stuffed in cap arm about half way up and in 2 gallon thumper pipes plus copper worm ought to get a little less than a gallon per run, enough to last me a while.
Re: 5 gallon boiler
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:59 pm
by S-Cackalacky
A little less than a gallon may be overly optimistic for a single run with a five gallon still. If your wash is say 10% ABV, that would give you 1/2 gallon if it came off at 100%. If it comes off at the usual 65 to 70 percent you might end up with 3 quarts before cuts and if you're lucky, a quart to a quart and a half after cuts.
I did three stripping runs followed by a spirit run and got just under a gallon of blended cuts from the spirit run. I was running about 4.5 gallons of wash in a 5 gallon pot still for each stripping run. How much you end up with also depends on how tight you do the cuts.
S-C
Re: 5 gallon boiler
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:29 am
by Bigmanley2
I'm just being optimistic SC the first couple runs might be trash lol I haven't run that small of a run yet maybe you can come up to Clemson and show me how it's done