Washing your still

Rod · Post by **Rod** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:24 pm

I have just finished reading the

Home Distillation Handbook by Ola Norrman

available from Gert Strand

[strand@partyman.se]

A lot of good stuff and very helpful

In the section called distillation it recommends that after you finish distilling you should

1) wash your pot -- sounds OK to me

2) wash your column and column filling with water and detergent --

would this be OK

if so what detergent

As-Ol-Joe · Post by **As-Ol-Joe** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:27 pm

I use plain old Dawn dish soap on my pot and other equipment. Then rinse in hot water.

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:07 pm

I give mine a rinse with tap water, that is it....I've never noticed any odd flavours. Those folks that run neutrals may have a different opinion.

PlimmerRumDistiller · Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:40 am

I'm pretty new here so I'm basing my comments on what other experienced fellas are telling me about cleaning.
The first guy i asked told me had never cleaned it with anything other than warm water in 20 years and another guy that has been going for 9 odd years swears Coke Cola flushed through strips pipes,columns and the pot beautifully?? Comments welcome?

Post by **Dnderhead** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:29 am

I rinse my pot only unless i have boil over, alcohol is in head no better
cleaner than that

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:30 am

Dnderhead wrote:alcohol is in head no better cleaner than that

Here,here.

Rudi · Post by **Rudi** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:16 am

For the pot still I've only ever given it a hot water rinse. The reflux column and packing I used washing soda and hot water a cup full to a gallon.This came from Pintoshine if you search you'll find it.

The soap doesn't feel right for some reason probbably ok if rinsed really well.

Woody_Woodchuck · Post by **Woody_Woodchuck** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:33 am

Soft sponge and baking soda for cleaning my copper pot. I kept the coil backfilled with water between runs. Main point I remember is to NOT scrub it down to shiny copper inside. Let the inside age and get a nice patina on it. Washed the old ceramic crocks and all other implements the same way, baking soda on a soft sponge. Easy to wash off and wouldn’t affect anything if a little was left behind.

goose eye · Post by **goose eye** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:02 am

hot slops for biscuts an where any spiled loadin it then just water

so im tole

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:14 pm

on gooses recommendation I started using hot backset and scrubbing with a bottle brush. rinse with water and clean and shiny...

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:24 am

backset or acidic mix of water and citric acid

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Washing your still

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