Home Distiller

I've had success with a recipe using corn meal, sugar, and bakers yeast in a copper pot still. Also with a rum run using mollasses. I've got a batch or UJSM thats been working for 5 days now. I haven't been using an air lock, just plastic wrap over the bucket. After about 3 days I've installed an air lock and going into the 6th day its bubbling at the rate of once every 2 or 3 seconds. Most of the posts I've read say it works off in 3 to 4 days, but I plan to wait until it stops bubbling. I am tempted to remove the lid to see if its starting to settle at all, but I guess I'll wait. I had intended to use hydrometers, alcohol meters and such but after after 5 or 6 runs with the meal and 1 run with mollasses, to hell with gadgets and meters. The post I read about smelling, tasting, burning in a spoon and on a plate etc. was a big help. Hot damn this is a great hobby and this is a great site.