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Dirtdobber,
What exactly are you running? What kind of wash, what's the volume, and what's the alcohol content? And when you say you have an 8 gallon reflux, are referring to a PSII or a PSII HC?
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"Yes, Dirtdobber, more info is what these guys need to help figger out what is best for your setup.
1. What was you mash? the recipe I mean...
2. what is your still (the tower actually)
3. how did you cook it, hard and fast or slow and easy
4. did you make any cuts or collect everything in one big jug
5. did you wait until morning or the next day at least AND THEN, add it all together
your nose is really an important item when combining your hooch for the final product.
these are all things you need to think about when you make a run and try for something thats, well, palatable."
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" Originally Posted by: Dirtdobber17  Caros527486 thanks for the info anything will help ... What temp do you run at and how long does it take you to make a qt? I run my pot at app 177F and keep it steady up to 187F. But to be honest I don't use a thermo anymore becuase every four runs or so it would have to be recalibrated ,when started I didnt have a thermo so I would feel my pot constantly and I've always gotten good results and thats what I do now. It takes me about twenty minutes to half an hour to get it at 177F and then about an hour or so to get me a full quart. I've never timed it but thats more or less how long it takes. My best advice is know your still and listen to it you'll will know exaclty when it's the proper temp and when to lower your heat. I run app 6 gallons every run and my last two runs where honey shine and sweet feed shine."
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Originally Posted by: Dirtdobber17 Will do and will keep you posted thanks for the help ... And can I heat the pot to fast? I think so.. I've had great runs by heating my pot up in about 45 min to an hour I personally haven't had as great of results running it very fast. After it's started I turn the flame down a bit and give it till its got a steady 2-3 drips a sec.. could be a few more drips for you since your boiler is bigger but probably wouldn't go over 4-6. I've never ran one that size... Once my mash is complete I screen it through cheesecloth wrapped quite a few times and then do that process. I get 2.5-3 oz. of foreshots I throw out and then 2-3 pints of good stuff then a few pints of tails. That whole process takes me around 5 - 6 hours or so. I use a cheap 12qt homeade pot still and copper coil condenser and my average likker is about 120-130 proof. Hope this helps and good luck. Oh ya.. be sure to keep that water very cold for condensing!
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My mash is just peaches and 3-4 packs of yeast from grocery store I put peaches in 15 gal barrel and the mash will end up filling the barrel 3/4 up I strain it through cheese cloth fill the 8 gal pot up to 3" below top and the column it a brewhaus I think it's 2in o.d. And it has 2 sections it has no copper or mesh inside just factory insides. I heat as fast as possible till head temp goes to rising then cam it back low and let temp get to 85c that's where it runs best +/- few * I keep my water cool and at a semi slow pace to keep the water luke warm on exit and I haven't ran enough to collect a whole lot I keep gettin discouraged because I seem to be messing up a lot but I'm the type that will stick to it till I perfect it once again thanks for helping me get running right and more questions please ask I will answer to best of my abilitties.
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"Dirtdobber, Quote:My mash is just peaches Ok ... so let's start from the ground up. About how many pounds of peaches is would you say you used?"
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I'm sorry my mash contained a 5 galbuckett of peaches and bout 12 pd sugar and 3-4 yeast packets can't quite remember.
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"You called this thread -Too Slow.....are you still trying to figger out why its slow or are you trying to figger out why its cloudy and tasting bad???
You should get likker with that much sugar -IF- you converted it all. But with no nutrients or enzymes added your hooch it may indeed be unpleasent.
Did you follow a recipe or is what you posted above the whole recipe?? With fruits you will gets lots of heads in your run so segregation of the run while your distilling is really important.
Keep reading and learning you'll get it."
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Heeler , I am concerned about speed but also taste and quality I will continue reading and any comments will greatly help
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"As far as getting up to stillin temp....slow is no better than fast so for me the faster I can start to collect the better. I pour the heat to it and get up there as fast as possible. The higher or cooking temp I mean.
Now as far as the stillin temp...I like to take it nice and slow and that means low and slow heat. So when I'm getting up there in temp I make sure I back off the fire so it will hit that just right temp and hold steady as the temp climbs through the cuts. You will find that once you get it set and its cooking on its own the temp will climb as it works its way through the differnet cuts of the run. Thats perfectly normal, so watch for that to happen and learn form that temp change. If you dont have a thermometer well just use your drip to gauge the fire temp, start with a drip and if you want a faster run turn up the heat and for slower turn it down, its just that simple.
Remember, higher temp means tails (the end of the run) --- lower temps means heads (the beginning of the run) --- and to me both of those compounds need to be tossed or re-run in the next boiler full."
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" Quote:the column it a brewhaus I think it's 2in o.d. And it has 2 sections it has no copper or mesh inside just factory insides. Hi, I'm new to this hobby and doing alot of reading and learning but shouldn't he be using some copper mesh in his tower to get better tasten hooch?"
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