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Has anyone tried to clean their mash like this? I have a basic sugar wash with a couple of oranges in it, cleaned it out with a clearing agent, let settle and racked off. My question is has anybody filtered their mash through some activated stone carbon to really clean it up before putting into boiler to run a reflux still?
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" Originally Posted by: Tinman  Has anyone tried to clean their mash like this? I have a basic sugar wash with a couple of oranges in it, cleaned it out with a clearing agent, let settle and racked off. My question is has anybody filtered their mash through some activated stone carbon to really clean it up before putting into boiler to run a reflux still? I would guess the first liter or 2 would totally clog the carbon. A stripping run is better, faster."
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" Originally Posted by: mtnwalker2 I would guess the first liter or 2 would totally clog the carbon. A stripping run is better, faster. On a 30 liter sugar wash how much should one collect in the stripping run? or How do you know when to stop?"
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" Originally Posted by: mountainsparky On a 30 liter sugar wash how much should one collect in the stripping run? or How do you know when to stop? Depends on the ABV of your wash. I just go by taste and smell, though others go by hydrometer and collect to arount 20%. That i best to start with. Beyond that its not very economically or time efficient. Sorry I can't be more clear on answer, but an 18% turbo wash will have vary different results than a 12% MUM wash. Also depends on the quality of your still. If you are stripping low wines at 30% or 50% or have a High Capacity that will strip at 60%, volumes vary greatly. Sorry I couldn't answer your question."
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Thats fine. I went by smell the low tech tried and true method. I do have the high cap rig.
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"bout a 1/3 of total charge is a rough guestimate.....for a potstiller. BTW old school is true blue. Hard to read the thermometer and the alcometer when your running by the light of the moon.  What will you do when you break your measuring tool in the middle of a run? I got an intergrated parrot on my discharge now but I learned without."
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" Originally Posted by: LWTCS bout a 1/3 of total charge is a rough guestimate.....for a potstiller. BTW old school is true blue. Hard to read the thermometer and the alcometer when your running by the light of the moon. What will you do when you break your measuring tool in the middle of a run? I got an intergrated parrot on my discharge now but I learned without. excellent answer. I have an African Gray parrot that can watch my reaction to the taste, smell routine an give a yep, yep, yep or nope, nope nope answer to how she sees me respond. She watches closely. Maybe sees my face with a smile or grimace. She makes the cuts pretty good."
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" Originally Posted by: mtnwalker2 excellent answer. I have an African Gray parrot that can watch my reaction to the taste, smell routine an give a yep, yep, yep or nope, nope nope answer to how she sees me respond. She watches closely. Maybe sees my face with a smile or grimace. She makes the cuts pretty good. Perhaps using a parrot is really the best method MW  "
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"Hahahaha.
Now thats not an intergrated parrot.................thats an inebreated parrot.:)"
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For stripping I push it until about 90*+ & the flow has slowed to a trickle. Heck I could be producing water & I don't care - going to add water to final run anyway. Course if you want some of that orange taste it'll have to be a pot still run.
Oh BTW - I put a parrot in for the strip one time - wouldn't recommend it.
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" Originally Posted by: LWTCS Hahahaha.
Now thats not an intergrated parrot.................thats an inebreated parrot.:) I gotta start keeping her upwind. Guess thats why I get awakened every morning with a ""YO HO HO, AND A BOTTLE OF RUM"". Or ""IF THE OCEAN WAS WHISKEY, AND I WAS A DUCK, I'D DIVE TO THE BOTTOM, AND NEVER COME UP"". Crazy bird."
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