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"I have run over 100 gallons of sugar wash through my Mr. Distiller unit and never had an issue until tonight.
As I was watching the National Geographic story that I recorded early tonight on Moonshining and I loaded it with my first ever attempt at Rum and all went as normal until I collected about 600ml when I heard this roar come from the unit and when I looked the wash was boiling over. It was a complete blow out; molasses wash is everywhere!
I just spent 20 mins cleaning up a real hot and stick mess.
Has anyone else had this issue??"
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I've never use a Mr. Distiller but I've noticed that rum bubbles up a lot more in the regular cooker.
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"Rum washes can boil over....
Don't know what a ""mister distiller"" looks like,,,,,,,but a typical boiler charge for a rum wash would likely be no more than 3/4 of the total volume of your boiler.
Did your rum wash finish dry?.....Left over sugar gonna make lots a foam over."
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"LWTCS
The Mr. Distiller is the table top electric still that holds a gallon of wash at a time. I'm guessing that maybe there was still a lot of sugars left in the wash. Ill get some boil chips for next run and see if it helps."
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"I also own a ""Mr. Distiller"" and have had the same problem. I made a first run of my 5 gallon wash with no blowout, but when I ran the second distillation with the clear 15% from the first run, the distiller blew out just like what you describe.
From what I've read, I should get some stainless steel washers and add them to the pot before doing it again.
BrewNinja, I'd sure like to hear how your second try did. I'll post mine as well.
It took me an hour to clean up the mess. The noise it made almost made me mess myself. I didn't even know what it was for a few seconds."
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I have no idea how many of what size stainless steel nuts to put into the Mr. Distiller to make the boiling come under control when running a second distilling using 15% alcohol.
Any suggestions? I'm thinking maybe 10 half inch nuts maybe?
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" Originally Posted by: Hiccup  I have no idea how many of what size stainless steel nuts to put into the Mr. Distiller to make the boiling come under control when running a second distilling using 15% alcohol.
Any suggestions? I'm thinking maybe 10 half inch nuts maybe? Sounds like you are running without boiling chips - use Raschig Rings or similar - a small chain like a kitchen sink plug chain will also work. This is to prevent surge boiling which is one big bubble - boiling chips make many small bubbles."
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"i have a mr. distiller i use for small runs. just yesterday i had the same thing happen i started to hear a noise coming out of the distiller so i pulled the plug and put on my gloves and took off the cooler coil what i saw inside was the extra sugar that did not ferment mad a hotspot in the boiler and that is what blew the cooling coil top off  "
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I took a foot long piece of stranded copper wire, stripped it, washed it, made a 4" loop and it sits in the bottom every time I run. No more boil overs, and I like the idea of having some copper in there, old school style.
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