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Ev 190

ChubbNugg

ChubbNugg

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With our latest municipal water system troubles, I was forced to buy myself a nice countertop water distiller machine. It is F"""G Awshum!!! I wonder could we use it to make the 190 grain?
 
Yes, it can be done. Not the most efficient way of doing it but it will work. You would have to do a stripping run first to get to 190. Make sure you dump the fore shots and heads. If you have never done distilling, look up the basics so you don't poison or injure yourself.
 
do you mean that you have to run the same liquid materials over and over? I read a paper from a medical student who's premise was that single distilled water was not pure enough for the lab. You supposed to RO the water first, then run that same water at least twice through the distillation process. I've never gone that far.
 
I dont run water in my still, I do make wine and brandy. I have looked into making my own 190, but have not went there yet.
 
OK maybe I wasn't too clear. Do you have to distill the alcohol many times to get to 190. I was just using the water scenario as an example. you said it will take several RUNS. but didn't clarify what to run. People that are new to this game don't always make certain correlations. I've never purified alcohol. I have purified water.
 
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I made a 5% mix and distilled it to 95% in one pass once at work. Used a distilling tube and controlled the condensate tube temp. Stunk up the whole place.
 
ChubbNugg it depends on what type of still you have. If using a pot still, yes you will have to do multiple runs. The first runs are called stripping runs. They do what they sound like, strip the etoh from the wash and concentrate it. Then you re-distill the concentrate to get high proof, and separate and dispose of the heads. They contain methanol and other nasty that will make you sick and go blind. If you have a reflux still like 90Gizmo has, then you could get away with one run if you know how to run it properly.
 
With my toy still my first run is about 60-80 proof, starting with my blackberry wine at around 16% (32 proof). I'll keep some as brandy and add some to a batch of wine. Like Ckbrew said not all stills are equal, you have to know your equipment.
 
Oh wow! I understand better now. I was thinking in these terms but when I don't know a thing, its better not to assume. This stuff is so interesting. I surely do appreciate this education. This forum is very rich.
 
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