I've bought a neutralizer without the plates until I can afford them. I mainly do rum and whisky in pot still mode. This setup has made some good stuff quicker compared to old 2inch copper pot still that mac made about 12 years ago.
However Ive tried to make some neutral the first lot was awesome must've winged it.
However the latest was a bit bitey maybe to much heads. It was hard to cut as the hearts cut seemed to be huge.
So I have a few questions. I'm re running this tomorrow.
I have 30litres of stripped and now single refluxed tpw. Tomorrow will be the 2nd reflux.
What I done last time was heat up slowly until drips came out and got a slow drip drip dribble spirt going.
Maybe about 400mls at 88% had a thin little stream (like a pot still spirit run) then turn on rc, was in total reflux for about 15mins didn't realise how sensitive the rc was.
As I turned down the rc water until I got some more drip drip drip.
Product started coming off at 90% and didn't move for the entire run until I tasted tails I turned it off.
I was collecting 400mls every 20mins.
Questions are
Could I do better, do I need to be in full reflux for a longer time?
Do I need to turn the heat up and boil harder and turn the water flow on more to get better reflux for a higher % and then dial back the water flow to control out put or do I just simmer the boil and control output with the water flow.
Thanks.