I took the advice given in my welcoming post and went and brought a 4 l cask of wine, a fruity red! :puke-huge:
Useing Still spirits 5l super reflux still modified with a 15l stainless pot with electric element.
Heated it up to 50 c and turned the cooling line on, Im useing 8mm id hose that came with fittings i got for 8 bucks from the reject shop and head pressure from a 5000l tank, Im thinking ill add a tap at the still for fine adjustment and was surprised at how little flow it needed.
I ran the first 75ml of nasty nasty smelling shit into a measureing jug then swapped to a bottle and collected until the temp rose to about 80c then changed container and tested it a couple of times and got another 75ml that smelt half nasty.
I will have to get a more accurate digital thermometer as I only got a kitchen one atm.
So got 75ml of nasty nasty shit, foreshot, then I got 175ml of sweet smelling good stuff which I really like the smell of then another 75ml of half nasty stuff, tails.
The calculator said I should have been able to get 720ml but im happy with the 325ml I got for a first attempt and the temp went high so I stopped.
I have 700ml glass bottles of spring water I got for $1.50 each that Ill use to water it down and store it, until tonight when i drink it and ill need it cause its our anversary today, 8 years of wedded bliss :D :angry-banghead:
I also need to buy an hydrometer and alchometer, where on the southern side of brissy is a hb shop?