Air still rum

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Air still rum

Postby Fouldsy67 » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:30 pm

Hi all new to all this so hoping the experts can help ive been told that you cant run a rum wash (Molasses brown sugar ) wash through a air still and get rum flavors out of it is this true
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Re: Air still rum

Postby bluc » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:45 pm

It's 100% wrong air still is a pot still which is more suited to brown spirits rum whiskey bourbon then vodka/neutral.. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Air still rum

Postby Fouldsy67 » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:51 pm

Thanks for that i will give it a try wasnt going to buy a 20 ltr Molasses if it wasnt going to work

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Re: Air still rum

Postby bluc » Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:03 pm

If you doing rum leave head room cause it will most likely puke. Are you going to double distill I would highly recommend it..especially with rum :-B
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Re: Air still rum

Postby Fouldsy67 » Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:09 pm

Yes i allways double distille for better spirits at least i know it will work
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Re: Air still rum

Postby southern45 » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:42 pm

Will absolutely work in the little pot, but I'd be very wary of filling more than 3L of rum wash into the 4L AirStill as it'll foam up and puke! Definitely use the boil chips and conditioner too.
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Re: Air still rum

Postby viking » Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:23 pm

wow I remember the drip, drip, drip of the airstill...I never ran a molly wash through it. Let us know how it turns out.
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Re: Air still rum

Postby hillzabilly » Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:30 pm

With the air still the condenser tube it is very hard ta clean and rum can be a dirty wash ,so I would rinse that straight after each run to stop crap inside it drying up and building up and potentially blocking it or effecting the cooling capacity for the worst.cheers hillzabilly ;-)
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