Hi all, I'm seriously thinking about getting into making gin so was thinking about the rig I want to get and how I'm going to run it.
The rig I want to get is a 50L milk can boiler, a 4" Neutraliser (5 plate bubbler, 500mm packed section, RC) , Carter head and then PC with parrot. Planning on getting all of this from FSD.
This should get me a rig that can do anything from rum to gin, but my target for now is just gin.
My plan for running it is to feed the 95% vapour from the top of the reflux section into the Carter head, similar to the method that The Doc uses. But to do this I'd need to run just the hearts into the Carter, as I don't want heads and tails ending up in the final product. I know The Doc uses a twin head but that's a bit above my budget.
I was thinking of doing 4 x 50L stripping runs first with just 4 plates and then a spirit run with the Neutraliser.
The question is, after I've collected fores and heads, can I put the rig into full reflux and put the Carter head on mid-run, collect hearts and gin, then swap back for rails, OR
Would it be better to do the full spirit run and do a third distillation with just hearts through the Neutraliser and Carter head?
What would you guys do?