DISCUSSION Alcohol Distillation How to Distill Spirits at Home
In this DISCUSSION Alcohol Distillation How to Distill Spirits at Home users exchange experiences on the distillation of alcohol, stills construction, mash preparation, alcoholic fermentation, diluting alcohol, and other related topics. In short: how to make alcohol at home.
pot or reflux still?
by Roger on 2003-Jun-07 09:09:44
Region: Guatemala city
What is the difference between these two still types, concerning flavour and qualitiy of the spirit?
RE: pot or reflux still?by Tom on 2003-Jun-10 14:41:11
Region: L.A.
For so far as I know, are there huge differences:
With a reflux you'll get almost tasteless alcohol, whereas the typical pot still products are very tasteful.
With a reflux you'll get almost tasteless alcohol, whereas the typical pot still products are very tasteful.
RE: pot or reflux still?by George on 2003-Jun-17 13:34:12
Region: marseille
That's right. I have a pot still and a reflux. You can use the reflux only for nearly tasteless alcohol and add essences and the end. With the pot still the flavour of the fruit comes into the destillat.
RE: pot or reflux still?by Piet on 2003-Jun-11 10:12:00
Region: Holland
But don't forget to separate the foreshot. When using a pot still is the foreshot recognition a little bit tricky. With a reflux is this much easier. Everything beneath 79°C steam temperature is foreshot.
RE: pot or reflux still?by Daniel G on 2010-Dec-01 16:42:58
Region: US
Reflux still will give more control allow the separation of fluids of diffrent boiling points.
I use a reflux for rum. My rum is widely liked. I use my taste buds and a little experience that I gained in the first few years of distilling. I taste the output and decide what I want to keep and what to discard. You can use a reflux like a pot but you can't use a pot in reflux. it's to do with the curve at which you cut off your discarded fluids. You can make it steap with a reflux. gradual with a pot. Hope this helps. It's trial and error. If you like jack daniels. then store it with Oak.
I use a reflux for rum. My rum is widely liked. I use my taste buds and a little experience that I gained in the first few years of distilling. I taste the output and decide what I want to keep and what to discard. You can use a reflux like a pot but you can't use a pot in reflux. it's to do with the curve at which you cut off your discarded fluids. You can make it steap with a reflux. gradual with a pot. Hope this helps. It's trial and error. If you like jack daniels. then store it with Oak.
