"Thomas Prufer" wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 09:32:56 +1100, "John_j" wrote:

Pot stills are much simpler and you
dont need a reflux still for this alcohol.

Apparently you need the reflux for the modern fast ("turbo") yeasts.

Reflux stills are the alternative to putting the alcohol you want
thru the pot still multiple times to get just the ethanol and not
the other higher alcohols that dont taste as good.

They also arent what you use when you want to produce
a final result that still has the flavour of what you started
with with stuff like plum brandy etc.

14% in 24 hours, 20% in 5 days. ISTR seeing up to 24% alc/vol advertised.

Yeah, some like the phucker drink it like that, dont bother to distil it.

However, the speed comes at the cost of a multitude of off flavors and
oils, and
needs the reflux to make it drinkable, i.e. 94-96% without the off flavors
(or
any other flavor).

And thats why pot stills still have their uses
when you want to retain the original flavours
instead of adding it later like you do with gin etc.

But with a hand sanitiser, a pot still is
fine even if you ton use a turbo yeast,
Doesnt make a lot of sense to use a
turbo yeast for that tho, they aren't cheap.