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after pulling 80% out of a still what is the best way to water it down?

tap water?
distilled water?

do you distill ur own water or just buy it?

On carbon and then distilled water.

You'll need to add the water first, don't put 80% alcohol through carbon. Filtered water, tank water \ rain water, spring water, distilled water take your pick. If you can get your alcohol up to 95% when it comes out of your still you'll end up with a better product.

Cheers,

my still only produces 80% would love 95% but my super reflux only does 80 unless it is something im doing wrong

You could dilute it back down to 40% and combine a few runs to fill your boiler and you'ld get a better product ( double distill after combining a few runs). OK, didn't know what type of still you had, your not going to get 95% with the little super reflux.

I distill into a Demijohn, then use a half-sized fermenter to water down my product (using a Britta inline tap filter and tap water), using the fermenter tap to pour into a test-tube for testing the alcohol percentage.

Once I am at my 40%, I then use the carbon filter to further purify my end-result before putting into a 25 litre fermenter for storage. I have used a standard 1/2 inch blocking grommet on the lid of my fermenter to seal it for storing my drinkable spriti prior to mix.

B.