Well after my apple cider run where I got 36 longnecks I filled my 5 litre boil pot on my pot still and distilled up about 800ml of apple jack. Now doing the wet finger test this is one smooth brew and it will burn only if a flame is present so I do reckon the % isn't right up there. Now as far as watering it down to make it drinkable I have searched around but not found the answers I'm looking for. So just how much water to add to get the liquor down in acl % is my big Q??????
Anyway guys here's a pic of my pot still.
The pot still is made from 2" SS with a milk fitting at the base for easy stripping and I have made a 0.30" SS screen that sits in to stop solids going up the still in operation. Just after the bend a 2"-1" reducer was welded on then 1" pipe is the inner tube section. The 2" outer pipe forms the water jacket. The unit hanging from the still is my 400 amp clamp meter which has a temp function and the probe is pushed up it is positioned at the top of the bend. For the cooling that black drum is 3/4's filled with rainwater and I have a 12 volt flowjet pump on the ground. Now to power the flojet I used a 240 volt to 12 volt downlight transformer I got from construction site for free and a 35 amp bridge rectifier with a smoothing cap on the output. To keep the transformer cool I have 2 off 24 volt fans running of the 12 volt supply and it does now run nice and cool throughout the whole operation.
for the heating I'm using an elcheapo gas burner from bunnings and the gas bottles are under $10 for 4 of them. One does have to carefull with the gas adjustment but eh for an elcheapo still heater it is working fine.
Cheers Bryan