Recently I ran a post called "Slightly continuous fermentation" Here is another of my techniques that I think is "outside the square" that others may wish to adopt if there are no negative replies.
Normally a whisky wash pot still can only be filled to around 85% of its volume to allow for foaming when boiling first starts.
Recently I produced too much wash to fit into the still and I didn't want to waste it.
About an hour after the foam died down I started to very slowly pump the surplus wash into the still through the drain valve.
Also as the spirit was evaporating out, the level in the pot kept dropping so I kept adding wash. There was only a slight amount of foam produced as I added wash.
There is a glass inspection hole in my still to watch what is happening.
I normally put 500 Litres in, but with this method I can do at least 650 litres of wash and get a much higher output of low wines and alcohol 
PeteB
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Recently I ran a post called "Slightly continuous fermentation" Here is another of my techniques that I think is "outside the square" that others may wish to adopt if there are no negative replies.
Normally a whisky wash pot still can only be filled to around 85% of its volume to allow for foaming when boiling first starts.
Recently I produced too much wash to fit into the still and I didn't want to waste it.
About an hour after the foam died down I started to very slowly pump the surplus wash into the still through the drain valve.
Also as the spirit was evaporating out, the level in the pot kept dropping so I kept adding wash. There was only a slight amount of foam produced as I added wash.
There is a glass inspection hole in my still to watch what is happening.
I normally put 500 Litres in, but with this method I can do at least 650 litres of wash and get a much higher output of low wines and alcohol
PeteB
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So was this a low wines run or were you making cuts? How close to the top of the pot did you fill your still?
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oh right.. good question. I always forget there are distillers out there that have to make stripping runs (our still is single pass)
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So was this a low wines run or were you making cuts? How close to the top of the pot did you fill your still?
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what are you running in one pass? i'd love to hear more about one pass distilling!
Brad.
oh right.. good question. I always forget there are distillers out there that have to make stripping runs (our still is single pass)
