Um, David? Perhaps you should read the group name. This is an
amateur radio newsgroup, not a group for homebrew alcohol (or other
recreational chemicals). We do get the occasional posting here on
those topics, but they're relatively rare.

OTOH, yes, the hotter you run things, the faster they will go, but
you'll also carry over more water. That's an advantage of a
fractional distillation column, but I suppose you don't have that.
You can also make things go faster by increasing the surface area of
the liquid in the vessel you're heating: a bigger still. It would
also go faster if you pulled a vacuum on the output end, but then be
sure to run your condenser cold enough to pull the ethanol out.

"David Lindsay" wrote in message .. .
On my first attempt using a recently purchased alcohol still, it took over
6hrs to make around 4 liters of alcohol. We were running the temp steady at
around 84 degs. When I finally decided to increase the temp to 90 degs is
started flowing faster. Should we have ran it hotter from the start. How
long does it usually take to run off 5ltrs.

Any tips would be appreciated

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"Mike Andrews" wrote in message
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David Lindsay wrote:
On my first attempt using a recently purchased alcohol still, it took
over
6hrs to make around 4 liters of alcohol. We were running the temp
steady
at
around 84 degs. When I finally decided to increase the temp to 90 degs
is
started flowing faster. Should we have ran it hotter from the start.
How
long does it usually take to run off 5ltrs.

Any tips would be appreciated

Well, it appears that in at least one respect .au law _does_ differ
significantly from .us law.

This group, however, is a _radio_ homebrew newsgroup, not an _alcohol_
homebrewing newsgroup -- although some of us resort to alcohol to
recover from the problems inherent in the radio kind of homebrewing.

Just remember that the first 5-10% and the last 5-10% of your run will
be full of things like fusel oils and methanol, and should _not_ be
consumed.

--
"My father, he made whiskey;
His father, he did, too.
We ain't paid no whiskey tax
Since Seventeen-ninety-two."

You can still brew it here in the US, but only for personal consumption,
your are allowed 2 or 3 gallons a month per person or each family member.

Best thing to get the info you are looking for is to go to goggle and do a
search for homebrewing.

From personal experience, use the lowest temp, be careful not to scorch
the
mash. I was raised in the hills of eastern Kentucky where everyone brewed
their own.

Jim


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Better check that. When I started brewing beer in 1980 the law was that you
could brew _beer_, but you couldn't distill _anything_ unless it was for
fuel and denatured at the catchbasin.

The advice about the first and last of the run is sound, and if you're tight
for cash molassas from the feed store is a lot cheaper than buying malted
grain or extract (of course, if you know how to malt it yourself you'll do
just fine).

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"Mike Andrews" wrote in message
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David Lindsay wrote:
On my first attempt using a recently purchased alcohol still, it took
over
6hrs to make around 4 liters of alcohol. We were running the temp
steady
at
around 84 degs. When I finally decided to increase the temp to 90 degs
is
started flowing faster. Should we have ran it hotter from the start.
How
long does it usually take to run off 5ltrs.

Any tips would be appreciated

Well, it appears that in at least one respect .au law _does_ differ
significantly from .us law.

This group, however, is a _radio_ homebrew newsgroup, not an _alcohol_
homebrewing newsgroup -- although some of us resort to alcohol to
recover from the problems inherent in the radio kind of homebrewing.

Just remember that the first 5-10% and the last 5-10% of your run will
be full of things like fusel oils and methanol, and should _not_ be
consumed.

--
"My father, he made whiskey;
His father, he did, too.
We ain't paid no whiskey tax
Since Seventeen-ninety-two."

You can still brew it here in the US, but only for personal consumption,
your are allowed 2 or 3 gallons a month per person or each family member.

Best thing to get the info you are looking for is to go to goggle and do a
search for homebrewing.

From personal experience, use the lowest temp, be careful not to scorch
the
mash. I was raised in the hills of eastern Kentucky where everyone brewed
their own.

Jim


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Better check that. When I started brewing beer in 1980 the law was that you
could brew _beer_, but you couldn't distill _anything_ unless it was for
fuel and denatured at the catchbasin.

The advice about the first and last of the run is sound, and if you're tight
for cash molassas from the feed store is a lot cheaper than buying malted
grain or extract (of course, if you know how to malt it yourself you'll do
just fine).

"Tom Bruhns" wrote
: Um, David? Perhaps you should read the group name. This is an
: amateur radio newsgroup, not a group for homebrew alcohol (or
other
: recreational chemicals). We do get the occasional posting here
on
: those topics, but they're relatively rare.

IT does say "Homebrew" and I believe THAT is homebrew!

Besides most hams I know also make either beer of wine as well as
ham gear!

"Tom Bruhns" wrote
: Um, David? Perhaps you should read the group name. This is an
: amateur radio newsgroup, not a group for homebrew alcohol (or
other
: recreational chemicals). We do get the occasional posting here
on
: those topics, but they're relatively rare.

IT does say "Homebrew" and I believe THAT is homebrew!

Besides most hams I know also make either beer of wine as well as
ham gear!

Cute!

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"David Lindsay" wrote in message
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On my first attempt using a recently purchased alcohol still, it took over
6hrs to make around 4 liters of alcohol. We were running the temp steady
at
around 84 degs. When I finally decided to increase the temp to 90 degs is
started flowing faster. Should we have ran it hotter from the start. How
long does it usually take to run off 5ltrs.

Any tips would be appreciated

Cute!

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"David Lindsay" wrote in message
...
On my first attempt using a recently purchased alcohol still, it took over
6hrs to make around 4 liters of alcohol. We were running the temp steady
at
around 84 degs. When I finally decided to increase the temp to 90 degs is
started flowing faster. Should we have ran it hotter from the start. How
long does it usually take to run off 5ltrs.

Any tips would be appreciated

"Tom Bruhns" wrote in message
m...
Um, David? Perhaps you should read the group name. This is an
amateur radio newsgroup, not a group for homebrew alcohol (or other
recreational chemicals). We do get the occasional posting here on
those topics, but they're relatively rare.

Actually one of my other hobbies is making homemade wine. I haven't made
any for quite a while but have been getting the urge to try it again.


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Frontenac, KS
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc

"Tom Bruhns" wrote in message
m...
Um, David? Perhaps you should read the group name. This is an
amateur radio newsgroup, not a group for homebrew alcohol (or other
recreational chemicals). We do get the occasional posting here on
those topics, but they're relatively rare.

Actually one of my other hobbies is making homemade wine. I haven't made
any for quite a while but have been getting the urge to try it again.


--
Tom Sevart N2UHC
Frontenac, KS
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc