Congrats on 10K subscribers brother! Lots of hard work and a lot of videos to get there. Bubble plates seem to be working great! Good job figuring out the appropriate modifications to make it work. I guess the potato mess was worth the effort.
THIS CHANNEL ROCKS!! Such great information w no ambiguity! Plain mash bills, great distilling techniques and tips! Thanks so much!! Merry Christmas-now I feel I finally can get going!!
Congratulations on 10K subscribers!! So happy that your bubble plate mods are working for you. I would be interested in seeing how it looks and tastes after you filter and bottle.
That works yes. You can even get to seperate acetone from methanol from ethyl alcohol if you are patent and use an SCR power controler rather than a PID.
Just wondering, why use bubble plates and reflux? Why not pot still? Isnt the whole point of potato vodka the taste? You could have just used sugar and got the same results no?
That is one heck of a set up. I was hoping I could get by with one of the electric counter top distillers. Also why can't you use the first 8oz you removed?
Hi Randy. First time to try to ever distill and your video is the best. I have a quick, although probably a silly question before I attempt my first batch. After you put aside the 6 gallons of liquid from the first video to get the temp below 90, did you add yeast or wait several days before distilling? Also, can you recommend a still for beginners? Thanks so much
Congratulations for 10k and for the bubble plate modifications. You made vodca in different ways, only sugar, grains, potatoes, ..... Which one would you prefer, taking into account quality, cost, difficulty of making it, ...?
Hey Randy, how many watts is your element & what voltage/percent was your SCR at? I'm thinking of getting a 3" bubble plate column, but my rig maxxes out @ 1500w.
Hi, and I hope you will answer my question as soon as possible..I followed all the steps to make potato vodka, and after fermentation, we reached the point of distillation, and the distillation began. Everything was going well, and the points began to drop. After taking the harmful alcohol aside, I started picking the heads, but I noticed that it had a caliber of 35, and upon arrival To the hearts it was 30 and the tails at about 10 what is the reason for the low alcohol percentage even though I checked the density it was at 1.00 I hope you explain the reason to me. Thank you you are wonderful
93%.. on that column. Humm maybe your pid controler is causing that. Try doing a run useing an SCE voltage co troller rather than the pid. I think you should see 95 to 96% azeotrope on that colmn. Certianly 93% is low. Unless you are running it hot and fast?
You’re a bubble plate engineer. Thanks for taking time to teach us.
Thanks for watching!
Congrats on 10K subscribers brother! Lots of hard work and a lot of videos to get there.
Bubble plates seem to be working great! Good job figuring out the appropriate modifications to make it work.
I guess the potato mess was worth the effort.
First thanks so much and yes worked better than i hoped for. turned out to be very good Vodka Cheers my Friend
THIS CHANNEL ROCKS!! Such great information w no ambiguity! Plain mash bills, great distilling techniques and tips! Thanks so much!! Merry Christmas-now I feel I finally can get going!!
Thanks so much!
Congrats on the 10k.. now hopefully u can start getting little bit of the money for these commercial we all have to watch.. cheers and good luck
Can't wait!
wow 93%, well done Randy! i want that column lol :) grats on 10k subs too :D that smile when the refractometer couldnt read it yet...Cheers!
Thanks so much Cheers my Friend
10K congratulations Randy!
Thank you!
Congrats on 10K Randy,, and great video thanks 👏👊
10k subs!! Whoooooop 😎🥳 Nice set-up you’ve got there and a good journey you’ve taken me on in this video. And here’s to the next 10k subs 👍 😁
Awesome! Thank you!
Congrats on 10K 🤙🏼
Thank you 🙌
Congratulations on 10K subscribers!! So happy that your bubble plate mods are working for you. I would be interested in seeing how it looks and tastes after you filter and bottle.
Great idea!!
Thanks Randy, btw congrats on 10K subscribers.
Thank you too!
Look into 'Compressing Heads' (full on pre-condensor for 30 minutes at 170ish ) Gets the heads in the column for clean release / cleaner cut
thanks for tips
That works yes. You can even get to seperate acetone from methanol from ethyl alcohol if you are patent and use an SCR power controler rather than a PID.
Great Video!
Thank you!
thanks cheers
Thank you 🙏🏼 sir
I get to be this videos like # 333... seen 33 numbers a few times today... bat sizes.... deck sizes... good omen I think... thanks for the vid.
Oh wow!
Hey you went right from mashing to distilling. You left out fermentation
Will try soon.
cheers
Just wondering, why use bubble plates and reflux? Why not pot still? Isnt the whole point of potato vodka the taste? You could have just used sugar and got the same results no?
A lot of Rice in that jar Randy. ;)
rice hulls Cheers my Friend
That is one heck of a set up. I was hoping I could get by with one of the electric counter top distillers. Also why can't you use the first 8oz you removed?
on a 6 gallon mash the first 8 oz. contains bad stuff the foreshots and heads dont taste very good
@@stillworksandbrewing can I get away with an electric counter top unit to start with?
@uriahderr2868 yes you can going back to last question the rule of thumb is 1 oz per gallon of mash
You got 10k. I would buy a shirt!!
hopefully soon
Hi Randy. First time to try to ever distill and your video is the best. I have a quick, although probably a silly question before I attempt my first batch. After you put aside the 6 gallons of liquid from the first video to get the temp below 90, did you add yeast or wait several days before distilling? Also, can you recommend a still for beginners? Thanks so much
After you add yeast it usually takes 7 to 10 days for the yeast to consume the sugar and convert into alcohol if you taste it will taste sour
Hey Randy congrats on 10,000 followers i just followed you. How much yeast did you add after your mash cooled down ?
Hi Bob I use 2 Tablespoons
Congratulations for 10k and for the bubble plate modifications. You made vodca in different ways, only sugar, grains, potatoes, ..... Which one would you prefer, taking into account quality, cost, difficulty of making it, ...?
First Thanks I think the wheat is best tasting and easy but I wanted to try corn Like Tito Vodka sometime soon will let you know
Have you double distilled or charcoal filtered your vodka?
I have double distilled but not charcoal filtered lately been using bubble plates and loving them
Hey Randy, how many watts is your element & what voltage/percent was your SCR at? I'm thinking of getting a 3" bubble plate column, but my rig maxxes out @ 1500w.
1500 watt using a pwm switch sending around 10 amps to element 13 amps is max. 120 volt
Hi, and I hope you will answer my question as soon as possible..I followed all the steps to make potato vodka, and after fermentation, we reached the point of distillation, and the distillation began. Everything was going well, and the points began to drop. After taking the harmful alcohol aside, I started picking the heads, but I noticed that it had a caliber of 35, and upon arrival To the hearts it was 30 and the tails at about 10 what is the reason for the low alcohol percentage even though I checked the density it was at 1.00 I hope you explain the reason to me. Thank you you are wonderful
Let’s start at the beginning what was the original gravity reading
Hi Randy. I have one question, how strong ia potato mesh smell during fermentation or distilling? PS I love your chanal.
Yes when potato is fermenting smells kinda bad during distilling no cheers
hi from algeria what do you add minerals water or distilled water thanks
No I do not I’m on well water and I’m lucky it taste great
Who did you purchase your column from?
on line Aliexpress
So you stop around 40% rather then chasing down to 20 etc. I guess you aren't trying to catch anything from the tails as it's a neutral right?
you got it
93%? Was that with temperature correction?
no it was not but distillate coming off is around 65-70f
So many other videos add lots of different ingredients, just potatoes and barley?
cheers
Hi randy
How much yeast did you use and type
Thanks
DADY yeast and about 2 tablespoons
Try a all white sweet corn mash 😎
got me thinking
@@stillworksandbrewing and use corn sugar cook the corn to creamy then cool it down with spring water and you know the rest
Oh you only have one bubbler per plate, ignore my previous comment on your last video.
alls good cheers
Is that drinking water or distilled?
I proof down with bottled drinking water works for me
Interesting, I'd always heard it HAD to be distilled. Good to know. Thanks.
93%.. on that column. Humm maybe your pid controler is causing that. Try doing a run useing an SCE voltage co troller rather than the pid. I think you should see 95 to 96% azeotrope on that colmn. Certianly 93% is low.
Unless you are running it hot and fast?
I use a pwm switch I changed my column around may be little fast
wow you put the them all in the last jar. - shit I'm sorry I watched
I got rid of heads and stopped before tails taste is there good product cheers