Distilling ALCOHOL With Our New Reflux Still!

I was always under the impression that the first couple of ounces was a lower level boil point poison alcohol that you discarded. My grandfather might had produced it and my father might had run it. I see that your face is broke out around your mouth and neck area which is what made me remember what I was told. My grandfather said it ends with him. So he never taught anyone in the family how or gave us his recipe. He also mentioned how the water in the cricks was no longer clean and when the dirt road in front of his home was paved to not even go frog giging in the cricks no longer.. But please tell me about the first couple of ounces being the non consumable alcohol. Thank you,

Does the copper catalyze the H2S or is it a consumable? Also, if you were to grow some Agave in your New England greenhouse could you produce Tequila AND fuel rockets😉?

It might be from the Appalachian slang for hollow, holler a low spot in the hills or river course where prohibition era distillers located their premises.

It is always a pleasure listen to detailed explanation of how things work. I hope you reach a million subscribers. You say you read every post. Please respond on another subject Infrasound. I am the fellow who sent a FedEx letter.

Dr.TI I would love a name I may refer you with. I love the vast areas you cover. I would like you to be challenged at combining two of your lectures and improve the reflux chambers. Rethink an improved reflux chamber with an active copper heatsink utilizing Peltier. My first introduction of Peltier has always lead me to the inefficiency of energy. In this application, not so! Other than the wiring complication introducing electricity, you now have precision control in each reflux chamber. You have hot on the upper side and condensing on the bottom side of an inverted shape funnel!. You maybe able to reduce the number of chambers and make it a viable option for interested experimenters.

James Sit

Fantastic video! Can't wait to see the flavored rum process. I'm curious - what was the "wink wink" associated with using "river water" for? I feel like I missed something but couldn't figure out exactly what that would be implying.

Gian