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W wi ! usin
 su
 wt soution to c t  wsh which wi thn ! distid to  nut  spi it. Disso  !out 2~2.5 k
o su
 in 10~11 it s o wt %not n  ct

o mu  p  ound  !it& nd thn t it coo to oom tmp tu . This is !out s !sic  wsh s ou cn
t. Mn mo  options    i! o di

 nt  o ch ct istics. Fo instnc i ou  mnt mosss ou wi nd up with um. I ou  mnt !u 
  ou wi nd up with tui. W   ookin


o simpicit o  !
inn nd must un with this. It is th sist to p ocu  nd mk. )n o tunt whit su
 c ts  dcidd cid  o to th spi it, !ut much o tht cn ! distid out o mskd !  o in
o !ndin
. Th wsh %  mnt! soution, .k.. su
 wt & is thn pou d into  cn c !o %!i

ss !ott, s pic&. A t tht 'pitch' th st %dump st into wsh& nd thn cp th c !o with n i ock %s pic&. Now w wit. Dpndin
on st, tmp tu , mount o di
sti! mt is, tc.,  coup o wks   usu
ood. At this point st is tin
su
 nd  c tin
c !on dioxid nd coho. Giv it som tim. Lt it wo k. Whn th !u!!s stop %nd ook cos& it's don. I it is sti !u!!in
, t it
o. Th two wk tim is just  v ou
h stimt. It wi v o v on.

I th !u!!s hv sowd consid ! , tst  !it. I it is swt, t it
o  !it on
 . Th p ocss o  mnttion dpnds on th tmp tu  t which th wsh is kpt th id tmp tu  o  mnttion, i.. mx p oduction ! st is 25-30°C. Howv , kp in mind, th !iochmic p ocss o  mnttion its c ts  ot o sidu ht which cn tk th wsh out o th id tmp tu  n
. A t 40°C th  mnttion p ocss dcins pid .

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At s v, wt !ois t 100 °C %212 °F& !ut coho !ois t 78 °C %172 °F&. Du in
distition, th vpou is ich in coho thn th iquid. Whn this vpou is condnsd, th sutin
iquid contins  hi
h concnt tion o coho. Ech t p o coho %mthno, thno, tc.& !ois o

t  di

 nt tmp tu . This is th !sis o distition. ! usin
 itt !it o scinti ic knowd
 nd  pn nd pp , ou cn ind out xct wht is comin
out o ou sti. this is v impo tnt nd shoud not ! ov ookd. As ou un ou soution th ou
h th sti, v 30 sconds to 1 minut co d th tmp tu  o th soution in th pot. whn th tmp tu  mins th sm o n n
th o tim it wi p oduc wht is known s  'ptu' on  tim vs. tmp tu 
ph %i ou w  to ctu
ph it out&. ch tmp tu  ptu wi co spond to th !oiin
point o  spci ic iquid in ou soution nd cn th  o  ! idnti id nd ith tind o disc dd.

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STILL

A pot sti is  t p o sti usd in distiin
spi its such s whisk o ! nd . Ht is ppid di ct to th pot continin
th wsh %.
. o whisk & o win % o ! nd &. This is cd  !tch distition %s opposd to  continuous distition&. W wi ! mkin
 pot sti. It is  v !sic dsi
n, !ut cn ! son! 

icint. Th    mn v itions on pot stis nd mn oth t ps o stis. Som mo  dvncd som ss. This wi ! in o ou pu poss, thou
h.

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A t ktt A mdium sizd th mos A co k stopp tht its th ktt mouth%I usd u!! , !ut co k is s  , us tht.& Copp tu!in
A pip cutt Tu!in
coup s A th momt · ious oth toos nd wht not

Ok , t's
t down to !usinss D i two hos in th stopp , on to it th copp tu!in
nd on o th th momt . W   usin
 di
it cookin
th momt with  wi  p o!, !ut no
th momt s wi wo k s w. D i th hos just  !it sm thn th tu! nd th momt p o! to mk su  ou hv  ti
ht it. W don't wnt n ks. Th stopp wi it in th spout o th ktt   th photo. You tu! shoud ! out o th iquid to cptu  th vpo s nd ou th momt p o! shoud ! imm sd in th wt , !utNOT touchin
th !ottom o sids o th ktt. Th ktt wi
t hott thn th iquid nd skw ou suts. You on wnt th tmp tu  o th iquid. Th copp tu! shoud ! on
nou
h to connct to th condns %ttch  coup on th nd&.

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Th condns tks  !it o in
in
. Whtv th insid dimt o ou th mos is, ou wnt to ind somthin
ik  500m sod !ott o som suit!tu!-ik thin
tht is  !it sm nd w p ou copp tu!in
 ound it to mk  nt itt spi  %c  u, copp kinks si &.Tu! !nd s   vi!. Th   !sic !i
sp in
s tht sid ov th tu! nd ow ou to !nd without kinkin
. Fiin
th tu! with st, su
 , o vn snd cn wo k s w. Just !  c  u nd !nd sow nd it wo ks in. Th !ottom nd o th spi  xits th ou
h  ho cut in th ow sid o th th mos. Th top wi xit  ho cut in ou th mos id. S th    ound th xitin
tu! t th !ottom nd s it w nd t it d compt ! o  ou us it. Tst it ! o  ou
o u th ott, s w. Th d th top o th copp th ou
h th ho in th cnt o th id %i it is  sc w t p ou wnt to ! ! to unsc w th id to i nd mpt & nd ttch n pp op it coup tht m is with th on comin
om th pot. Spnd  itt tim in th pum!in
dp tmnt o ou oc h dw  sto  nd I'm su  ou' ind somthin
tht wi wo k. Just do not us n thin
tht contins d. · impo tnt

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L M NT TION

Fi ou condns with ic nd wt % itt st woudn't hu t ith , ow s tmp tu  - think ic c m&. Attch th copp tu! comin
om th pot to th tu! om th condns with th coup s. Pc somthin
und th spout to ctch ou shin nd
o to town. It m !
ood to hv mo  thn on cptc.

Now w nd som ht. Bck in th d pop woud us wood i s,
s stovs, !sic n thin
th coud
t thi hnds on. Dn
 ous P it s , opn ms   not
ood  ound  sti, coho vpo s   v

mm! P cis tmp tu  cont o o ou ht sou c is not ncss . Th soution wi tk c  o tht. Ect ic ht is th !st. Chck th p vious !i
pic. W/  usin
n ct ic stov, wo ks
t. You cn s how w hv it st up nd I hop it  mks sns now. You od ou wsh into th kttpot, pp som ht nd condns th suts. Pou ou wsh into th ktt. Pc th stopp into th spout. tu n on th ht. Wtch th th momt . coho !ois t  tmp tu  ow thn wt nd tht's wht mks distition wo k. Exct tmp tu  wi v dpndin
on vtion nd ! omt ic p ssu , !ut wt !ois t  ound 212 °F o 100°C whi thno !ois t  ound 173 °F o 78.3°C. Mthno, tht cn mk ou !ind nd is wht ou  wnt to void, !ois  ound 148 °F o 64.5°C. Whi unnin
ou wsh, wtch o ptus %whn th tmp tu  st s th sm

o  whi -- o ms  ptu i ou
ph it& on ou th momt nd comp  thm to known !oiin
tmp tu s to nsu  ou
t on wht ou wnt nd v th st.

Bsic i ou !
in to disti, th tmp tu  chs  c tin point nd mins th  o n n
th o tim ou hv chd th !oiin
tmp tu  o  p ticu iquid componnt o ou wsh.Chck th tmp tu  
inst th !oiin
point dt ou hv s chd nd ou cn t wht it is ou   distiin
t th tim. )sin
this in o mtion ou cn disc d n thin
oth thn thno. No mtt wht  soution contins, it wi not !oi t  tmp tu  n hi
h thn wht th v o th componnt with th owst !oiin
tmp tu  si unti tht componnt is !oid w .

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I ou soution contins mthno, thno nd wt it wi hppn ik this: onc th tmp tu  o ou soution chs  ound 148 °Fo 64.5°C mthno wi !
in to !oi nd com out th ou
h ou tu! s vpo into ou condns wh  it wi conv t !ck to iquid nd xit into ou cptc. Th tmp tu  o ou soution wi not v much ! ond 64.5°C unti th mthno is
on nd thn wi !
in to cim! 
in unti it chs 173 °F o 78.3°C, th !oiin
point o th thno. Th sm thin
wi hppn h . Th tmp tu  wi hov  ound th sm unti th thno is !oid o

nd thn on to wt . In o d to
t thno nd xcud th st ou
t id o wht   cd th 'hds' nd 'tis', !sic dump n thin
tht !ois ow thn  ound 173 °Fo 78.3°C nd v thin
 t th tmp tu  !
ins to cim! 
in. This is wh I mntiond hvin
mo  thn on cptc. )s on o th hds, on o wht ou wnt nd on o th tis. So onc ou'v !oid o

nd thn condnsd ou wsh, ou shoud !  t with  soution, continin
 much hi
h coho contnt thn wht ou st td with. You wi sti
t  !it o wt , !ut tht's ok . unnin
th p oduct th ou
h th sti 
in wi u th xt ct thno nd is th p oo num! .

A !it o t ivi:Th ´Xµ ¶s o tn sn on moonshin !otts in od c toons, tc. p snt th mount o unnin
s, o howmn tims it ws distid. You shoud'v chivd  !u m om th wsh  t  i st un with this st up. You m o m not nd to un th wsh mo  thn onc. An thin
ov !out 150 p oo o 75 vv wi !u n. Tht's  p tt
ood sut

om  sin
 un. unnin
mo  wi
t ou to th dsi d sut o 190.

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