Why we do a vinegar run 

This is the kind of video that is really helpful to a lot of people. Well done!

Great visual inside the bucket! That says it all. I love your set up

Thank you so much! I just bought my first still and this helps so much!

Thanks for the video. Straight forward and to the point. With the proof plain to see at the bottom of the bucket.

All of the people making liquor and videos you just covered the most important thing about making liquor is the cleaning process that no one covers

Great video for me as I got both pot and reflux to clean. Plus helps clean my 10 year old boiler. Take care Bri 🇬🇧👍

Working in on my first build. Good video for beginners/ first run. Thanks!

Just bought my first still, thank you for this advice.

Thank you brother!!!!!!much love ,,,,,, knowledge be given 😶💯

Great vid and you are 100% correct Cheers!!

Good advice on the heating element!

Love it exactly what I needed

I would love to see a video on different setups. Like why and when you would use either a thumper, column, just a condenser etc. I get confused trying to figure if it is types of liquor you are running or what.

Thank you for the info for a beginner I just starting and it really helps a lot thank you sir

Excellent video contents and make are just great ! Thank you !

Good to know...thanks

Really good info. Thanks

I do a vinegar run, followed by a sacrificial alcohol run (sugar wash) followed by a straight distilled water run. The alcohol run is outside and only when breezy to be safe. Good video. Keep'em coming.

Thanks for your reply

Great info 👍

Nice I'm in the middle finishing my diy still and thumper

We do a vinegar run on all new coffee ☕ maker And once a month for mineral buildup.

Thanks!

Good explanation

Should put the condenser on later on so that gets cleaned out too me thinks.

Very helpful information. How do you like the electric still as opposed to the propane or open fire stills

They are asking about the condenser. To be cleaned. That's what they say is missing. ..love the show. How can I buy the grains n all you offer?

On your half, half, half rule, do you start timing the half hour from the start or when the steam is flowing? My guess would be the latter.

Question. Wouldn’t you want to clean the condenser pipe/line as well?

If you clean a new pot still with the 551 technique, are vinegar and sacrificial runs needed?

I dug out my still after a few years of not using it. 3gal mash pot. Did a vinegar run today, Could I get away without doing a sacrificial run? Or would the vinegar taste linger to much in the first real run?

I have everything for an electric setup the only thing holding me back is needing a 30a 240v GFCI protected circuit (according to the manufacturer) how did you accomplish this?

I'm building a beer keg still it is stainless steel but the reflux is copper . Do I need to do a vinegar run?

I asked the people who built my still and they said it's pretty clean and I don't need to clean it.. I'm going to follow your steps because apparently not everyone thinks it needs cleaned. But I have sweat copper before and I know it gets dirty

Would I need to do a vinegar run in a stainless steel still I got off of Amazon?

It kills the enzymes from the malt

I've just got a 30 gal pot still bourbon ball , 10 gal thumper, an 5gal worm. What % of vinegar run to clean. I've got 3 gals of 45% acid vinegar. What % vinegar wash I need. The still is one from Copper Still Co. Added a 6in agitation port, an a heating element port. But useing a 200,000 btu gas burner till I get wired outlet for 220v.

Don't clean it out and get a pretty blue color out the other end after a while. I clean mine with water. hydrogen peroxide and citric acid called 5-5-1. It takes the Sulphur off the copper distilling leaves.

what strenght in % would the vinager have to be? i have a 35% vinegar, or would i need a stronger one?

I was wondering can you use your tails from the sacrificial run in your thumper for the next run or throw them?

Do you need to rinse everything after the run is over?

What type of vinegar been looking for answer white vinegar or apple cider vinegar or does it matter

Thank you: My first run was 90 proof. Just luck.

Can you use oatmeal and cornmeal for some of your mix ?

I have a 9.6 gallon vevor stainless steel still coming in. After I Do the vinegar run, do I need to do a sacrifice run if so how much wash do I put in

How often should you do a vinegar run?

Don't you need to clean the condenser too?

I made the mistake of not cleaning and I got that crud in my moonshine...is it still safe to drink? Like will it kill me? I don't mind if it taste bad or whatever

So, I'm going to do a vinegar run. Do i also need to do a sacrificial run?

What about the thumper?

How many times till the vinigar taste goes away? I was given a small still and I'm trying to use for water distillation before anything else. Did vinigar wash and a rinse 3 times with water to get rid of all the build up but I've passed 2 half gallon runs of distilled water (pouring in 1 gall and distilling half) and the water coming out still has a vinigar smell, not so much taste but I don't want my "water" or "hypothetical wash" to have a vinigar smell or taste. Lol I'm thinking cheap pint of vodka test? Lol if the vodka rinse tastes like vinigar then probably the "water" will be too? I'm going to try another gallon of store bought water I think, cheaper then the cheap pint of vodka. Lol

Every single time you make an ounce of whiskey, distilled water or whatever you might be doing ,it is a direct reflection on the operator.. If you aren't the best at following directions or arent as worried about safety as maybe you should be then this may not be the hobby for you. Sterilization and absolute cleanliness, at all times are the most, important parts of this hobby. You never want to make a batch of whatever it is you like to make and someone get sick or see debris in your finished product. It is 100% serious 100% of the time. People that mess with these distilleries and screw around doing other things worry me to death because you must be attentive to the task at hand...Never loan your distilling equipment to someone else either... that could end in disaster if they dont know what they are doing..

Hard and fast huh ? 😂❤

That's not the way to do it bud you should have everything attached, you want it as if you were actually going to run a regular wash