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As crazy as it sounds, you may be able to sell it to a flavor company. A firm I worked for years ago used fusel oil as a starting material for a number of flavor ingredients. In order to sell as something like starter fluid, you will probably need a very consistent product in terms of component profile, etc. Then there are all the regulations for creating, marketing, and shipping a flammable product. If you can sell it locally and privately you might be OK.

Add a couple more plates. Really, that might be the difference. We built up a column, plate by plate. We had to get to 16 plates to get over 190. At 14 plates we were at 188. Also, the control of the dephlegmator and heating source, in proper balance and flow, is critical to maintaining that 190 through much of the run.