Distillery Equipment Sizing

[Brizee]

Hi, I am just setting up my distillery in Queensland, Australia and was wondering anyone could help me with spirit pot still  sizing calculations. (no column just Scottish / Irish style pot still) If I start with 3000L or 792 Gallons of 8% ABV or US 10 proof wash and run the wash what volume of low wines will I collect in my receiver? This will allow me to size my spirit still or see how many wash runs I would need to do to run the low wines in my large still. Thanks in advance for your assistance.

[Jedd Haas]

Assuming your stripping run of 8% wash comes out at 35% ABV with perfect efficiency, you would have around 675 liters of low wines. In reality, you will have a bit less, depending how long you run your still. Let's say 630 liters. Three runs will give you 1890 liters, this allows for tails volume up to 1110 liters. For the first run, use 4 stripping runs. Then you'll make tails from the first run, which you'll use in later runs.

 

[Brizee]

Thanks @Jedd Haas that's perfect I can also size my low wines receivers, cheers.