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@Bolverk I know the column installation is used for Spanish (light) style, not English (heavy body), but still, also in Spanish style, acid mix is used to adjust aroma in some way. We can disable the plates 1 by 1 to do potstill if needed. I am aiming for a light rum though, with subtle fruity esters; for what I read and tested myself my best guess is that the acid mix is added to the spirit run and let is esterify with sulphuric before running, if you're aiming for this type of rum with this type of installation. But of course this can be wrong.

@Al The Chemist, no problem at all! It's a 1100 liter wash at +/- 8.5 ABV, which will be distilled over column twice Volume for Spirit run probably will come out at max 200 liter at 50% STRIP RUN > We will need to see if all 7 plates will be needed, we can disable them seperately (see image) > aiming for 70% min, 80% max SPIRIT RUN > Will probably be limited to 4 plates, smaller installation > aiming for 89% max Where/How do you think the acid mix will have the most effect in this set-up?

Hello @Bolverk, @Al The Chemist I am planning on distilling a 1.100 liter volume twice over column (max 7 plates) as we don't have thumpers. I was told by professionals that you should not use too much acid mix per liter, they suggest 0,2 tot 0,8 ml per liter, and even downscaling that for higher volumes per 100l. With this in mind I would use 0,5ml acid mix per liter, as I used 0,2ml once and the impact was there but not enough. What would you suggest to be the best option from your point of view and experiments? Adding 500ml acid mix to the 1.100 liter on strip run over column Adding 99ml acid mix to the 200 liter spirit run over column Do both Thanks!