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Hi FijiSpirits, thanks for your posts, all of them. question, How much molasses would you suggest? and type, Blackstrap or Fancy Grade (golden or whatever its called)

Silk City, what ARO pump are you using? thanks in advanced

so what are the water based fluids that you mention?

can you please elaborate on this a bit more? thanks

How about mineral oil?

got it. thanks anyhow.

and?

yes, its very expensive but much less. So i understand that you discontinued using it so what did you do with it?

ViolentBlue, that's nice of you. I have raschig rings (the 8's smallest size) it gives me 95.2 just in the beginning and falls down to ~94.85 so i must slow down the column so it continues 95+ and its painfully slow. meerkat, i realized that packed column could be much shorter then trays and the vodka may be much cleaner though plates carry over some flavor if i'm correct. I'm working with an 8" and 4" just recently i was thinking to go with propak whats your take? thanks to all.

Any sprit distiller works with such a big diameter? according to what i'v observed people with columns use packing only till about 3 inches in diameter, so whats with 4 inch and up? For what size and on do you recommend an inner distributor? Thanks in advanced

what is the widest column size for packing e.g. rachig rings or such? Thanks in advanced.

Sorry i apologize, for all what i wrote calcium sulfate its rather calcium hydroxide (lime). NOT SULFATE. my mistake. calcium sulfate is Gypsum which downs the ph a bit. i tried to edit all above comments so not to confuse any reader who will see it later on, again my apology

will give it a shot now on a new batch. Thanks to all

to my understanding calcium sulfate is better as it mixes better. http://howtobrew.com/book/section-3/understanding-the-mash-ph/using-salts-for-brewing-water-adjustment

no, downward, as my water is 7.0. i'm adjusting upward after the drop.