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Best type of condenser for solvent distillation?

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downwardsfromzero said:
Whatevs, this seemed useful: Choosing the right condenser

Hostilis: An addition funnel, with a tap and ground glass joints, in your kitchen?? ;) But that was originally addressed to pitubo šŸ˜

The photo was very cluttered, so I tidied it up as a total rush job on a program with next to no meaningful functionality. It's a picture of a setup which I know to work. If it were to have the appropriate tubes attached in the appropriate places.

Thanks for the reference. And I just need a simple glass funnel, nothing complicated. And okay, I thought the picture was taken out of one picture and stamped onto a another one. I'm only going to be distilling small amounts so I don't need a gigantic setup. Just gonna use a flask/distillation bulb/condenser/flask.
 
pitubo said:
If the wine is very crappy and sour, just add a pinch of lye or soda befor distilling, or you'll codistill some of the acetic acid.
If you add too much base, ammonia will come over which is a worse taint than acetic acid.
 
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