icewind wrote:so how would you suggest doing cuts on a t500? What is the definition of feints (im presuming this is stuff between hearts and heads/tails?
in the forum is the library ... download compleat distiller. i think i have read this 4-5 times as i tend to learn by doing , so i would jump in do a run. read the book and go ahhh thats what they meant , do another run , ask a few questions here then so on and so on.
I think you will find pretty much most people here double distills (strip run & spirit run) , and doesnt bother with the carbon filter. on the strip run i tend to ditch the foreshots and run the still to 97-98*C so i collect everything, once i have enough to do a second run , i water it down to 40% do a spirit run ditch the foreshots and then making my cuts. i tend to cut alot since i keep the heads and tails to put through again.
on your spirit run , collect in jars or small bottles , when the run is finished you will have a timeline of how the run went, you should be able to smell heads (smells like fuel) , hearts smells clean and tails can smell like carboard with a slight vanilla. most people just keep the hearts to use with essence flavours, whereas the guys that make bourbon and whiskeys from a mash will mix a bit of heads and tails to make their flavour....