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After doing spirit run and cuts the neutral has an odd smell but the taste is good.

From a 25L wash i am taking about 2 - 2.3L of 94%.
Last batch I was a little harsher on cuts and kept 1.8L and still had the smell.

Considering the taste is good should I be worried? Any thoughts are appreciated.

Using the recipe from tried and proven section including exact quantities.

Can you decribe the smell?

Odd smelling. Almost reminds me of celery.

Go harder on cuts next time. Reckon the smell is tails

We all got diff tastes. I don’t like tpw myself, I would try teddysads ffv :handgestures-thumbupleft:
http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic ... 32&t=10949

Doubleuj wrote:Go harder on cuts next time. Reckon the smell is tails

Thanks. I stopped short of the wet dog smell I read about but I guess this was the start of the tails I didn't recognise. I will be harsher next time around.

Wobblyboot wrote:We all got diff tastes. I don’t like tpw myself, I would try teddysads ffv :handgestures-thumbupleft:
http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic ... 32&t=10949

Thanks I will give this a run next time. I am not a fan of tomato but reading it was a neutral thought I wouldn't taste it (and I dont). Maybe it is more tomato smell than celery. I will check it again.

Just some thoughts.
I use olive oil as a foam retardant, I was previously using store bought conditioner. I use essences if making a scotch for the father in law.

Will tails show up in smell before taste?

Try carbon filtering.

BigRig wrote:Just some thoughts.
I use olive oil as a foam retardant, I was previously using store bought conditioner. I use essences if making a scotch for the father in law.

Will tails show up in smell before taste?

You shouldn’t need foam retardant for a TPW unless it’s not fully fermented .
Try running without next time

For me, when running TPW through the T500, I could definitely taste tails before I can smell it coming off the still.
I didn't see the sense in saving the tails for anything other than cleaning, and I have 5L of heads saved up for that, so as soon as I noticed the wet cardboard smell, I turned off the heat.
A couple of days later, when sorting out the cuts jars, I always had a couple of 200ml jars at the end that were noticeably nasty and left a burning feeling in the mouth, even watered down 2 teaspoons of water to one of spirit.

Greg.