Gents,
I'm about to start stilling for the first time. I understand the principle; Fores, Heads, Hearts and Tails.
I'm uncertain on how you estimate how much fores there potentially needs to be taken off, from a wash. I presume the larger was requires a larger amount to be taken off. Reading online, some say 50ml others 200ml, but I don't always get a batch size for the wash. Is there a way to calculate this to better get an understanding of this value?
The above question is obviously the main reason for the second follow up question (I don't want to drink poison).
Is there a reference, where I can gain an understanding of the different types of chemicals coming out of the still, Alcohol included, e.g. Methanol (varieties?) then Ethanol (varieties?) then ??? then water (presumably being the last thing coming out of the still 8-}
I have spoken to a few people, they of course all bring up the "mate, you'll go blind when home distilling". I can appreciate that this might be the case if you get greedy, but I'd essentially like to be able to, scientifically, explain how the process works. Both for my benefit, but also to ease up some of the skeptics among my friends :-B