Distilled product smells of tomato paste

[Zak Griffin]

At 92% alcohol, 8% of the product is NOT ethanol. You'll always get a much cleaner product by double Distilling.

[Cherry1]

im pretty sure i have the same still and i do get a slight tomato smell/taste on my first run. I always collect the first run as low wines water it back to 40% and then do a spirit run and the spirit comes out just fine after that. I just run my washes as soon as its finished, don't worry about clearing it too much. i always thought this was the cause of the slight smell on my first run

Cheers ed

[Cherry1]

At 92% alcohol, 8% of the product is NOT ethanol. You'll always get a much cleaner product by double Distilling.

Yes, second run seems to have fixed up Zak.