We just finished our 7.5 gallon pot still, we did a cleaning run, then we ran off the first batch of corn wash.
The corn wash
1) 10# cracked corn
4# cracked malted corn
0.0# Barley Malt
0.5 cup honey
0.5 cup molasses
3.5 gallons water to bring to 5 gallons total
We put this to ferment on Feb 4.
We ended up with about 1 1/2 gallons of wash from it, after straining.
We made a 8 cuts, started collecting the first at 150 degrees read just before the condensor and stopped when temp reached 168.
Next cuts all ran between 168 and 178, and we collected about a cup of each.
The 1st cut, I'm sure the fores, smells like acetone strongly
All of the rest have a slight acetone smell, some have a paint thinner smell, NONE of them smell like I'd want to drink it.
What might we have done wrong?
TilliUS