So that's my first spirit run in the pot done and dusted.
24L @ 30% gave me 10.25L in the end, 500ml fores & a little head out first, then run out in 24x250ml jars and then the last 3.75L in 500ml lots to save for feints. At a tick under 2 litres/hr it was a bloody long day, only saved by cranking the the tails once I was certain I was in them (and ran out of little jars!)
After airing for 48 hours, and doing the taste & sniff test tonight I'm pretty happy with the breakdown:
Jars 1-7 heads-y, unpleasant smell mostly, consistent rough taste 81-78%
Jar 8 pretty good, kept to blend with 19 and just made a kahlua :)
Jars 9-15 lovely light smell, no sharpness, taste of just the hint of wheat, almost sweet. Stoked! 78-75%
Jars 16-19 and strangely Jar 23 are also going to be kept to maybe make Galliano and other assorted flavoured Euro mixers. There's some interesting recipes floating about, really looking forward to getting into this side of things. 74-70%
Jars 20-22 and 24 were untasteable, smell was nothing like the shock of the taste, such a huge belt of strong wheaty flavour, oily mouthfeel, pretty sure it was terrible. 69-63% Gonna go back tomorrow though and check again, coulda just been too accustomed to the pleasant hearts :)
I haven't corrected the graph below for temp, there's only a couple % ABV to be added, but it was pretty much what I think I'd expected based on other posts.
Spirit run 24L.PNG
All said, I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out, should end up with 3.2L of tasty vodka at 40%, plus about the same of miscellaneous mixers. A couple of weekend's work and the whole setup has paid for itself twice over, now that's a worthwhile hobby!
Great recipe Teddy, I was a little unsure that something good would come of only a strip & spirit run on a pot, but running slow small cuts, plenty of airing, and the flavour is there in the hearts, really quite light and with a great smell. Always like a nice wheat vodka, and this will do nicely :clap:
cheers!
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