by cps1 » Tue May 21, 2013 5:02 pm
Thanks for the replies
I ended up covering the elements with dunder and adding the 25l of low wines.
That brought it about 3" from the top of the boiler and I ended up with foaming and carry over with my 1380w element
I drew 5l out and it still foamed despite a teaspoon of olive oil
Then I pulled another 5l and everything was OK except I had to add the 10 litres back after I had run 10 litres of spirit
Beginner's error so I thought I'd pass it on. I was worried about uncovering the element as I pulled off the spirit but in the end their was still about 15 litres in the boiler
I am assuming that it was the dunder that cause the foaming due to the lack of headroom in the boiler
That mucked up my cutting sequence so I ended up with 10 one litre jars labelled 1 - 10 and another 6 marked 1b - 6b
My beginner's nose made me discard the first two, and number 10 which had an oil slick. 1b was discarded. 2b and 3b were OK, 4b was clear but was pongy as were 5b and 6b which were cloudy and had an oil slick I put the discards except 5b and 6b into a neutral demijohn for next time and I'll keep 5b and 6b as my "Rum Oils" for the next spirit run according to pugirum's recipe
So I ended up with 8 litres. If I'd used 500ml jars I reckon I might have squeezed another litre out of the run. Cut to 65% I ended up with 9 litres to age
The spirit is now aging in two demijohns. one with 4 of Baldoss's French Oak Dominoes (trimmed a bit to fit in the demijohn) and 4 Oak Burl Dominoes
The oil slick and domino setup are shown in the photo
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