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[bayshine]

hey guys n girls,
after getting my pot still(thanks mac :greetings-waveyellow: ) i did a vinegar run and then some strip runs on sometpw
and then a strip run on my first bko. when emptying the fermenter into the boiler i noticed a very strong vinegar smell in the wash. anyway i stripped it off at 70% down to 10% abv and saved it in a 5lt demijon,it had a funny taste to it and after a day i noticed this on the glass,does anyone know what it is?

[Cane Toad]

Low wines would have a funny taste I spose,never tried it myself,although it couldn't be any worse than bundy :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
It looks like a bit of crap growing in there,does it still smell like vinegar? And what did the fermenter smell like after you siphoned all the wash out :think:

[bayshine]

sorry i put it in the wrong forum, please move it to sugar washes mac
:oops:

[blond.chap]

Hi mate, few quick follow up questions:
- Did the spirit come through clear or coloured through the rum?
- Was the glass completely clean before use?

As gummy said, I wouldn't normally taste low wines, all of the tails in it makes it pretty manky. I'd be surprised if anything would be living in highish %alcohol thought.

[bayshine]

yep the demi was sterilized before use and then rinsed with rain water
it came out of the still at 70% and i ran it down to 10% and all was clear but i noticed there was an oily
substance floating on the top a few hours later, then the blue growth started on the bottle about two days later.
the wash bubbled hard out of the fermenter for about 5 day and i let it settle for a day before the strip run.
when i took the lid of the fermenter i saw a few dead weavels that i had missed after the mashing.
i tasted a bit out of the middle of the run well before the tails and it did not taste right but i havnt done this
before so cant really compair. i put backset and sugar back in the fermenter and she took off straight away.

[MacStill]

if you've got a vinegar infection your fucked, scrub the shit out and sterilise your fermenters and start from scratch mate.

Once those little bastard fruit flies get their enzymes in your wash it's a pretty sad day :handgestures-thumbdown:

[Urrazeb]

The oily shit is usually fusel oils in the tails, esp if ur running down to 10%.. I'm assuming temp correction?

The cloudy appearance could be the deep tails of the run too

[Sam.]

It doesn't look that bad in the pic, just a bit cloudy :think:

If the wash smelt god awful you may have trouble :handgestures-thumbdown:

You can always re run what you got and make cuts and see what it's like

[bayshine]

yep i thinks mac right
got another one running with some malt and it looks much better so will ditch it :crying-blue:
cheers