I have done a few stripping runs of a sugar wash in an airstill and now want to do a spirit run to get the cleanest possible spirit.
My current stock of low wines averages 55%. I am trying to get my head around whether it is better to reduce this to, say, 30% or 15%. Does distilling from a lower abv "dilute" the bad flavours more or does it make no difference. Further, I have read that you cannot do cuts with an airstill, and should keep 600ml from 4 litres of 14.5% after disarding the first 100ml. Does that mean that if I run the spirit run on 30% , i should keep 1200 ml and discard 200%?
Any advice or clarification would be greatly appreciated.
John