average % of heads,hearts,and tails

[youngy]

Just wondering what do all you guys with bublers get on average heads , hearts ,tails on a 50 litre run? :-B :-B :ugeek: :ugeek: :geek: :geek:

[andybear]

With a 50 boiler I run about 45 litres of wash. First I discard 300 ml foreshots then collect about 600 ml heads, then 3000 ml hearts and 1400 ml tails. The hearts are normally about 88%abv . All this is with a mcRum. Hope that helps.

[rumdidlydum]

There are many variables that can change the amount of each persived fraction like what the wash was, all grain, molasses, cereal, how the fractunes are determined, the sensitivity of the sensors of the person making the cuts
And so on. :-B

I generally only do half runs, and my average between different washes would be around the 1 to 1.2ltrs of hearts. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[youngy]

fully understand all variables but just as a generalisation its interesting to see the hearts cuts on different washes for plate stills vs pot ect i always are very harsh on my cuts but always keep 250 ml bottles of tails 2 off normally so if after oaking i can blend as to my taste interesting to see and hear what others do thanks :D :D :dance: :dance:

[Dig Brinker]

With a CFW run of 40 litres plus 1.5 litres of feints I usually end up with about 4 litres hearts @ 92% and about the same 1.5 litres of feints after a 3-400ml fores cut. Cuts are pretty obvious too, but after doing a taste test course at work it seems I have some pretty finely tuned taste buds :music-deathmetal:

[youngy]

Hey big drinker cfw not a bad drop ? H :obscene-drinkingdrunk: :obscene-drinkingdrunk: Haven't made it yet after something that tastes good pretty much straight away

[Zak Griffin]

CFW is definitely that mate, tasty straight from the still.

[Dig Brinker]

It sure is :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Drink it white or age it, very tasty either way.

[youngy]

decision made next 4 -5 washes CFW :obscene-drinkingchug: :obscene-drinkingchug: :obscene-drinkingchug: :obscene-drinkingchug: happy days

[youngy]

does it matter what brand or is kellogs the best? :-D

[TasSpirits]

does it matter what brand or is kellogs the best? :-D

Kellogs is best :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Swedish Pride]

does it matter what brand or is kellogs the best? :-D

I use the one they have in Aldi, works good, you can use more for more flavor and still less cost that kellogs....

[youngy]

thanks i and been thinking surely the process is the same toasted and rolled and ingredients are the same as far as i can see so its a win cheers :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[kwik44]

I did an experiment this year. I have fermented 200kg of plums. No sugar added. My distillation strategy was to get mixed potstill/flute result on one hand, while try to distill like Scots do, on the other.

I have used ~40/50l plums for each distillation. I have started with my CM cooler empty, so essentially the set-up worked as potstill. Then, when my vapour temperature reached ~91 degrees celsius, I have put some water into CM cooler to stick to the 89-91 range (my choice). The first ~700ml has been marked as heads (I use to smell and taste the distillate to make sure I have got harts). Then I got ~4l of harts and when my boiler temperature reached ~97-98 (after smelling and tasting) I have collected, literally to 0, all tails (with water on CM cooler switched off). Usually also about 4l. And like Scots I have added all heads and all tails to the next run (4 times as occurred).

In the final run I have squeezed heads. Finally I got 200ml of nail cleaner, then 200ml of plum brandy with a hint of something heavy. Once I have had a grappa with such a smell I did not like so I discarded this as well. Then I have collected harts up to 99 degrees celsius in the boiler (intentionally to get some good tails into harts). I have discarded everything above 99.

Finally: 200kg plums gave me 400ml of heads, ~15l of incredibly smelling and tasting harts (~60%) and, I expect 1-2l of tails. I am ageing a chunk in a clay jar hoping 10% of ethanol will evaporate giving me condensed plum with ~50% of alcohol. Of course I can dilute the distillate but this way the aroma will be diluted as well :(

The above Idea is not mine, I came across a post on another forum. Worked for me as well ;) So with a little bit of a care planning you can get very very little feints at the end.