by Wellsy » Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:58 am
Tigers you need to look at what you are trying to do mate. You are looking to produce a nice high quality brown spirit. To do that you will let it age for 1 year perhaps 2 even, yes it is hard to believe you will wait that long but you will once you have plenty. Now imagine the disappointment of tasting an off flavour after waiting 2 years only to realise this was part of the first run you did after you decided not to do a sacrifice run. 2 years wasted to save what mate.
Once the still is cleaned the first time you will be set to go. Use the sacrifice run as a learning run , see how the parrot works, set things up so you can swap jars and drain the parrot easily. All these things sound obvious but they sometimes get overlooked. You will always get caught out. This morning I am doing a stripping run into my big 3.8 litre collection jar. Why won’t it fill properly, oh look at that the tap is open, derr, we all do it and on the first run if it is sacrificial you won’t panic trying to get the maximum collection. It has been said before but this is definitely a hurry up and wait hobby mate. At the end of the day however it is what works for you and you are best placed to make those decisions