Comments on: Making cuts

By: bob ogborn

bob ogborn — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:06:00 +0000

Having read the replies I am still of the same opinion, Why try to save by redoing what you know is bad? Lets get real here, we are mostly using sugar, sugar is cheap. You san get 10 Lbs for under $5.00. So why worry about it. So you loose a little, you have kept the best. You have the heart stick with the best. If you want cheap whisky buy some rut-gut.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 23:32:46 +0000

I water the heads down to 40% alcohol before adding them to the “low wine.” This is the way I learned to do it. However, I do like Laura’s eye towered safety. I have never heard of any adverse consequences for adding the heads. With that being said, I cannot stress the importance of throwing out the “four shots” enough.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 19:39:00 +0000

I actually read a lot about being able to put the tails back in, but not the heads. I think this is because the heads are poisonous whereas the tails are just a weaker and less tasty version of the hearts. Thus if you put the tails in for the next time, you can redistill the alcohol that is in there. But then again, I’ve only been looking into it for a day.

By: Jono

Jono — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:07:13 +0000

There is still good usable ethanol in the heads and tails. So re distilling allows you to get the most out of the wash.

By: bob ogborn

bob ogborn — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:34:21 +0000

I read over and over how you want to put the heads and tails back in the next wash. My question is WHY? If they aren’t any good for your first run why add them to the second?