How to make Cuts while distilling, separate Heads, Hearts, Tails
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2020
- In this video we go over the process I use to compress my cuts.
This is how I use reflux to clean up the transition between my cuts, so the I get a bigger hearts cut.
By using reflux I clean up the transition between my Heads, Hearts and Tails.
I also decrease the amount of heads that needs to be taken off.
By keeping you vapor speed consistent you will be able to get the ABV you require as well as retain the flavor from your wash.
Here is my process if the video doesn't make sense:
Add your wash to your boiler.
Get your still up to temp.
Once you reach temp set to your normal run setting.
Place still in full reflux for 20min.
Decrease water to reflux until you have product coming off.
Take off Foreshots and Heads.
Once you have taken off your foreshots and heads place the still back into full reflux for 5min.
Close reflux all the way and start your hearts cut,
When you smell or detect tails place still back into full reflux for 5min.
Decrease water to reflux until product is produced again.
keep running until ABV drops off.
Remember to collect your tails in small jars in-case you get some funky flavor..
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Safety comments should always include the still components being lead & cadmium free in all components, solder joints in particular for those working with copper.
Good explanation and not to technical,soos ons boere dit doen. Thanks again for your hard work in making these videos.
Hi Hannes,
Net so hou dit maklik wat dit is, dankie vir al die ondersteuning op die kanaal hoop jy het n fantasies nuwe jaar en n geseende kerstyd.
Great vid, I would like to see you do this on a run like some of Jessie's earlier vids. Make a whiskey or brandy wash, run it then taste and smell each jar for us. Keep up the good work, won't belong until your channel is as popular as Still It 👍🏻
Hi Mitch,
Thank you so much for the compliment, will do a nice flavorful run and do a complete tasting side by side with standard run and then a compression run
Thanks for the clear concise explanation on this subject. Liked the hands on demo near the end.
Awesome mate, would like to see you do that again in detail for the heads to hearts. Cheers.
Great video broer:-)
Thank you Brother when is your next video dropping
@@BEAVERDIY Hopefully tonight. My schedule is all jacked up. Got another one for Sunday too.
Hi Beaver, I have a T500 pot still, and found a great improvement when I added the copper dome lid to increase reflux. After seeing this, I'm thinking that having more control of the reflux, as you have demonstrated, can give me another improvement in quality. Thanks, Great video, keep them coming, it's great to see what you do.
Dankie Beaver, baie goeie en deeglike verduideliking. 👍🏻Hoop dit gaan nog goed met die bou van jou "cummunity still".
Hi Jaco,
Bou gaan goed wag net vir parte om in te kom.
Good stuff.
Making good cuts is very important.
The more experience a person has in this… the easier making good cuts becomes.
Interesting video.
Best wishes.💪👍🥃
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Awsome vid yet again👍I’ve now a better understanding of the cuts for when I do my next run,thanks
Awesome Puffs, glad you enjoy the videos
Dankie weereens vir 'n uitstekende dosis inligting. Het begin om jou proses te volg en is uiters gelukkig met my resultate.
Hi Hein,
Dankie vir die comment, en dankie vir jou ondersteuning op die kanaal, hopp jy en die fam het n fantasies kerstyd en n baie geseende nuwe jaar.
Wees veilig.
@@BEAVERDIY Dankie Bruwer! Geseënde feestyd by jou huis ook. Vol ketels vir 2021!
Excellent discussion. I really appreciate your expertise.
Excellent video!! Definitely going to use this in my future runs
Thank you Johan, have a lekker day.
Would be wonderful if you could make a more detail video when you make your “cut’s while distilling. Including your reflux setup including timing intervals to balancing the column and compressing the foreshots and tails.
Great vid again mate, always look for your Notification symbol in my top right corner... Cheers mate.
Awesome Garry, glad that my videos add some value..have a lekker day
This is great. Thanks. Yes more cuts info please¡
Awesome check out the upcoming videos, will be handling more of this
Hello, I am really like your channel and your videos. I Would love to see the full process
Nice
Hi Beaver. Good video. I agree with most of what you said. One comment, perhaps refering to the foreshots as methanol is not very accurate. There could be trace amounts of it but often its not really detectable. Fruit washes can contribute some methanol but sugar and grain washes typically do not. In any case, it will be only a few milliliters. That being said, safer to just toss the foreshots regardless. Foreshots / heads are in any case not palatable for most civilised people!
Hi Francois,
Agree totally with the meth, it is most of the time not even present, but for the sake of youtube I play it safe.
And yes heads are really harsh and not pleasant to consume.
Thank you once again for your continued support and info, really do appreciate having you on the channel.
Will have to do a colab at one stage...
beaver , please do the video on the explanation of the cuts as you do it
A exact amount of heads to get rid of for this machine would be great information I have msged u in several videos over the years multiple times but no response or replies thanks again for the content.
your videos u have opened up my eyes.. in newbie at this hobbie and I'm hooked.. but I'm frazzled buy all the info u need to know ahah.. not as simple as i first though, i have a newbie question if u could help me out with it.. on my last to runs I'm getting a lot of little black bits in my shine.. I'm pretty sure its from the worm on my still.. i only have a starter one.. was wondering if u have any advice on how i go about cleaning inside of the worm..?
any advice would be great many thanks..
Hey Beaver that’s a great video mate, thank you for explaining the process.
The still I am using at the moment is the T500 and I don’t have a voltage regulator and I was running a TPW this time which I had stripped from two previous runs.
From the beginning of the run I balanced the column and compressed my heads for 20 min then I turned the water for the reflux coil down a little and then around 20 seconds later I had the usual amount of production for my still.
After I collected the first 50 ml at the normal pace for my still I was surprised that another 250ml came pouring out very fast and filled up a 350ml bottle almost instantly.
I’m guessing that I reduced the reflux coil water a little too much
On a normal run for me I collect the 50 ml of Meth and then about 250 ml of heads and then collect in 250ml numbered jars, I don’t start to collect the good stuff until jar 4 or 5 however this time I started collecting the sort of spirits that I like at jar 2 which is awesome.
Thank you for the awesome tips and have a Lekker day
Hi Paul,
Thank you very much for the feedback, since I started using this my production increased and the quality of the product aswell, the T500 is a great bit of kit.
Glad the process worked for you.
Lekker lekker
Goeie werk! I am going to try that with my still... makes so much sense.
How did you build your sight glass?
Shot for that video. Very informative. Do you first do a stripping run when running reflux?
Good information, I would reccomend some editing, it will make it easier to watch. thanks!
hi, first drops of my spirit run smells very well. (fruity and floral) i want to my heart cuts smells like fruity and floral as first drops and early heads. how can i catch these flavors? (when i dilute early or late heads to %40 abv then it is turn to sh*t) any suggestions? thank you.
I'm doing a 25 litre vessel sugar mash and stilling 1 gallon in my kettle per time. how much head to do I take off And how will I know when I get to the tail?
Hey B, nice explanation, video. Working on getting you an email out soon, keep on keepin on Bruwer.
Hi Rick,
Thank you for the mail, have a great festive season, and keep warm up North...
Have a really great festive season and a fantastic new year
Would an ounce per gallon be overkill for forshots?
Yoo Beave, I've listen to acouple distillers talk about keeping there essential oils from there run if they are going to oak barrel age. They would run there pots down to 10 proof. Have you heard of this? If so why. My understanding this bring out flavours reacting with the wood. I guess. Have no clue. Just wonder your thoughts on this
Thanks for sharing your way of distilling. Just wondering, why compress the forrshots and heads? And at what temperature is the top of your column? I would worry that if I start hitting 173 degrees that then I am losing alcohol. When you are compressing the forrshots are you keeping it around 168 degrees?
Hi Frank,
To be honest, never really tracked my temps, only started for the channel, will have to do an update video with temp and compression comparison. What I found with the temp is each wash is different depending of the flavor I want to get, but will do a update video with the new still.
this is your cola run which is mostly sugar. is there a difference in the cuts with a sugar wash compared to a grain mash?
Good Day,
This will depend on the yeast that you are using, the brandy yeast I use gives some great flavors to a sugar wash, but normal bakers yeast doesn't give that many flavors so no, not a huge difference in the flavor.
I don't see a thermometer at the still head. are you going by volume/smell|taste? It seems like some people don't like to compress things too much so that they can play with blending at the end ... ala Jessie and others like to segment and compress their heads/tails pretty rigidly by the temperature at the head to get a whiskey that is pretty much all hearts ala George. Seems like there are many ways to skin the cat. For neutral spirits, in theory, i "believe" you should be able to use temperature cut-offs but I suspect things are going to vary a bit based on the still and the recipe. Nice to see your take on this.
Hi Robert,
True, that is the beauty of the hobby, you do it your way, nope no temp check for me, tried it a few times but didn't work for me, when I started this hobby many many years ago I was taught to work on smell and taste, that is way till today I still make small cuts to track flavor and train my pallet and nose.
Will have to do alot more research on the temp side before I can make a call on the benefits of doing it by temp.
Hope you and the family have a lekker festive season and a fantastic new year.
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Hahah, Kids named him Toothless,
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