Brown distillate

[Hillbilly dog]

I am getting a brown tint from a pot still the first 5 jars look fine then a brown tint for 2 jars
This is a first
Any info will be appreciated

[Prairiepiss]

Sounds like a puke to me? How full was your boiler? How hot were you running her? Maybe a pic of the still?

[Hillbilly dog]

26 gal 1/2 full elec hillbilly still

[Prairiepiss]

How much heat were you throwing at it? What was the boiler charged with? Recipe?

[Hillbilly dog]

Corn mash w sugar added backset 4th generation
I have used the same receipt for sometime now
Boiler temp was around 200 deg when the tint started at 205 it cleared up

[Prairiepiss]

What was your heating element controller set to?

Corn mash with sugar backset? So you made an AG corn mash using backset from a sugar run? How clear was it? When you put it in the boiler?

[rad14701]

What volume are you collecting in the jars...??? Almost sounds like early tails but you still shouldn't be getting a really dark color, just some mild cloudiness... With a 13 gallon boiler charge I'd expect a lot more jars before getting anywhere near tails...

[Hillbilly dog]

I collect about 1 quart every 30 min my metter was reading 12 the brown jars have a oil film on the surface I usually get 9 quarts this was only a 7 quart run this is only the 3 run with this set up or 5 if I count the 2 cleaning runs. I feel like I controlled the temp ok. This is not a milky tint but translucent.

[rad14701]

Tails...

[Hillbilly dog]

My first brown tails
Is it ok to add to fints

[spoelman]

I am having the same issue. Seems like particulate built up on the copper is getting through...did you get any resolution to it? Goes away with redistillation, but seems not quite right. I have it throughout distillation: heads, hearts, and tails, and at any temperature. Curious what happened to yours.

[spoelman]

Oh, and I'm also using a Hillbilly still.