Getting Rid of the Foreshot and Tail

[Mark Ducati]

Since I'm so new to distilling... with my very first batch, I plan to use Uncle Jesse's simple sour corn mash that's got cracked corn for flavor and plain white sugar.

I plan to disregard the first 150ml (about a 1/4 cup) of the Foreshot... then KEEP the Head and the Heart... then when temp starts rising/wet cardboard smell/no longer lights a blue flame... I plan to disregard the Tail as well.

I know some of you keep the tail to run it again on the next run, or some keep it as solvent for thinners...

I need to keep it simple at this stage.

So, If I keep the HEAD and HEART of the run... then distill this another 2 times and filter through charcoal... will this be safe to consume/drink?

I'm mainly concerned with making sure I don't have any acetone or methanol.

Cheers,
M.