Home Distiller

Thanks everybody for the warm welcome. Just joined and thought I'd start out with the foreshots question. Located in Suburban Chicago and have been interested in doing some home distilling for a while now with a few friends. We all chipped in a bought a nice set-up from Mile-Hi Distilling. I'm amaze...

I recently purchased a Mile Hi 13 gallon Pot still with a 24" column. I intend on utilizing the unit as a true pot still and will be putting 1 roll of loose copper mesh at the bottom of the column during the distill process . Do I still remove approximately 100-150mL per 20L of the initial run ...