Before it gets too cold I'm trying to finish up things before I put the still up for the winter. I won't be able to run the still once it gets too icy/cold. So I've got this old batch of UJSSM strippings (about 9-10gal) to do a spirit run on and then I've literally got a KEG full of mixed feints that I accumulated through the summer that I plan to run through the neutral column later this week, too.
But something seems wrong with the UJSSM. There is about 10 gallons that was already run through the still once. All about 35% ABV and most a bit cloudy to begin with... being stripping runs, they were done as fast and hard I could with minimal puking and I ran quite deep. Two of the three carboys seem extra cloudy but one has what looks like bacterial film on it. Not much at all, but it doesn't just look like cloudiness or sediment. It doesn't smell funky, though. Although it also doesn't smell as sweet or corny as the other carboys.
What's up, here? did I mess up by assuming I could leave stripping rund sitting around?
To be honest, I thought I was going to have more to worry about from the 6 month old uJSSM backset I had refrigerated and planned to use in this spirit run. I bottled 3 gallons of it hot off the still spigot, sealing it immediately and stuck it in the refrigerator. But seems mostly fine. Go figure.
