Green chunks in spirits

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Green chunks in spirits

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Hey guys! New distiller here. I ran my first successful run yesterday and everything seem to be going fine. I took about the first 100ml of foreshots out. I’m doing a sugar mash. I then started collecting everything. Once I filled my first container, I looked at it and noticed some particulate. Mostly white chunks (which I believe may be from my previous run that puked quite a bit) but there were some tiny little green/teal chunks. Not very many. Maybe 1-3 chunks in each jar (I got about 3.5 total). Im wondering what this could be, if it is safe, and how could I go about this batch moving forward. I may not have cleaned my condenser completely or properly on the previous failed run. Any information would be helpful! Thanks!
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Not sure of the setup or boiler load but if you had a puke and the outtake path is not completely clean, who knows what it is! Just make sure the entire vapour and outtake path is completely clean.
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I’m running just a pot still. Should I just trash this batch and make a whole new one? Thanks!
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Newbiestiller wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 6:53 am I’m running just a pot still. Should I just trash this batch and make a whole new one? Thanks!
sound advice.

maybe re run this batch after cleaning your equipment. read kiwistiller's guide to cuts, it kinda sounds like you just collected all the low wines in one vessel....smaller increments and discerning cuts will make you a better stiller.
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The blue and teal bits are oxides of copper. Somewhere in the down flow of your path. Probably your condenser.

You need to do a vinegar and sac run if you haven't already, or maybe even if you have. The vinegar should clean up the corrosion. For the sacrificial run just water down what you have to <40% alcohol and run it again.
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Re: Green chunks in spirits

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Difficult to answer without a photo, it could be an accumulation of substances present in the queues or metal oxides as said by others ...
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