first run what do you all think

[LONEEAGLE155]

Ok today I just ran my pot still for the first time (other than testing and cleaning) I screwed up to begin with I did not measure the sg ofmash at the start and was unsure of the time it would take so I ran it this morning before it was completly cleared but it had a sg of 1.1 my mash was a cooked mash with a total of 12# of corn 4# of 6 row barley and 20 drops of beano and 5# of sugar
when I removed the grain after 4 days of ferm I was still bubbleing about 5 bubbles per minute
after removing grains and filtering out any suspended grains I was left with about 8 gallons of wash I left this to clear as long as I could @36 hours and siphoned this off into my boiler (15.5 gallon keg)
I stayed out of the yeast on the bottom best as I could so I had 6-7 gallons of wash in my boiler
I have a 1 1/2" colum 24" tall unpacked my lyne arm runs up at 45 degrees for 2' and is 3/4" dia it then angles down at 45 degrees for 4" with a 3" liebig condenser and is heated by a propane turkey fryer
here are my results
turned on at 10:00 am gas valve was only opened 1/4 turn
10:30 impatient opened gas to 1/2 turn
10:45 started to get drops backed off the gas to 1/4 turn
10:53 had collected 10oz of liquid and tossed out
11:00 1 pint @ 90 proof smells great and tastes like really stong stuff fruity smell
100 proof
96 proof
90 proof
90 proof
80 proof
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70 proof
60 proof
60 proof
50 proof
40 proof
all collection was done by the pint and total time from start to finish was just over 2 hours
When I started to collect I turned the gas down so that it was barely opened to acheive just a trickle of product and had to turn it up once to maintain the trickle
my water started out at 50 degrees and was at 80 degrees when I finished it was around 20-30 gallons guess I'll use ice next time
I also screwed up and did notthink to check my temp of the distillant until almost complete and it was at 75 degrees
So how did I do?
Do you think I should have kept collecting?
The last couple really tasted like crap and I really couldn't get it to light after about the 60 proof mark (maybe i'm reading my hydrometer wrog I have never used 1 before it's a proof and tralle) when it read 90 proof the tralle scale said roughly 46
Any comments are welcome I tried to run it slower but the gas would turn off
Thanks JD

[LONEEAGLE155]

I forgot I am haveing trouble making out the heads it all smells godd and tastes good just really strong I did not monitortemps as the parent site and forum post say not to use a therm on a potstill so where would you guys make your cuts I know I should put it all back but I'm out of store bought and don't want to buy anymore so I'll have to suffer through until my next ferment is done which will be a sour mash from this batch with the tails and heads added in
Thanks JD

[golden pond]

Kind of sounds like to me your mash wasn't done working off yet if you were still getting that many bubbles per min. A first run of sweet mash for myself usally starts out at about 120 proof. You'll get the hang of it after a few more runs, good luck.

[tamatik]

loneeagle..are the tests at 1pint.?Did u get 12 pints from 6 gal?I,m on about my third or forth wash now and I only get about 1,1/2 liter from a 20 liter was.and even that is only at 80 proof.I must be doing sumtin wrong.I,m doing only sugar runs till I get the hang of it..But the stuff(once diluted with water from "The PEEING Tree") is mity tasty.I bring my water from the above mentioned tree,which is 70 miles from my home.Purest water I have found.Never freezes in the winter even tho its just a pipe sticking out of a tree(looks like someone peeing) and we get 30 below..
Gord in BC