Carmel flavored Vodka

[myerfire]

I did a second distillation from sugar washes, a gerber wash and one with Pilsner malt and sugar. On the second distillation, I saved the hearts, it came out at 93%, but although it tastes wonderful, there is a distinct carmel flavor to it. So when I share it with friends, I will introduce it as my "carmel vodka". My question is, where did this carmel flavor come from?

[Dnderhead]

maybe your ferment was not compleat? and when you distilled you burnt the sugar that was left

[WalkingWolf]

Caramel is sugar that's been melted and browned.

Good call Dnderhead.

Would be interesting to taste it.

[myerfire]

This was a second distillation where I diluted my first run from a VM still that started out at 90%, some heads, some hearts and some tails and diluted it down to 40%. The boiler was clean when I finished and only needed a little rinsing. If it was a bad taste, I'd just run it again, but I really like it and I'm just curious as to where it came from.
myerfire

[LWTCS]

When was that batch Born?

Any changes on your nose as time passes?

[myerfire]

I did a first distillation a few months ago and saved heads, hearts and tails. Did another wash last week and again saved heads, hearts and tails, most of it at 90%, only the very end dropped down to around 88%. Then I took everything and diluted it down to 40% and did a second distillation and I collected 15 half pint jars and ended up saving the middle 5 jars of hearts which all came off at 93%. The first 5 jars and last 5 jars are being saved for the next run.
myerfire