Fores and the 'all feints' run

[IslandTime]

Hi y'all.

I apologize that this is probably pretty basic stuff, but I just want to make sure my thinking is right...

I have just run my first four washes through and am getting set to run my "all feints" rum run. As I was taking off the distillate for the first four runs I would discard the first 250ml (out of a 10 gallon stripped wash), and then make my cuts.

It seems to me that since we are not making the nasty stuff in the foreshots, but simply separating it, that I shouldn't be concerned with fores in my all-feints run since it should have all been discarded in the previous runs. Can anyone confirm this or correct me if I'm wrong?

Many thanks...
-IslandTime

[Dnderhead]

Id take them off, if it did not have the "nasty" stuff in it it would not be feints.feints are a mix of good and bad,caused by the transition between
the for shots and harts,harts and tales.

[IslandTime]

That makes sense. Will do.

And thanks for the quick reply, Dnderhead.

-IslandTime

[myles]

just remember not to bother collecting the 'feints' from this run. in general you can add some feints back into fresh batches but when you do a 'special' run with 100% feints you don't want to be trying to save anyrhing other than hearts. well that is my take on things - others may not agree.

[IslandTime]

Yea, after the whole thing was done and I was looking at my collection jars all lined up there like birds on a wire, I realized that it was kinda a stupid question, since I'm gonna end up throwing the first few away anyway... Hadn't quite thought that whole one through...

Still learnin'...

Thanks, Y'all

IslandTime