Drinking product

[wildman1983]

Hey guys I have never really drinked much homemade stuff before until tonight. My stuff came off a right around 105. I took 8 oz of fores and heads altogether 8 Oz. so I kept the first jar for me for once. I let it air since Saturday night started sipping tonight. I cut it down to 100. When I sip it it make my tongue feel numb is that normal or did I make bad cut or something else wrong or is it good.

[wildman1983]

By the way didnt burn going down or nothing

[wildman1983]

Nobody got nothing

[wildman1983]

6gal wash

[wildman1983]

It smelled like good shine after 8 oz I may be wrong

[wildman1983]

Didnt have that sweet smell

[wildman1983]

Pot still if heads r in it will it be bad drink

[Prairiepiss]

Heads will give you hangovers. And taste bad. But you being new you are a disadvantage. Not knowing what all the taste smells and feels are like. Read the novice guide to cuts. About 3 times. collect your product in small jars. Test jars after run is complete. Let air out for 24 hours. Test again. Let air out for another 24 hours. And do a final test. Using taste smell and feel. To make your final cuts. Foreshots not included. As it is a set amount per batch size. See thread mentioned above.

[Prairiepiss]

I want to point out. I wouldn't just pick up a jar of heads and start drinking it. If you blend some in with your hearts. That a different story. But if you just pick up a jar of heads and start drinking it. You are not going to be a happy camper the next morning. Maybe even later that night. Hell I've had it hit me before the glass was done.

[wildman1983]

What I don't understand is that was the only quart that didnt come off cloudy.the next quart was cloudy.yes aired it for 2days it smells great and its smooth.i read that post and says 2 or 3 liters for stripping run.i was doing a corn wash.going to throw rest back in was going to keep that jar.2 or liters like 2 quarts would make hearts cloudy I must have done some serious smearing

[wildman1983]

I was wondering does surgar washes have heads and fores. Does every wash have them I know like fruit washs r bad for them??

[Prairiepiss]

Yes they all have fores heads hearts and tails. It a product of fermentation. No mater what you ferment.

[wildman1983]

But every wash has different amounts right

[T-Pee]

Yep. Fruit washes have a considerable amount of heads and from what I understand the flavors come through early on in the heads.
My next ferment will be 8 gallons of Tree Top apple juice so I'll be watching for that in the distillation.

tp

[Prairiepiss]

Yes. Any number of things can change the amounts.

[wildman1983]

No didnt have to the jar I kept was dead on 100proof second jar was 70proof.yea I use 4gal carboys one of the 2 stalled on the ferment .no I didn't check the sg don't have one .

[T-Pee]

no I didn't check the sg don't have one .

A hydrometer? Get one. Otherwise you have no idea what you are going to produce. Hydrometers are cheap so get two for when you break the first one.

tp

[OBX Phantom]

Like Prarie said... Read the novice guides to cuts. It looks like the biggest mistake you made was not collecting in small amounts. Collecting in quart jars doesn't allow you to separate the cuts. By the time a quart jar is full you have more than likely ran from one cut into the next, therefore smearing the two together.

I collect in 8 oz. increments.

[T-Pee]

I run in 250ml amounts and I taste/smell as I go. I was able to learn the characteristics of the different fractions and keep smearing to a minimum this way.

tp

[Sniper911]

No didnt have to the jar I kept was dead on 100proof second jar was 70proof.yea I use 4gal carboys one of the 2 stalled on the ferment .no I didn't check the sg don't have one .

if this response is to RC22's question of "did you check SG and OG".....you're confusing 'cuts' and 'diluting', and obviously haven't done your due diligence! Do yourself a favor and do some reading .... you wouldn't want to attach yourself to my signature quote like I ... (ahem) ... others have before you.

I read this forum damn near daily. And I make a drink that I'm very proud of and confident that anyone would thoroughly enjoy. If you'll take notice of my 'join' date, in comparison to my number of posts...I attribute this to my success.....I still do ALOT of reading! You'll be much more satisfied with what you produce by finding the answers to your questions through reading these pages and trial and error through experimentation with the information you absorb here.

JMTCW.....good luck to ya!

[wildman1983]

Sorry I am a idiot ill do some more reading and stop asking questions so I want be like people before me.

[Sniper911]

Sorry I am a idiot ill do some more reading and stop asking questions so I want be like people before me.

That was by no stretch of the imagination meant to sound facetious.... Just offering sound advice through experience.... The people on this site are more than happy (even eager to an extent) to answer questions, just not so much so with questions that should already have been answered through the 'must reads', etc.

Good luck!

[Old Anarchist]

don't be hard on yourself buddy. i, like you, made alot of mistakes. as long as you make sure to not blow up or poison yourself or others around you, then the mistakes are just a learning curve.

my mash ran for 3 days before i got a hydrometer. now i don't know what i'll come out with.

[wildman1983]

It's no problem I just am really trying to get the hang of cuts and I have been reading. But cuts r little difficult . I am just trying to get all my information straight so I can do better on next run. I really appreciate all the help .

[BDF]

One big hint with cuts (sometimes mentioned sometimes not) is to water down the sip you taste, I use a tiny shot glass and usually mix a spoonful of spirit with a spoonful of distilled water to drop the proof way down (usually to the 50-70 proof range) and let it roll around on my tongue. Take your time with it and always make sure to rinse the spoon with more distilled water before it comes in contact with new alcohol. (Also that the spoon be stainless)

[bellybuster]

cuts don't need to be the magical wonder they seem to be.
Collect in small jars, smaller the better. Line them up 1,2,3 and let them air for at least 24 hours. Start in the middle and use a teaspoon to taste a well diluted sample (go for 50 proof or less), smell the entire jar before tasting. All good??? slide the jar 1 inch forward. Move towards the tails and continue until you find something you don't like and slide that jar back 1 inch.
Then carry on towards heads now and do the same. As soon as you find anything off, that is your cut line. Everything between the backward slid jars is hearts.
It also helps to rinse your mouth with clean water between jars.
Once you get the hang of it, you can get into blending a bit of heads or tails into your final product