Should I blend all or not Neutral on a sugar wash

[Jo Diesel]

I had 5 Gallons of feints from rum and sweet feed. I made a batch of rye beer, went to toss the spent mash and figured I would use it for a sugar wash. Dumped 28 lb spent mash which should have been the equivalent to 6 lb and added 15 lb sugar, 2 oz DAP 10 gal water. Let ferment and clear 2 weeks then poured through my mash tun to filter and then let clear 3 more days and siphoned off.
Loaded the neutral 8 gal and all the feints and 2 gal water and was at 20%
Run started at 70% for a gal then dropped to 60% for a gal and then I pulled in pints all the way down to 10%. There is no off tastes at all in the tails. Just tastes diluted. It is currently airing out and aging as I ran It Sunday.

My question is do I dare blend it all together if the flavors are still good or am I screwing myself. A couple of the pints are cloudy at around 40% but still tast fine.

It has a great mild flavor, don't know what to call it but don't think it tastes like any Vodka I have ever had.

[Jo Diesel]

Forgot to mention, Ran as a pot still no packing, 1 meter column as pictured in my avatar

[greggn]

Great question.

I ferment in alternating batches: 2 back-to-back sugar washes then 2 back-to-back AG. Each is stripped then the two strip runs, of the similar type, are combined for a spirit run. I have often contemplated combining all the strips into a single, large spirit run but ultimately decided that I'd rather blend finished product than risk missing out on a particularly good single-recipe product.

... because I have created some nice blends of neutrals and AG.

[Danespirit]

It's really a personal preference if you want it crystallclear or a bit cloudy.
Most sugarwash doesn't have much taste when it comes to the tails, like you experianced..they are just watery.
You could blend it all together..i would do so.
A 1 meter riser is really looooong..
May i ask why you want it that tall..?

[Jo Diesel]

So far I have had no puking even with a fairly large charge with rum and I thought it would be good to have some copper contact as the boiler is stainless. Might put some coils in top and pack it to make a Reflux but for now I am liking it as a pot still.

[rad14701]

If you are shooting for a vodka/neutral from that mix you need more than a single run in pot still mode... Dilute and run again, making decent cuts, and then blend to your liking before diluting to drinking proof... If it still tastes a bit off, repeat a third time... Most would run in reflux mode from the get go for clean neutral or near neutral spirits...

[still_stirrin]

....My question is do I dare blend it all together if the flavors are still good or am I screwing myself...

I wouldn't.
1) Make another sweet feed, and put it in the barrel with your other one.
2) Start another sugar wash, strip it and do a spirit run with the low wines together with the low wines from this sugar wash.
3) Then, as Rad said...run the spirit a third time for a clean neutral.

Whiskey in the barrel and a vodka for your panty-dropper. Best of both worlds.
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