Off flavours from Turbo wash

[Rockyathabaska]

I have learned my lesson to stop using turbo yeast for my birdwatcher’ wash. I’ve been much happier with bread yeast in my wash.
I do have 30 oz. of horrible tasting gin from my first Turbo run.
I’ve been trying to read up on how to get rid of the off tastes. Can I put into my next run or will it spoil whole lot?
I have some activated carbon if filtering is the way to go.
Any advice on what to do? Would seem a waste to use it to light the BBQ! Or where to direct my question on this site?

It’s 43% btw.
Thx, Rocky

[6 Row Joe]

Did you let it breathe for a few days? That helps quite a bit. Carbon polishing should help as well but it will remove some flavor. You can always run it again to help clean it up.

[Rockyathabaska]

Thanks, should I run it on it’s own or can I put it my next batch?
How would I Cabo polish it?
It tastes really boozey so I don’t think breathing it will help.

[NZChris]

Drink it. Consider it your punishment for not doing enough research and don't do it again.

Or....

Save it for spongers who bring a bottle of fizzy intending to get drunk on your freebie likker.

[Saltbush Bill]

Run it through the carbon, that will help . After that consider it a lesson learned.

[Yummyrum]

You’re a cruel bugger NZchris ..... won’t ever rock up at your place empty handed.

[NZChris]

You’re a cruel bugger NZchris ..... won’t ever rock up at your place empty handed.

Ha ha. I'm a slow learner, so you have to do that several times before I cotton on, Yummyrum

[Teddysad]

Read more and learn from your lesson ( and dump it)

[Rockyathabaska]

Ha! No mercy for the noobs!
To my credit it was my first wash ever, and my last Turbo batch. Lesson learned.
Will try and savage it, somehow.
Trying to find a carbon filtering method to try.
Thanks for the opinions.

Rocky

[paddy1000111]

I made the mistake of starting off with Turbo 24/48 etc and made nothing but nasty tasting crap when I first started on my old still. I tried re-distilling 3 times, carbon filtering multiple times, leaving it uncovered for over a week. All in all it was junk! Consider it a lesson learnt. I used mine in the end for cleaning runs on my new still after modifying things. Having access to quick alcohol is a massive plus for cleaning or for testing. If you really don't like it you can defrost your windscreen with it in the winter.

[Yummyrum]

Seeing as it was your first wash and logically also your first distillation , you should treat it as a cleaning run for your still . Don’t drink it . We call it a sacrificial run as its purpose is to clean any residue from the manufacture of the still .

[bilgriss]

+1 yummy

[DuncanKM]

I have a question on this point. I'm a noob. Can activated carbon kill the esters that makes my rum taste fruity?

I used activated carbon in my rum wash recently and I believe it gave me a higher hearts concentration, but that it unfortunately took away a fantastic banana flavor.

[still_stirrin]

I have a question on this point. I'm a noob. Can activated carbon kill the esters that makes my rum taste fruity?

I used activated carbon in my rum wash recently and I believe it gave me a higher hearts concentration, but that it unfortunately took away a fantastic banana flavor.

Duncan,
Can you take this question to the Rum forum? I think you'll have a lot better success with discussions there.

This thread deals primarily with "turbo yeast" washes rather than rum fermentation anomalies.
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