Because it is by compacting the tails on the second run (and after that), that you create flavor transition from tails into hearts. If you open the valve up and lower abv, the tails compaction goes away, and flavor transition of rooty and nutty flavors into hearts stops.
Odin.
Making pure whiskey
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Re: Making pure whiskey
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