recently well 5 weeks ago i took off a bourbon gumbalhead that fermented out quite well with fleishmans yeast. its been awaiting my arrival to run it . about 12 gal. I plan on running it through a pot still with a thumper. I want to introduce a cherry flavor , thru the reading here I have done Take the heads off first pre heat the pureed cherries so not to shock the temp of the thumper ( 1 gal ) and release them into the thumper once the heads are done ( i have a 3 inch canister cloverleaf cap at the top with a butterfly valve at the bottom to release it into the thumper .)
Does this amount of cherries sound reasonable , more/less ? do I add them at timed intervals ? also my thumper is apx. 6 gal. knowing that a gal. of pureed cherries could be a little thick , realizing there is about a gal. of liquid in there from running the heads , am i potentially building too much back pressure for the boiler (safety first ).
If this turns out I plan to put the cherry flavored run on oak to replicate the Jim beam Red Stag
shooting thumper with cherries
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