Post-Stripping run floaters in distilla

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Post-Stripping run floaters in distilla

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The first official stripping run that I did, after 2 sacrificial alcohol runs, was Jimbo’s AG single malt recipe.
I didn’t clear the wash properly which caused the boiler to burp a little in to my column despite putting fermcap in before starting it up.
The distillate came out a little yellow which, after researching, is a sign of burping/puking. I read that there’s no big problem as long as I plan to do a spirit run.
My plan was to complete 3 batches of the same recipe and then combine them for a stripping run which would be close to 4 gallons of distillate.
After completing my 2nd stripping run batch, I noticed that the gallon from the first batch was no longer yellow. It was clear with some greenish floating clouds near the bottom. I was worried that I needed to throw it out, up before doin so, I decided to run it through a doubled- up paper coffee filter.
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After filtering the distillate, it is now clear of floating greenish clouds.

My question is, should I still be concerned about keeping this product?
Should I throw it out or go ahead with my original plan?

Thank you for any advice or response.
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Carry on with your plan you've removed what the puke brought over, the spirit run will take care of any residuals.
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Those clouds in your low wines after a strip of an oily wash are a fairly common issue. I’ve experienced it a handful of times myself before I learned more about proper fermentation processes. Most of the advice I’ve seen on this is that it’s not a problem as long as you are going to process low wines again in a spirit run. Do an HD Google search for blue distillate or blue clouds to see lots of talk/pics.

My understanding is that this is caused by an excess of nutrients high in Nitrogen.

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Thanks!
I’ll look that up.
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Rum Agol wrote: Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:56 am Carry on with your plan you've removed what the puke brought over, the spirit run will take care of any residuals.
Thanks!
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Rum Agol wrote: Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:56 am Carry on with your plan you've removed what the puke brought over, the spirit run will take care of any residuals.
100%! d-(^^,) have to filter mine on occasion, and i'm a pot still w/ a thumper (single run). only thing i would throw out there is... switch to unbleached coffee filters. granted, it's a personal preference, but the brown ones don't have the chemicals and additives that the bleached/white ones do. as always... IMHO! :-)

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Not an issue. If you are able or are concerned run wash through a coffee filter then do spirit run. I get this when I run the still to hard and get foaming and a puke during strip run.
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The green color is indicative of a pH issue. Too high.
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