Need A Rum Experts Advice

[Rain Distillate]

Made My first batch up rum to get the rum train rolling. I used 8LBS of dark brown sugar in each 6.5 gallon fermenter. distillers yeast, fermax, as well as some citric acid. Got about a 7% wash out of it. collected about 3 quarts of hearts and 2 GALLONS of tails.

Is it typical to get more tails out of rum or is that due to my lower starting ABV?

I know rum isn't really drinkable for the first 3-6 months at least but the old lady claims it smells funny. almost like alcoholic vinegar she says. 145 proof vinegar? It does smell a lot different from my corn meal and corn flake likkor I've made but I was just associating the different smell with it being a different likkor.

I let it air for about 30 hrs with a coffee filter on top and now its capped up in mason jars.

I saved 2 gallons of dunder for the boiler for my next rum run. If it starts to mold (i know its supposed to mold) can I scrape off the mold when I'm ready to use it since the bucket its in doesn't have a spigot on bottom?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Rain Distillate