I would really appreciate any help at this point - I am now officially at my wits end!
to brief it starts with the below post, and my system is very similar to this:
https://www.stilldragon.com.au/potshot-p1-complete-2/
I cannot seem to upload pics- however this is more or less what you would see.
I also use a deflag at the top with packing for when I do a reflux run. (not this case)
Finally made this up! I have been mostly running Neutrals. Fermented out 3 x 23L washes's and Stripped well - with a couple of Pukes.
I removed the packing and the reflux condenser - ran it 'easy' - out of the 23 cut glasses it took 17! before the ABV dropped below 8o%
and then rapid decrease over the remaining glassed to No#23.
Not sure if i done something wrong, seems like most people describing hearts between 80 to 50%,
did the cuts today, Tails stuck out like a sore thumb on glass 14 @ 85%!
Is this Normal or was it run to slow? still took 7.5 hours for the 3 Strips with a broken pencil lead stream i guess.
Main thing - since i can go off Pugi's ABV guide ( and i never do - 1st time using a parrot ) the last 2 glasses are murky one is 49% and the other is 20% - would these be the 'rum oils'? i am assuming so as all 21 other jars are clear and these last to are a murky white/clear.
now, or rather a week or two ago, I stripped another 3 molasses washes (each using hot dunder from the last with some trub) and moved on to the Spirit Run.
after fores, out came 86% of spirit with a slight yellow tinge - after checking for a puke or anything left over from copper packing but all was clear??
anyway, after about 10 jars of very slight yellow tinge rum, it was still around 85% even when I cranked up the heat, eventually I got quite confused and deflated so cranked it up to full and stripped the rest.
i don't know if I have completely missed something in my process, or my type of Still is wrong but I can only assume that everything I am doing is correct.
Moving forward, I would greatly appreciate any feedback at this point - It is quite disappointing as I love my Rum and really want to get away from the Neuts+Essence rum and get onto the real stuff and experiment with spices.
Many thanks - SJ