What color should this be?

nv_hunter · Post by **nv_hunter** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:40 pm

I am makeing my first run with a whiskey wash. The spirit is 180 proof but has a yellowish tint to it. Does this seem right or should it be water clear?

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:50 pm

It sounds like you got some puke(foam from too fast a boil) in your spirit. Usually that means turning off the heat, cleaning your still and starting over. This time catch your boil up before it foams up.

nv_hunter · Post by **nv_hunter** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:57 pm

So boil it faster or slower? And is that hurting the taste?

Post by **Husker** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:04 pm

boil it slower. What pint said was you simply boiled over (or possibly, your still was still dirty).

H.

new_moonshiner · Post by **new_moonshiner** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:18 pm

pintoshine wrote:I(foam from too fast a boil) .

sorry Husker looks like we posted the same time