Run rum with next batch or save LW and make spirit run

[Jo Diesel]

I did my first batch of rum. It has a kind of funny flavor that I think I did not clarify it properly and there was no dunder. It is not terrible just not good. Should I dump in and re run it with next batch or save my low wines and and run all together.

[smokineod]

Can go either route but if it was me, I'd save them for in the fients jar. Seems to be a great place to put u liked stuff.

But you can strip the next batch n add the first one to it for a spirit run, really it's up to you.

[OBX Phantom]

I would make several batches, then do a spirit run. Also remember Rum needs a little aging in order to mellow and taste better.

[Danespirit]

+1 OBX

I would also run several batches, until i had enough lowwine for a spiritrun.
Save the dunder...it's gold for a new ferment.
If you do it like this, your rum flavour will be significant better for each run you make.
Mine is now 6'th generation and develops a really nice flavour..

Edit: If you want some really good stuff...here is the link: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 14&t=39556

[NZChris]

Before I built my pot still thirty odd years ago, I already knew that to make a decent rum and get worthwhile quantity, I had to have a fermenter that would take at least three charges worth of wash so that I could do strip and spirit runs. The only reason I ever ferment a single run of rum or whiskey is to make dunder or backset for use in the large fermenter. I never bother to try to steal a heart cut out of the low wines for drinking because it is rubbish compared to the finished product.