Rum fail plated column

[Big Stogie]

I made a rum run as my 4 th run with my flute 4 plates as was recommended, I felt like it ran great I was able to control it very well, it came off at about 180 and smelled good at the time but after a few days it’s clear that I dragged tails of something through it, it has very little smell in the jars but there is a very in pleasant aftertaste when watered down to taste. I ran it a bit faster than before but not sure what I did wrong? Too much reflux maybe ? Any thoughts ? I have another batch done fermenting I was thinking maybe just dumping this back in with it and doing a 1.5 run
Thanks for the help

B.S.

[acfixer69]

Not sure but sounds like you are running to fast and dragging tails. Why not just dose this one back over a few.

[Yummyrum]

This is exactly why I’ve been saying to run it slow . Maybe Whiskey is a diffent creature , I don’t know cos I don’t run it , but Rum will pull tails through the entire run if you go to hard .
What I have found though is if you strip half of your wash in a pot still and add it to the second half , it works a lot better and doesn’t seem to pull the tails through nearly as much as a straight Rum wash .

So I’d keep everything you have collected , heads and all , put down another Rum wash and rn it all together

[acfixer69]

Do as yummy says run it back all at once. I haven't had the best luck with rum.

[Big Stogie]

Ok thanks I’ll run this one slower and see what happens I did get a jar of super cloudy different stuff from 40 to 20 so I hoping those are the fabled rum oils the jar before and after looked clear . I run rum in my old pot still and it was great, this new rig is a different animal for sure, appreciate the help I’ll report back will run it Sunday

[NZChris]

Don't chuck anything out. Foreshots, heads, tails, dunder, nothing. Then, if it goes wrong again, you can re-run the whole lot in the pot still, (where I reckon it it should have been run in the first place).

How much copper have you got in the boiler and column?

Are you expecting it to be drinkable too soon? My cuts for young, white, rum are way different to my cuts for aging stock.

[Big Stogie]

The column is stainless but the plates are copperand everything after the plate sections is copper there is quite a bit. I just sampled a few of the jars (I used pints) so there should have been something decent in there. There is lots of alcohol, I just need more time running this and learning. I’m thinking I might build a new pot still though seems like they have a place and I like making them.

B.S.

[Saltbush Bill]

Yummy and I both keep banging on about people trying to break speed records......slow down and this stuff wont keep happening.
Throw what you have just made back into the boiler , add back the heads and tails......and pile of the new wash then go again.
If you have used enough molasses in the wash you wont much if any flavour.............if you didn't use much molasses then I cant really say for sure.

[Big Stogie]

I used two gallons of molassas on 10 gallons of wash

[Yummyrum]

I used two gallons of molassas on 10 gallons of wash

Bit confused what you mean there Big Stogie. Guessing you had some sugar n there as well ? Otherwise thats a bit light on for just a Molasses and water mix

[googe]

I'd start from the begining and do a tried and tested recipe. Whenever you do things different,it adds a whole lot of questions that end in a guessing game. With a know recpie members can advise what is right or wrong with your run.

[Saltbush Bill]

7.5L in a 37L wash is a bit short on molasses unless your also using some sugar.

[Big Stogie]

I’m sorry should ha e been more clear, it was late last night when I posted that and I was “testing” some all grain whiskey that came out very good the was brown sugar in there I misunderstood the molasses reference I am using the pugirum recipie so I should be ok

[Big Stogie]

I think we have success I ran again today using the advice from you more experienced members here, dumped the jars from the last run into the wash I has waiting, molasses/brown sugar, I ran it very slow and I an see the difference for sure much smoother and sweeter right off the parrot, going to let it air and make cuts but I can see this is a winner now

[Saltbush Bill]

Glad to see its starting to come together for you

[Big Stogie]

Thanks Bill you are one of the guys who have been instrumental in not only helping me but many others here

[DetroitDIY]

Stogie, will you bring a bit this weekend? I can bring a bit of my new make, also a Purgirum, with infected dunder. I'm interested to see what you think is good on new, vs what I've done. I have no calibration for that yet, but have been reasonably pleased with what I'm getting. I'm being generous on inclusion of some heads and tails, as my plan it to let it set for 9+ months. But it may make for an interesting comparison.

[Big Stogie]

Sure I will mix up a few jars and bring some