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I’m in Appalachia/NC, and bought some locally sourced red wine. I always use an AG recipe handed down for several generations. Today I got the idea to add 1 gallon of this locally sourced red wine to my thumper. I run a 30 gallon copper pot with copper thump and worm. I never infuse Bc I usually am after a bourbon white dog to age since that’s my purpose for distilling. This time since I had a new white oak charred small barrel I decided what the heck I’ll give it a try and see if the flavor comes through when aged. To my complete disbelief the distillate has came out COMPLETELY red/purple. Not a slight tint. The proof is hanging around 170 at about 1.5-2gallons made so far. I average usually 7-9 gallons depending. I have NEVER seen any spirit come out anything other than clear with exception to tainted blue from dirty copper, foggy, and once yellow from a brandy. I’m really interested in hearing anyones thoughts here. Is this a thing? Has anyone else seen this? Could it be artificial coloring from wine carrying over from thumper ? Any advice is welcome. Thanks for all your help over the years guys and sound advice. Love you all - moonshinerJay.

I’ll start the guess’n ..: probably completely off , but someones gotta have a crack

You say you have wine in the Thumper and whats coming out is …. Wine coloured .
First guess is you got your Thumper in/out lines mucked up and blowing wine out the worm .

But your collecting at 170 proof , 85% abv … that seems real high for a Thumper iff’n it was connected correctly …. So can’t possibly be connected wrong .

Wouldn’t mind seeing a pic of your setup and a pic of the distillate to get a feel for the level of red / purpleness .

Interesting. Be curious to see how it tastes!

I believe you mistyped your still size, as 30 gallons is considered the largest boiler capacity for the hobby level.
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Is thumper-puking a thing?

MihiT wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 1:42 pm Is thumper-puking a thing?

Would have been my guess.