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Also known as [[tails]], or [[aftershots]]. The final [[spirit]] from the [[spirit still]] at the end of distillation. The feints are low in alcohol, and are often re-distilled.


Feints can either be blended to varying degrees with the collected [[hearts]] of the run to add flavor, or they can be added to the next spirit run of the same recipe.
After a [[spirit run]] has been completed, it is the distiller’s job to remove the undesirable early [[heads]] and late [[tails]] from the collected [[distillate]]. Collectively known as feints, the heads and tails portions can then be combined and re-distilled in an all-feints run or selectively added to a subsequent stripping or spirit (generally just tails) run.


Taking the time to manage feints promotes consistency of flavor across batches and allows the distiller to recover a portion of usable alcohol. [https://homedistiller.org/ homedistiller] defines feints collectively as the separated heads and tails. Depending on region, feints may refer to just the tails.


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See also: [[foreshots]], [[heads]], [[hearts]], [[tails]].
 
 
Feints is the name given to the third fraction of the distillate received from the second distillation in the [[pot still]] process. They form the undesirable last runnings of the distillation. They are returned with the foreshots to the spirit still when it is recharged with [[low wines]].
 
The term is also applied to the first and last runnings from the patent still, in which process they are returned to the wash for re-distillation.
 
The feints and foreshots from the last distillation are kept for adding to the first low wines of the succeeding run.  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:39, 9 January 2023

After a spirit run has been completed, it is the distiller’s job to remove the undesirable early heads and late tails from the collected distillate. Collectively known as feints, the heads and tails portions can then be combined and re-distilled in an all-feints run or selectively added to a subsequent stripping or spirit (generally just tails) run.

Taking the time to manage feints promotes consistency of flavor across batches and allows the distiller to recover a portion of usable alcohol. homedistiller defines feints collectively as the separated heads and tails. Depending on region, feints may refer to just the tails.

See also: foreshots, heads, hearts, tails.

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