JustAndy Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Your Canadian-ness is showing , a proof gallon is 1 gallon at 50% abv, so 900 gallons @ 10% abv = is 180 PG not 90 PG. Anyways, on a simple pot still (no active reflux / plates/ dephleg) a reasonable expectation would be to recover ~70% of the total alcohol as hearts./usable spirit 1/3 as heads is vastly too much, if you are doing it organoleptically that suggests big fermentation problems, if you are doing it based on parrot proof it suggests your charge strength is much too high. If you are making malt whiskey on a simple pot still 10% abv is too high for wash and you'll get better results at 7% or 8 (or lower). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyGuy Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 5/14/2020 at 4:48 PM, JustAndy said: I generally go down to 5% as the place I work Wow. I'm glad I came in here to read this. I have never even considered this, and maybe I should do some more reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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