mtnman22 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Does anybody know of a secondary use for HEADS? Perfumes? Nail polish remover? paintbrush cleaner? Any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I use them to help heat my store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piping Rock Distillery Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I always think these would be a good use... http://www.ethanolfireplaces.com/?gclid=CLP7h4uU28gCFdEYHwodEiUGTA http://www.ignisproducts.com/?gclid=CLTDvcqU28gCFUyPHwodyXII6Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBDistiller Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 We dilute it and use it as a sanitizer, or you can dilute it even more and use it as the liquid in a cooling system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McKee Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Sell into the bunker fuel market. Cheers, McKee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnKB Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 BBQ more often. Heads = great lighter fluid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenjellyfish Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Does anyone use feigns for re-distillation? Added to the next run, or as an all-feigns run, or as NGS run? I guess this is not specific to heads but also applies to tails --obviously not the foreshots. Just curious. Best, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestar Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteB Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I would be fairly confident in saying that those who make whisky in an alembic (no plates) pot still would re-run their feints, usually in the next spirit run. My feints still contain about 1/3 of the ethanol that went into the still. There are some of the more interesting flavours in the feints but there are also a lot of unwanted flavours that boil off towards the end of the run. A little bit of basic science here,. As the alcohol is boiled off the boiling point in the pot increases slowly. As the temperature rises other volatiles start evaporating off, some of them are not what you want in typical whisk(e)y. When you re-run the tails in the next spirit run the good alcohol and flavours will come off early in the run at a lower temperature. OR I have heard of doing a completely feints run. The spirit will probably be quite different from the normal spirit run of low wines because the concentration of volatiles in the pot will be quite different. Could be very tasty or crap, but that is what I believe "craft" is all about, as long as you chuck out the crap. Since this thread was about HEADS, what are you calling heads? Is it everything up to the HEART, or just the very first runoff? I was originally taught whisky making as some of the Scots do it. The FORESHOTS are everything up to the start of the heart. Some Scottish and Australian distilleries re-run the "FORES" up to 10 times before they dump them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dehner Distillery Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Mow your yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskiebaedistillery Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I always think these would be a good use... http://www.ethanolfireplaces.com/?gclid=CLP7h4uU28gCFdEYHwodEiUGTA http://www.ignisproducts.com/?gclid=CLTDvcqU28gCFUyPHwodyXII6Q I like this idea, has anyone run heads through one of these? Does the proof inconsistency effect its functionality at all, and down to what proof can you run in one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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