my brewery rebuild attempt.

[H. erectus]

Had a another still run today. No4. All went extremely well
and myself beginning to feel more comfortable with the
process of distilling. Till the very end,.....seems I got conned
again,....!

[H. erectus]

You water wasn't clean. Go to a hardware store and buy distilled water they use in batteries, and use that to water down your booze.

Did exactly as you suggested, First went to the spares shop
but they only had "battery water" and he could not tell me about
what else the water contained. So I skipped that one and continued
to the hardware which had distilled water, the label and all much more
convincing. Had a perfect clear distill, 85 proof. Poured the distilled
water into the mix and poof, ended up with what resembled a liter milk
in a glass bottle!!!,. On closer inspection it seemed the bottle had
been tampered with,...the real distilled water replaced with tap water!!!

[H. erectus]

Supposedly something to do with fusal oils (excessive tails?) or high minerals in the water.

That can very well be so. I have difficulty finding the cutting
point for the tails. I stand to be corrected but I seem to think
that I read somewhere the "hearts" float somewhere in the region
50-60 proof,..is this true?. Also, we pump water from a well!
This water extremely hard in mineral content. Used it to make the
sugar wash and all well in distilling, till the final mix,...

[H. erectus]

Sounds like you need to compare notes with @Treeman

Who might this person be? Did he also have problems?

[H. erectus]

Add some pink colouring - then you'll have craft gin

What a good idea!! Also had a request for litchi flavored gin. .
Pink litchi gin now that can only take off like a rocket in these
troubled times of lockdown. Have you any recipe for such a gin!!

[H. erectus]

Me cannot just sit and stare at a thermometer all day
white the still pot heats up! So, did some maintenance
at the brewery/distillery,....fitted/fixed some hooks
for the hand towels that get used,.._DSC0370.jpg_DSC0371.jpg

I seriously need to start brewing some beer.

[Toxxyc]

That can very well be so. I have difficulty finding the cutting
point for the tails. I stand to be corrected but I seem to think
that I read somewhere the "hearts" float somewhere in the region
50-60 proof,..is this true?. Also, we pump water from a well!
This water extremely hard in mineral content. Used it to make the
sugar wash and all well in distilling, till the final mix,...

Yes in this case it's not the water, but you seem to have too much oils in your distillate. You need to cut your still off sooner. You can still collect the stuff that comes out later, but re-distill it later.

[Langchop]

That can very well be so. I have difficulty finding the cutting
point for the tails. I stand to be corrected but I seem to think
that I read somewhere the "hearts" float somewhere in the region
50-60 proof,..is this true?. Also, we pump water from a well!
This water extremely hard in mineral content. Used it to make the
sugar wash and all well in distilling, till the final mix,...

Not sure how you are doing it, but if you are green like me, I would highly recommend distilling small amounts into lots of little glass jars, from the volatiles beginning, to the stinky end. Then take the time to smell and taste and measure the different jars. On your first runs, be very conservative and take a relatively small hearts section that you keep. Then you will start off knowing what it could/should be like and you can then push boundaries from there.

https://youtu.be/4Lc7IhcUVyA

EDIT: +1 what Toxxyc said. Keep the heads and tails and redistill. Dump the nail varnish foreshots

[JIGSAW]

Who might this person be? Did he also have problems?

the idea is to click on his name and see what he posted ....

but here goes > https://www.wortsandall.co.za/showth...sh-to-make-Gin

[H. erectus]

the idea is to click on his name and see what he posted ....

but here goes

,...jhust asking,.