What is heads and how much do I get rid of

What is heads and how much do I get rid of - Moonshine

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@Impresario_zero Ай бұрын

Speaking to the everyday person about this topic, love it, bro. Not all scientific, perfect. Brewing and distilling is different every single time and comes from experience.. sharing experience is WAY more beneficial to the world than numbers.

@Miata822 Ай бұрын

I was glad you mentioned tasing the mash to get an idea of how a ferment is coming along. That has always seemed obvious to me but I never hear people mention it. Also 100% agree about doing cuts by smell and taste, You don't want to get greedy and start including stuff that isn't good. Just save those tails and rerun 'em.

@drumminsonlive9199 Ай бұрын

Thanks Phil the continuous feeling smelling and tasting during the run is the key to good product not watching a hydrometer floating in a proofing parrot. Keep the videos coming for us my friend!

@bradmayes9453 Күн бұрын

Dude! Enjoyed the video! I felt like I was wasting a lot by cutting heads late in my runs but I see now it’s all about the smell and taste. It’s all about getting that good shit!

@danevans7693 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the info. You have come a long way since you started. When your table was an old wooden spool. I've always enjoyed listening to you.

@keithsmith6932 Ай бұрын

Excellent explanation. This is just what we need. Thank you.

@jeremymillrood Ай бұрын

Thanks for the concise explanation PhilBilly, new to distilling and this is the one thing I've been struggling with.

@gordonbowen8846 Ай бұрын

🤙bro Thank you for being you and making this hobby enjoyable for me!!! You rock brother👊

@bladenrexroth2555 Ай бұрын

When I got into distilling. I was taught to trust the proofing parrot. I was told that anything above 150 gets tossed in the fuel barrel and anything from 150 to 40 can go directly into the bucket or barrel. Was told anything after 40 can be drained right into the tails bucket and reused for the next run. I was taught to run on a homemade 80 gallon copper still that was mad from 2 40 gallon hot water heaters hidden in plain site. Temp controlled throughout the run for the best abv and flavor. This was almost 30 years ago.

@DisneyUpBoilerUp Ай бұрын

I'm such a definitive instruction person. I like having the 50ml/gal number to follow. I need to learn by the taste and smell ... Working on it 😂

@labaronrodgerssr7488 Ай бұрын

I’m learning a lot thanks for the knowledge

@vanessat2677 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Phil!

@Chronicseedsinc Ай бұрын

His mouth starts watering, that’s how he tells 😂✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@TonyLocke-m6g Ай бұрын

Thank you for this

@daverees986 Ай бұрын

Hey Phill. you've mellowed a lot from your earlier video's. it's called getting older. Good information for beginners like me 😉

@OVRCOME Ай бұрын

I always smell for rubbing alcohol! That's my 1st check.. After that its taste.. Or when the rubbing alcohol smell starts going away I start tasting. Once you get familular with a particular mash (like Corn) and Volume, you know about how much to take off and you can start smelling/tasting around then!

@BrettWilliams-n1c 5 күн бұрын

Wish i had a still like that man. Love it and keep doing great vids but put in more of the vivor which i have. Thats if okay bro cheers🍻

@jbwagonmaker8887 Ай бұрын

Good one , thamks

@SteveRix78 Ай бұрын

Yep....I have a glen cairn glass that put some drops in, easier to tell if it's heads (for me). I always do a stripping, then a spirit run......seems to work out best for me. I'll get a good gallon (on a 13gallon boiler) of the same high proof.....once it starts to dip down, I'm on the hunt for the cut to tails.....it comes quick.

@BrettWilliams-n1c 5 күн бұрын

I’m about to try a sugar wash then distill in the vevor , wish me luck as it’s my first day(Time) doing it. Plus it’s summer here in australia 🤞🍻🤞

@lonnieevans4127 Ай бұрын

Foreshots and heads make great lighter fluid for the smoker and a solvent for making black powder.

@danthemann Ай бұрын

So happy to hear someone else say forget about the foreshots, just cut for taste. Methanol itself is not toxic nor abundant enough in shine to satisfy the prohibitionists. TIME reported in the Jan. 10, 1927, issue, a solution emerged from the anti-drinking forces in the government: that year, a new formula for denaturing industrial-grade alcohol was introduced, doubling how poisonous the product became. The new formula included “4 parts methanol (wood alcohol), 2.25 parts pyridine bases, 0.5 parts benzene to 100 parts ethyl alcohol” and, as TIME noted, “Three ordinary drinks of this may cause blindness.” (In case you didn’t guess, “blind drink” isn’t just a figure of speech.) (TIME on is copied text)

@anthonysausen5396 Ай бұрын

This video was great, really solidified some things for me. Could you do a video explaining heat up times with and without a thumper on your 20 gal? Ive heard it should take 2 hours, and some say it should take 3-5 hours. What's your thoughts?

@philbillymoonshine7356 Ай бұрын

I heat up quick, usually with in 45 minutes people swear by smoother likker if you heat up slow but my likker is smooth enough for me, I run quick and hard. The down side to it is you will have a higher proof if you run slower and lower but its only by a couple proof and doesn't matter to me.

@MOK3 Ай бұрын

I did an all grain (no sugar to bump it up) 4gal mash i hit 1070, it went from 70% to 50% after heads and the 3rd pint quick ! Then it was disgusting 😅, it on oak right now, I'm tired of these lil 4&5 gal runs I'm gonna upgrade to at least a 10 gal pot still for my needs

@SwampWaterInfusions Ай бұрын

Great content

@workhardplayhard801 Ай бұрын

Not sure where I heard this said but , when it comes to making cuts sometimes to keep in mind is that, good liquor should never offend any part of your experience. In the beginning it may burn your eyes, and nose , Plus lips tongue throat esophagus and belly , further along, stops burning eyes and nose but still burns lips tongue, etc.,etc. Further "still"😏stops burning lips and tongue but still burns throat and so on. Keeps getting more drinkable as it progresses, to a point where it smells great taste great and warms you in good way not burns you in an offensive way that is painful . Proofing will make the you more accurate because even hearts can burn the less seasoned taster sometimes simple dilution is the solution. Rock out with your 🐓out ! 🥃cheers !

@garrymcgaw4745 Ай бұрын

G'day Phil, how much did that carton of mason cost you?. Thanks in advance mate.

@DUMPTHETRUCK Ай бұрын

If it’s a corn mash I get rid of ATLEAST 4oz and 6oz off a 5 gallon fruit mash minimum to be safe.

@ryangregory3094 Ай бұрын

If you start a run and toss the heads and stop the still and let it cool off over night. Then start it up a few days later do you have to make a cut for heads again?

@DUMPTHETRUCK Ай бұрын

I would say no. Heads is a different type of alcohol so when it’s gone it’s gone, I think it’s methenal alcohol that gives you the headache,,,cheap booze gives you bad hangovers because of this,,,

@GorillaGlueEnthusiast Ай бұрын

50ml per gallon of mash, does that translate the same on my spirit run if I do a stripping run without removing anything?

@MatthewTrask-e8c 7 күн бұрын

could also be from chloramine also which will concentrate if not taken out of tap water ect, some potassium metabisulfite will remove it from the mash tho -headaches

@labaronrodgerssr7488 Ай бұрын

The hydrometer doesn’t float at all in the shine that I made can you tell me why ?

@DUMPTHETRUCK Ай бұрын

@@labaronrodgerssr7488 there are two types of Hydrometers one is for proof liquor 🥃 and one is for beer 🍺 and starting gravity it’s probably the wrong one

@philbillymoonshine7356 Ай бұрын

the hydrometer could be malfunctioning but most likely you have no alcohol because the yeast in your mash did not work. Taste it and if you taste alcohol then it must have sugar in it some how, not sure what all the factors are hard to answer this without being able to ask you questions.

@labaronrodgerssr7488 Ай бұрын

@@philbillymoonshine7356 it tastes like alcohol and it even smells good and gives a good kick . I’m going to make a new batch this week and I’m going to follow all the steps I’ve learned watching videos .

@labaronrodgerssr7488 Ай бұрын

@@philbillymoonshine7356 Thank you for replying to my question . I’m sure I’ll have many more , again thank you 👍🏾

@jonathanflud492 Ай бұрын

How much would you toss from a air still?

@hardassteel Ай бұрын

Methanol boiling point is 148.5 and Ethanol is 173. When you distill it, the first drip is methanol, then there will be a pause. Once the pause occurs, it burned off all the methanol. Then next bit will be ethanol.

@DUMPTHETRUCK Ай бұрын

I think some of that blind shit could also be government propaganda just like the absinthe lies when the French tried to get people back to drinking wine over absinthe,,,good video,,you should do a video of liquor lies and myths,,,there are some great stories of liquor,,,the Bacardi story is pretty good to read about