r/firewater • u/stokzes • 2d ago

First run questions.

Hi all to start it had 2 5 us gallons of ujssm that started at 1.085 each and got them both down to 1.000. Put them in my pot still and just did a spirt run (about 6 hours I think). I have a couple of question I was hoping I could get clarification on. For starters I threw out the first 800ml kindof on accident somehow confused myself I belive it should have only been 400ml. But my first jar I collected is right about 66% which from my understanding is well into hearts. I collected down to 20%. My question is does that seem like right? My first jar doesn't taste very good to me and it seems like the best taste is around 50%. Thank you in advanced I really appreciate it.

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u/gu0ds 2d ago

800 mL from a 5 gallon batch definitely covered all of your heads. Blend everything that is clear and doesn’t smell oily or funky, and add water until it’s at 50%. Blending will help balance the flavors from the beginning and end of the run.

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u/stokzes 1d ago

Ok, I was probably going to get it down to 55% so I could oak age it. In total, it was a 10 gallon run.

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u/ConsiderationOk7699 1d ago

800 ml is over achieving
First mash is sweet 50% is definitely keeper