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Coriba

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Did my first spirit run today.

Nine litres plum wine plus 2.8 L of plum wine stripping run. Used a variac to control electrical output and it worked great. Made great splits, I think.

Theortical alcohol was about 1.31 litres of alcohol. I collected small quantities in my hydrometer test cylinder until I had collected 10% of the theoretical alcohol volume, then a few heads splits, some hearts until ABV fell below 40%, then some tails to 30%. Could have collected to lower ABV but I was cold and hungry.

Totally understand now ABV monitoring and (with an electric unit) voltage control. The changes in spirit character is dramatic through the run. Something I didn’t see in the stripping run.

seems like a good product. Blending tomorrow.
 

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