AnselAdams
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When you, oh let's say you are mixing up a batch of mash, you got your corn, sugar and malaise.
You let that sit for a week, 10 days or so.
During that time it begins to burp and fart CO2 as the sugar consumes the corn and produces a plethora of alcohol's and ketones.
You filter that off, pour into your distillation vessels, attach a condenser and start the process of separating the good alcohol (ethanol) from all of the bad ones.
During the distilling process, as liquid heats up a flow of liquids and gas begin to come over to your collection vessel.
If you are expecting say 2 gallons of product you would let approx. A qourt to collect then replace this vessel wit a new larger one and this will be the beginning of the "good" product and then towards the end, "tails" you again replace your vessel with a smaller one to catch the end products.
The heads and tails are no good, but I do use them for solvents.
I hope this makes since.
Oh , and as for the ethanol, we use it for extractions and tincture etc.
Got it. Now i recognize the term.
The boys on Moonshiners make that point with ever cook. I think Popcorn actually used those exact words. Popcorn Sutton, the old timer that went off into the woods and died rather than go to jail for his hooch. Popcorn Sutton --> He is a legend in NC & TN.
Thank You.