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HALF RYE/HALF CORN

Starting with a mash 51% rye/49% corn

Measure of the mash: 17 sugar/5.6PH

8:15

starting with 3 plates open and 3 plates closed (expecting to open all plates gradually during distillation, this way we get the flavors, with the plates closed, and the alcohol, with the plates ope)

 

turn on the steam and the rotor

9:00

pressure almost at 10

POT STILL  150

COLUMN     81

LYNE ARM  83

H2O OUT.    81

9:15

pressure     10

POT STILL  170

COLUMN     87

LYNE ARM  87

H2O OUT.    84

9:40

Starting dripping

9:45

Flow starts

Pressure    9

POT STILL  198

COLUMN    169

LYNE ARM 158

H2O OUT    85

Turn down the heat, as soon as it start flowing you have to turn down the heat, or it will go too fast and you won't get all the flavors out

9:50

Pressure    11

POT STILL  197

COLUMN    180

LYNE ARM 179

H2O OUT    125

After H2O OUT hits 100 is good (Guess we can turn on the cool water in the condenser)

The meter in the middle has to be running

10:00

Cut to hearts

Pressure     7

POT STILL   199

COLUMN     181

LYNE ARM. 179

H2O OUT    131

170proof

12:15

120proof (check floating meter)

(start to taste a little grassier)

Open 2 plates (Turn down handles)

Pressure    10

POT STILL  205

COLUMN    191

LYNE ARM 193

H2O OUT    132

The proof goes back up as the plates are opened (it went up to 127 in 3 minutes)

HEARTS: 163proof

1:00

Going into tails

Pressure    8

POT STILL  207

COLUMN    191

LYNE ARM 193

H2O OUT    133

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