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      Jjarmstrong
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      I am new to home distilling, my goal is to make corn whiskey with a pot still. My mash contains 5 gallons of water with 8.5 pounds of flaked maize and about a pound of malted barley. I have two questions on stripping runs:
      1. Will 1 stripping run take away from the whiskey flavor?
      2. Will a stripping run yield a smaller amount of moonshine than just 1 run would?

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      1. Will 1 stripping run take away from the whiskey flavor?

      When I do a stirpping run- I run my still hot and fast- don’t pack the column and collect everything. I personally think you get a cleaner product when doing both a stripping runs and a final spirit run.

      2. Will a stripping run yield a smaller amount of moonshine than just 1 run would?

      I normally do 2-3 stripping runs in my 10 gallon still. I collect and save everything from those runs and then do a final spirit run. I think the final product is great and I can knockout stripping runs fairly quickly. I’ve been known to run 2 stripping runs in one day.

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