A well-recorded distillation run is the foundation of both consistent spirit and painless excise. Here's what to capture.
Inputs
- Source wash or low wines (volume and ABV)
- Still used and run type (stripping vs spirit run)
- Start time
The cuts
Volume and ABV for each: foreshots, heads, hearts, tails and feints. The hearts figure is what matters most — see spirit cuts explained.
Outputs
- New make volume and ABV
- LAL from the hearts (the basis of excise)
Notes
Anything that helped or hurt the run — so you can repeat the good and avoid the bad.
Why it matters
Recorded runs turn a great batch into a repeatable recipe, and make your excise figures fall out automatically. CaskPilot captures all of this per run and calculates LAL for you — and with smart still data it can even be captured live.
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