Jesse's Ultimate Guide To Kick Ass Cuts For Distillation

Improving your cuts game is one of the fastest ways to improve the quality of your distilled product.

This video will walk you through 19 tips and tricks to improving your cuts, resulting in more effective and reliable results when making homemade spirits.

Enjoy Jesse's Ultimate guide to kick-ass cuts for distillation! Nail your heads hearts and tails when making whiskey, whisky, gin vodka or rum.

Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
2:34 Smooth Kiwis
4:10 Process Overview
6:13 Be Organized
7:04 The Jars
10:17 Taste During The Run
12:51 Hit Reset
14:46 Proof Matters
17:53 Vessel Vessel Vessel
19:44 Shoot For The Middle
21:53 Give Yourself Time
22:42 All Or Nothing?
23:50 Good Or Bad?
26:45 The Effect Of Age
27:54 Commercial Calibration
28:53 Notes!
30:02 Make A Plan
32:04 Thinking Flavours
34:46 Team Awesome!
35:10 Don’t Yolo, Test
38:46 Self Improvement
40:10 One Last Newbie Tip

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[BeardedBored]

This is the video I'm going to refer people to when they ask me about cuts. Nice work, dude:-)

[glleon]

Well done! For newer Chasers, if you are not sure, just keep the hearts and save your heads and tails in a feints jar. Chuck those into your next run. Or do an “all feints” run once you have accumulated enough product. Now you have a blending jar you can experiment with. You will be amazed how much flavor is in the feints. I think the tincture idea is golden too. The very deep tails, almost all water and no wet dog, may have flavors and aromas you can use to proof down your spirit, particularly if you are distilling all grain. Cheers!

[dafewl]

Best video yet, well done Jesse. Biblical for mid tier level craft chasers and should be a mainstay vid for many years to come. Thanks a million.

[kevinbaxter]

Right on man. Best 41 min I spent all day. Loved the part where you Ohhh'd the plastic police. Priceless. Man they can be tiresome. :) Keep on with these longer instructional vids Jess. They are so awesome.

[HeartPumper]

THE most complete & complex (but not complicated 😉) explanation of how to make the cuts, existing out there. Hands down!
Go through the whole video, don't skimp some, every section is important for seriously thinking distiller.

[robertlewis]

Excellent!!! This one should be required viewing for all home distillers.

[southcack]

Best tutorial on cuts I've ever seen. I'm a visual artist and I know the best thing I can do when approaching the process of making art is to be in the right frame of mind. Making spirits is no less of an art and deserves the same focus on the process to achieve a good result.

[Abbynorml]

This is what overwhelms me and keeps me from starting. Brewing and making country wine for almost a decade, but the initial leap here is a tough one.

[captainstrokum]

"Kiwis" had me snort out loud at work! Way to make the promo entertaining. And Yay Cuts!

[jamesbarisitz]

When Ontario, Canada allows it's well washed and ball shaven population distill their own brands, this will be my guide. Your passion and work ethic are legend man.✌

[BEAVERDIY]

Dude, love the camera changes, and bcuts, super video so well done, awesome tie in with the sponsor, what I sometimes do with my whiskey, is to age some of my tails to blend back in...

[crusherbmx]

I'll admit it, I'm a bit buzzed right now and I'm drinking from a bottle made entirely out of the heads and taiils of a batch of rum...tastes like a combo of rum and cheap Canadian Whisky with hints of felt marker and nail polish remover...but I like it.

[DoctorGradusInternational]

Great video! As usually I am happy to recommend your videos to beginners and this video is extremely useful!

[petestrat]

I took a break from distilling for a few years because I started a family with twin boys and your channel was quite new when i discovered you.
Its videos such as this that sets you apart from so many others. Well done on such a fantastic channel, Jesse. You deserve every bit of success that you've gained over the years and this video is packed with top notch information.
I've had a few years to think about my distilling goals and now im ready to create some magic and I justbwant to let you know that I love your passion for the craft. Cheers!

[brucehilliard]

Fascinating! I had no idea how little I knew. And, I knew, that I knew nothing! You are very encouraging. Thank you very much.

[LPD]

Nicely done. Don't be afraid to put hot heads or funky tails in the feints jar. A all feints run later on can be your best creation.

[itaintrocketscience]

This video is the da facto standard for cutting.
You, George and bearded are the pillars of this community.
Great job, Jesse

[philliphamilton]

As a guy that loves to do research for at least 18 months before I try my hand at anything; I can say; without a shadow of a doubt; that your channel has been absolutely invaluable and I appreciate all you do tremendously. 1 request though... have you ever tried to make a mead? That's what got me most interested in brewing/distilling and that's my end goal and I'd really love to learn it from you if possible.

[talonracer]

Pro tip. Got to the store and buy a dozen or so quart Mason Jars. The lids are two piece if you don't know. Take the center "flat" section of the lid and save them for canning. Also buy flat coffee filters. When making your run, after you pull each jar off the still, put a coffee filter over the opening and secure it with the threaded ring. Also it gives you a place to write the number or abv (if your using a parrot). This keeps the bugs out and also lets the volatiles evaporate off. Make your cuts after a day or two.

[Therealcharliee]

Alright man That AD for manscaped got me to post. Well done.