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I’m brand new and technically I’ve never fired up my 20 gallon copper still that just arrived. It has one thumper.

I’m wondering about catching flavors with the thumper and how I can maximize that.

To get a lot of flavor out, could I leave my column off until I believe the heads are burnt off and then put my column back on and add flavor/mash to the thumper to increase the amount of flavor that goes into my hearts and tails?