Can I distill contaminated wine?

15 days ago I started a batch of wine from a Wine Kit. I went to measure the SG to begin the next step when I found the wine had a film layer at the top. Anyway I phoned the place that sold it to me and am getting a new wine kit tomorrow.

Before I pour this contaminated wine down the toilet, I am wondering if I could finish the process and distill it? Can I do anything to salvage this ~21L of bad juice?

Here's a picture of the contamination, it looked more like a white film before I poked it with a thermometer then it cracked:

Topic distillation contamination wine homebrew

Category Mac

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Without knowing what type of contamination it is, it's hard to tell if anything can be done. Is it a white film? Does it smell bad? A small film isn't always contamination, it could be soap residue, etc.

I am inclined to think that if contamination results in bad taste, that some of the bad taste will be tranferred during the distillation process (Garbage In -> Garbage Out).

This is particularly true with vinager, maybe less with distillation.

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Yes you can! You are just distilling the alcohol, not all the bad stuff. If you catch it before it turns to vinegar you should be fine.

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