Home Distiller

I am making rum for a friend who likes the Bundaberg Rum Red brew, so I have been reading the other posts about red gum charcoal filtering and even adding a drop of eucalyptus oil. Anyway I was at the supermarket examining the golden syrup when I hit upon the idea of using red gum honey. I thought i...

Good tips, thank you. I have just finished distilling my very first wash. I kind of meant it to be a rum wash, but I don't think I fed the yeast enough molasses- it ended up being only about 1 kg (all I could get) to 6 kg of dextrose. In any case, what I have now smells like vodka with a bit of meth...