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hey guys thought I'd put my 2c in on the subject of ratios. you wanted to know if I read correctly, how much apples you would need to get 15lb's of sugar in your wash, I think I have it figured: 15lb's sugar = 6.8kg = 6800g 100g apples contains 11.8g sugar or 11.8% per 100g of apples we need to conv...

I added a cup of dried grapes to my rum ( in addition to oak chips) and lost around 10% to the rum gods. it sounds like the same is happening here some alcohol is absorbed by the fruit. you can always run the distillate after soaking through a filter and then check with your alcolator, should give y...

ok managed only 2 runs today and have about 1L of 130proof so far, I only did 2 runs cause its my first fruit wash. I was surprised that the starting ABV was around 68% and the finishing ABV was 65%, the reason i say this is because this was the reading I got when I had enough distillate to get the ...

ok so the wash is complete, took around an hour and half (I had help thankfully), cant wait till its ready though.

Thanks for the great tips guys I'm almost ready to prep the wash, I'll make sure I check the ph, I was thinking champagne yeast I'll definitely give it a go, I'll take the pips out, heard a funny story today from one of the new blokes at work, he made some wine from nectarines and fermented it with ...

Hey Guys I'm new to Fruit washes (new to distillation as well), I've done a few runs with rum (Cause it was easy) with out any problems, but I've just recently & reluctantly moved back home. the up side is we are surrounded by orchids and one of my best past times was to raid the local plum orch...