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Hey,

If you wanted to make a rum would it be ok to use Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe and substitute the sugar for molasses and brown sugar?

Thanks.

I assume the still spirits super reflux still is just a cooling management still?

Thanks mate, I would go gas but id rather use electricity because we don't pay for elec at our place.

I guess they sell copper there too? any idea how much it would cost all up to make a condenser?

Hey, I've got a SS beer keg i'm going to use to make a still.

Where can I get a heating element? any idea on costs?

Ne recommendations on a design? it would be good if I could convert it to a pot still for rum too.

Whats the cheapest option for a soldering heat source?

Thanks

This is interesting, I think my dads Still sprints super reflux still has cooling around the outside of the column...does anyone know if that is right?

I guess by-passing it would be better?

We are using a Still spirits reflux still, I found the wiki page on this site last night and am gona do a lot of reading over the next few days. I'm also going to mod the still to put a larger reflux column in too. We have been carbon filtering the turbo yeast grog, I assume we should carbon filter ...

Oh ok, so using less sugar will give better taste?

I have read that this simple recipe is better than the turbos? in terms of taste?

Gday, I scaled the Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe down to 20L, and that gives 4.5Kg of sugar for a 20L wash. What would happen if the 4.5 kg of sugar was increased to say 6-8kg? We have been using the turbos yeasts using 8kg of sugar. We got roughly 10L of 40% per batch. It would be good if we could...

Ok so we fermented out the mix yesterday. 25 L total. 6L molasses 3kg brown sugar 1kg white sugar 24hr turbo yeast It stopped with an SG of 1.3 i think from memory. At the start of the distill we got like runny chocolate looking stuff but then it went a darkish clear color. It then went pure clear (...

What does inverting mean?? I just put the following ferment on: 6 L molasses 3Kg Brown sugar 1Kg white sugar The total volume was 25L 25 hour turbo yeast I'm not sure how it will go it has pretty much stopped with a SG of 1.03, my previous brews of white sugar have all stopped at 0.9, i'm guessing t...

Thanks for the help fellas,

Just got 15 L of molasses from my mate at the ag shop for free.

Any idea on what percentage the spirit would come out at with no packing in the coloum?

By the way im after a Dark rum like a Bundaberg (Australian) or a Jamaican.

Cheers.

Righto mate, so its not possible to make rum with a fractionating still? I guess I could make a pot condenser and wack it on my current boiler. I heard you can get special rum yeast? Is there anything/website that will tell me the basics of making rum from scratch, Ive looked but cant really find an...

Hey, Ive been stilling for a couple of months now, just using plain sugar and adding the flavoring. I want to make a rum from scratch with molasses etc. I see there are a few recipes around, what is the best one to do for a 25 Liter mix? I have a few packets of 24 hr turbo yeast and a still spirits ...