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by BigTed68
Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:56 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 832
Views: 311454

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

My knee jerk reaction is it isn’t done yet. The fermenter is likely too cold as it is way below the effective range of your yeast (20-32C is what I found, but didn’t look too hard). Too low of a temp means your yeast will slow down or even stop its activity. It doesn’t kill them, so usually warming...
by BigTed68
Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:38 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 832
Views: 311454

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

I get that specific gravity readings are generally not great for an all molasses wash. However, I think mine has finished fermenting after 5 days. Starting gravity was 1.080 and is now 1.052. I decided to take my refractometer down to the garage and apparently, my wash is at 33% ABV. Surely this ca...
by BigTed68
Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:28 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 832
Views: 311454

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

I get that specific gravity readings are generally not great for an all molasses wash. However, I think mine has finished fermenting after 5 days. Starting gravity was 1.080 and is now 1.052. I decided to take my refractometer down to the garage and apparently, my wash is at 33% ABV. Surely this can...
by BigTed68
Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:19 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First gen UJSSM taste
Replies: 18
Views: 1661

Re: First gen UJSSM taste

Thanks for all the tips. I ran generation 2 yesterday on a stripping run and have saved the low wines to go in with the collection of generation 3. You lot are the best :-)
by BigTed68
Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First gen UJSSM taste
Replies: 18
Views: 1661

Re: First gen UJSSM taste

Thank you so much, everybody. I'll strip and get some low wines through some generations.
by BigTed68
Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First gen UJSSM taste
Replies: 18
Views: 1661

Re: First gen UJSSM taste

So if I extract for example 3 liters tomorrow in my stripping run, do I empty my pot of wash, put in my distillate and top up with water so that the pot is at least 40% full?

I thought I'd done so much research but I'm confused.
by BigTed68
Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:40 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First gen UJSSM taste
Replies: 18
Views: 1661

Re: First gen UJSSM taste

Well first thought is you didn’t run this first one long enough. There was a lot left in the boiler if you stopped at 32%. With 25L at 8% (using for round numbers) there was 2L of 100% in the wash, so if you collected to 40% net, that would be ~5L. Sounds like you pulled 2.3L so you left almost hal...
by BigTed68
Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:38 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First gen UJSSM taste
Replies: 18
Views: 1661

Re: First gen UJSSM taste

I've finally ran my first UJSSM (Gen 1). I did not do a stripping run and I did not use a thumper. My yield from 25 litres was: 500ml @ 49% ABV 500ml @ 42% ABV 500ml @ 37% ABV 500ml @ 32% ABV First generation wasn’t great, the corn flavors build over time as you start sour mashing into gen 3 or so....
by BigTed68
Mon Jun 26, 2023 4:02 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First gen UJSSM taste
Replies: 18
Views: 1661

First gen UJSSM taste

Hello all, Thank you for the wealth of knowledge already posted in this forum, it has helped me a lot. I've finally ran my first UJSSM (Gen 1). I did not do a stripping run and I did not use a thumper. My yield from 25 litres was: 500ml @ 49% ABV 500ml @ 42% ABV 500ml @ 37% ABV 500ml @ 32% ABV My re...
by BigTed68
Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Hello
Replies: 1
Views: 105

Hello

Hello from East of the Atlantic. I'm just getting into this so can't wait to share my results. First batch is a UJSSM