molasses question

[tracker0945]

Just going to mix up a simple sugar mash and the recepie calls for 1 tbsp molasses (unsulphured)
I do not have any.
Considering it is only a small quantity, would the molasses be there for taste or feeding the yeast?
The other ingredients are only sugar, tomato paste, lemon juice, sugar & yeast.
What would be an alternative?
It is a bokakob supermarket moonshine recepie and it will be going through a mini still twice.
My first attempt.

[Husker]

toss in a cup of brown sugar in place of a cup of white sugar. It should give you about equivalent material

H.

[stoker]

it's not a big problem
it is for the yeast indeed

[tracker0945]

I have decided to go without it, thanks to those who replied.
1. If it was for flavour, I think that as I am running it through the still twice with scrubbers, that should pretty much remove most flavours anyway.
2. If it was for yeast food, the tomato paste should cover that aspect.
Anyway, we shall see.
Cheers

[Rudi]

I have done alot of sugar washes with only your other ingredients and had no problems It will be fine the molases is for some extra yeast nutrients.

[HookLine]

I add 1/2 teaspoon of Vegemite for the B vitamins. Make sure it is dissolved fully in a little bit of hot water.

And 1/2 cup of bran to give the yeast some solid material to hang onto. Might not be necessary but don't hurt.

I also boil the tomato paste, Vegemite, bran, and lemon juice together in 1/2 litre of water for a minute to sterilise them.

[tracker0945]

Do you know if Promite would do the same job as Vegemite?

[HookLine]

Vegemite, Promite, and Marmite are basically the same thing, just slightly different flavours. They are all made from dead brewer's yeast.

I have only used Vegemite, but I would be surprised if the other two didn't do the same job.

The Swiss also have a similar product called Cenovis.