unfermentables in molasses wash...?

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unfermentables in molasses wash...?

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my first attempt at pints fast fermenting molasses wash stopped bubbling and sat still for a week... finally opened em up and sg in both fermenter's is 1.010... i know there's unfermentable sugar in molasses... i used grandmas fancy unsulfered... my starting sg was a bit higher than the 1.080 i was shooting for.. i couldn't dilute the wash any more in two fermenter's, should've started a third but didnt think at the time...i've only done sugar washes and a apple wash and everything has run completely dry (.990)... is my SG of 1.010 typical of a finished molasses wash... ?

_thought of re-aerating and pitching distillers yeast, i used bakers and my potential alchohol is a little higher than 10%
:shock: only recently grasped the concept of yeast tolerance vs. potential alchohol...
_also thought of adding beeno as i've read it works well with molasses...
_most likely gonna toss em in the boiler... it holds 8gl. my washe are 6... will the unfermented sugar in the wash cause it boil over into the column...?
_one run or two with an all molasses wash... i'm a bit confused whether double distilling is removing or concentrating flavors...?

any thoughts or critique's would be very much appreciated ..thnx
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