Sugar Wash Details

[la Bleue]

Just posting another sugar wash, I started 15 gallons last night in 5 gallon carboys.

Here is some info on the three mashes:

1st: 9.25 lbs white cane sugar, 6 oz of paste, 1/3 cup of lemon juice, 40 Grams of Saf Instant Bakers Yeast. The SG was 1.080.


2nd: 9.25 lbs white cane sugar, 6 oz of paste, 1/3 cup of lemon juice, 45 Grams of Saf Instant Bakers Yeast. The SG was 1.079.


3rd: 9.25 lbs white cane sugar, 6 oz of paste, 1/3 cup of lemon juice, 35 Grams of Saf Instant Bakers Yeast. The SG was 1.080.

The current temp on the carboys reads between 25-27 C.

On my next batch Im going to shoot for SG of 1.090 but Im trying to figure out a proper amount of yeast to ferment in 7 days for my climate.

when I was adding my nutrients to the batch, I was wondering if people check the SG before or after the nutrients are added?


I also have a lot of Lalvin EC-1118 in the fridge so I'm excited to try that in the near future.

I have really become interested in Absinthe, I distill these simple sugar washes four times and experiment with the herb amounts. I know I'm going the right direction because I tried some Lucid the other day and my last batch tasted very similar but with more of a numbing sensation and a flatter aftertaste.