Gday,
I have attempted my first rum, unfortunately I think I stopped my stripping run to early.
I have roughly 5l of 55% low wines, it was only until after I had finished the stripping run that I realised I should have gone further into the tails and chased those rum oils. As it stands I stopped the stripping run once the stream was roughly 25%.
Unfortunately having only made gin before I assumed I could just dilute back with R.O water to get my low wines to 45%.
However after plenty of reading I now realize what a big no no that is.
I already have my second wash well on its way to being fully fermented (buccaneer bobs recipe).
I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to combine my current 55% low wines with my second wash, and redo my stripping run until I get a combined low wines of 45%? (And hopefully get the rum oils that way).
Or
Would it be better to chock this up to a learning point and just make a less flavoured white rum to use for mojitos?
Any advice would really be appreciated!
Newbie mistake
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Newbie mistake
You have to go through the shit and the mud, to get to the gold.