until i found this in my local Asian market
this is a DARK brown sugar, heavy honey aroma and toffee flavor when you open the bag! you can even eat it on its own
i knew it was good when it ruined my tea with that dirty molasses flavor.
recipe:
5 gallon of water
3kg of brown sugar
1 pound coconut sugar
1 pound of dates (for nutrient)
bread yeast
cooked it for 10 min with the dates thn i let it cool and added the yeast. it took 15 days to finish.
i stripped the wash to 10% abv, lots of flavors in the tails, ended up with a 5 liters of 35% abv.
before the spirit run i proof it to 25%, i find this to be the perfect abv for brandy so i thought it would work with rum.
i had troubles with the cuts but that to be expected with rum. i collected some tails for the flavor and stopped around 55%
my goal was to proof it to 58% for aging but i messed up and added too much water till it got to 51%
oaking at this proof would result in a dessert rum, not exactly what i want so to minimize the damage i decided to use European oak form the cold, dark ukrainian woods.
i find it heavier in spices and tobacco than French Oak, im hoping it would combat the sweetness.
white dog is smooth and creamy at 42% tasty stuff!
i cant in good faith say its comparable to real molasses but overall, I am happy with the results.
