"Pure" Esters Rum, Input Requested

[bluc]

I have been wondering about ale yeast for sometime but unsure how to keep the ferment slow enough to keep temp down. Im used to fermenting rum at 30-40c 86-105f.....

[Ben]

Farmhouse strains work in that range, several belgians.

[bluc]

Cheers

[Beerswimmer]

Kveik yeast is great too. "Made" to tear through high gravity wort at high temps in about 48hrs or so.

[bluc]

I did a run with hornidal it was very farmhouse more whiskey then rum...

[mountainmurphy8194]

I immediately went back into my closet and found a chokecherry brandy that I recalled the taste from and *bam*, exactly the same. (My research shows that benzoic acid is present in chokecherries but I can't find any information on concentration or the presence of its esters.)

How did you do the chokecherry brandy? I wanted to do an eau de vie this past summer, but I showed up to all my picking grounds just a day or two after the birds, so I only got 8-10lb.

Threw those in the freezer and plan to try again this coming August.