Hi Y’all!
I’m a longtime beer brewer new to this hobby. Bought a little pot still head for my digiboil mash tun and have made some great rum thanks to the recipes on this forum!
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Twisted Brick
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Welcome aboard, Captain!
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Bradster68
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OlympicMtDoo
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Welcome to HD Captain, congrats on the good Rum, I think that is my next thing to try have never made any as of now, think I will give it a go soon. Happy New Year. OMD
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Hello and welcome!!
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Captain Spaulding
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I feel like rum is a good starter project because it’s easy! No Mashing and high yield compared to grain spirits. My first wash got up to 16% before distillation! Grandma’s fancy (amber) molasses and turbinado 50/50. Light and floral. Excellent right off the still! Second batch was 2/3rds blackstrap (food grade) and 1/3 turbinado. By then I had live dunder that sat in the yard all hot summer under the Colorado pines. Heavy and intense flavors of chocolate, coffee, carob. Added a bit of clean dunder back to the jars as per Capt. Jack’s Scurvey Waters, but that’s all. AMAZING after only a week or two, continues to improve in jars with oak spirals.
Bourbon was a pain and hoping it will clean up on oak - so far grungy and musty which I am reading is normal. Next I’d like to try malt whiskey. Make an 8% wash with local barley, ferment off grain, and distill 10 gallons of that. Then back to more rum!
Bourbon was a pain and hoping it will clean up on oak - so far grungy and musty which I am reading is normal. Next I’d like to try malt whiskey. Make an 8% wash with local barley, ferment off grain, and distill 10 gallons of that. Then back to more rum!
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Welcome to HD man. You're in the right place. Have a look at the Tried and True. Great recipes there. Good luck and stay safe.