Rum-focused newbie

[stonedwolf]

Hi

Just looking to make cheap rumshine.

Have watched a few dozen distilling Youtube tutorials, from different people, so reading the Wiki everything is familiar.

My original plan was that 4 litre "coffee-pot" (!) but already before I've bought it I know I've outgrown it so, looking at a T500 type setup, like that adjustable spiritworks boiler and the "anbiq" condenser.

I plan on simple dark brown sugar mashes. No molasses, not yet. Local German stores Aldi/Lidl have dark brown sugar, a mix of cane and molasses, for £2.20/kg (€2.60/kg) or in American currency $1.25/lb. So if I'm looking at 5kg of sugar (23 litres wash, 13% alcohol) that's £11. Looking online there are bulk £25kg sacks for £40 (£1.60/kg) Tate & Lyle Dark Brown Cane Soft Sugar (delivery included) so perhaps that'll be in the future.

But to start, a few washes of supermarket sugar. I'll look at molasses/black treacle run if only to make some dunder colourant, I have the Buccy Bob recipes PDF for that, but I'd rather start with easy-peasy first, build up from there.