? on feed grade molasses

[sadie33]

I read the SBBs All Molasses Rum thread and found not all feed molasses are the same. Some have a higher sugar % then others. I called my local grain store and they had a 5 gal bucket of feed molasses so I went and picked it up and did my first ferment.

I just did the stripping run, went real slow so it wouldn't puke. I also only filled my 5 gal pot with 2 gals.

It came off the spout at 55%. This seems rather low, but I've never done a rum. I' guessing it's because my molasses could have had a really low sugar %. There isn't a label with ingredients on it so I don't know the sugar %

I ended up with 6 cups of 30% out of a 2 gal charge.