How to classify sugar wash spirits?

[Saltbush Bill]

I'm with Crow on this.....sugarshine is not rum...... find me a rum distillery anywhere in the world that makes rum from white or even raw sugar.
Both have had all of the goodies that make rum what it is taken out.

[thecroweater]

Err , raw sugar has some, maybe most or the molasses removed but certainly not "all" . Refinery molasses is the molasses extracted from raw sugar, only when all the molasses and other impurities are removed do ya have refined sugar. There is even a raw sugar called Muscovado that has had nothing but water removed and is basically crystallized cane juice.

[G8keeper]

There is even a raw sugar called Muscovado

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere else or is off topic, but have you ever used this yourself thecroweater?

Cheers
G8

[thecroweater]

Yes it came out a medium flavoured rum, slightly lighter than a molasses and raw sugar rum
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[Saltbush Bill]

The amount of mollases left in raw sugar is so small it hardly makes a difference......you still won't find any commercial rum made from raw or white sugar.
For that matter id go as far as saying that 98% of all of the commercial rums are made of one thing.......mollases.

[G8keeper]

Yes it came out a medium flavoured rum, slightly lighter than a molasses and raw sugar rum

Cheers mate I might give it a run some time.

The last molasses wash I did I let sit for 18mths and when I tried it the taste was halfway between a rum & a whiskey... hence I called it Rumskey. Damn I wish I could find the recipe I wrote down for that I've moved house since then and can't find my old recipe book.

[thecroweater]

Rumskey is a thing sometimes called jackass juice. Its grain and molasses or rum aged on whiskey barrel oak, its not really my thing but it's not terrible.

[G8keeper]

Rumskey is a thing sometimes called jackass juice.

Well I certainly fit that description

aged on whiskey barrel oak

Well that explains that in all too obvious way that it makes me feel like a jackass

[Avo]

There is even a raw sugar called Muscovado

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere else or is off topic, but have you ever used this yourself thecroweater?

Cheers
G8

Off-topic answer to your question. I have used Dark muscovado sugar with golden syrup to make a white rum, the rich flavour and aroma of the muscovado sugar comes over very well. Furthermore, I have 'Soxhlet' infused dried mango into a flask of the rum, the flavours go very well together.

[G8keeper]

I have 'Soxhlet' infused dried mango into a flask of the rum, the flavours go very well together.

That sounds delish

[Avo]

I have 'Soxhlet' infused dried mango into a flask of the rum, the flavours go very well together.

That sounds delish

It is, just a question of maybe how much top-up plain neutral I can add in the bottle for the perfect balance.
The dark muscovado route is definately worth you trying; as it is said, if they just evaporate the water out of
it and it is crystalized cane juice it will retain the flavour, which I can verify. You could do a small 5 litre batch
ferment, and run it through your T500, still spirits say you could run 5 litres minimum distillate and stop producing
when you have collected 3 litres I would definately label it rum.

[RC Al]

lols Avo, was going to ask why you had a "brain in a jar" in the middle of your still, then i realised it was mango... lols

[Avo]

"brain in a jar"

[G8keeper]

You could do a small 5 litre batch ferment, and run it through your T500, still spirits say you could run 5 litres minimum distillate and stop producing when you have collected 3 litres I would definately label it rum.

That's not such a bad idea

[Avo]

You could do a small 5 litre batch ferment, and run it through your T500, still spirits say you could run 5 litres minimum distillate and stop producing when you have collected 3 litres I would definately label it rum.

That's not such a bad idea

With Small or max' amounts in the T500 still, would be good to use a small voltage regulator. This one is very popular with T500 owners.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Voltage-Reg ... SwJcdcmZUI

p.s. I meant wash not distillate

[thecroweater]

We are drifting off topic a bit here fellas