Need A Rum Experts Advice
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:29 pm
Made My first batch up rum to get the rum train rolling. I used 8LBS of dark brown sugar in each 6.5 gallon fermenter. distillers yeast, fermax, as well as some citric acid. Got about a 7% wash out of it. collected about 3 quarts of hearts and 2 GALLONS of tails.
Is it typical to get more tails out of rum or is that due to my lower starting ABV?
I know rum isn't really drinkable for the first 3-6 months at least but the old lady claims it smells funny. almost like alcoholic vinegar she says. 145 proof vinegar? It does smell a lot different from my corn meal and corn flake likkor I've made but I was just associating the different smell with it being a different likkor.
I let it air for about 30 hrs with a coffee filter on top and now its capped up in mason jars.
I saved 2 gallons of dunder for the boiler for my next rum run. If it starts to mold (i know its supposed to mold) can I scrape off the mold when I'm ready to use it since the bucket its in doesn't have a spigot on bottom?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Rain Distillate
Is it typical to get more tails out of rum or is that due to my lower starting ABV?
I know rum isn't really drinkable for the first 3-6 months at least but the old lady claims it smells funny. almost like alcoholic vinegar she says. 145 proof vinegar? It does smell a lot different from my corn meal and corn flake likkor I've made but I was just associating the different smell with it being a different likkor.
I let it air for about 30 hrs with a coffee filter on top and now its capped up in mason jars.
I saved 2 gallons of dunder for the boiler for my next rum run. If it starts to mold (i know its supposed to mold) can I scrape off the mold when I'm ready to use it since the bucket its in doesn't have a spigot on bottom?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Rain Distillate