Could you give me the proportions you use in the wash. The total volume of the wash and the percent alcohol of the wash. ( light molasses or blackstrap?)
Thanks.
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No prob! I mainly use a recipie from the site, actually. It's pretty light on the molasses, but I am yet to find a source of molasses at under $5/24 oz, so I just use one container to add some flavor. I use fancy since it's the same price as the others here, and tastes the best IMO. Feel free to substitute to taste. Gets an ethanol content of ~15%.
For 20L wash:
15 lbs sugar
24 oz molasses
5 tbsp yeast nutrient
2 tsp yeast energizer
I use a starter or else it doesn't get going very fast at all. EC-1118 is my yeast of choice.
I start with 10lb sugar and then add the next 5 lb when the gravity drops to half of original. Usually has consumed all sugar in a week or less and settles in a couple days after that.
I single distill this, i find double distilling kills most of the rum flavor unless you segregate heads/tails carefully and blend. Did that once, it was good but not worth the effort to me.
For 20L wash:
15 lbs sugar
24 oz molasses
5 tbsp yeast nutrient
2 tsp yeast energizer
I use a starter or else it doesn't get going very fast at all. EC-1118 is my yeast of choice.
I start with 10lb sugar and then add the next 5 lb when the gravity drops to half of original. Usually has consumed all sugar in a week or less and settles in a couple days after that.
I single distill this, i find double distilling kills most of the rum flavor unless you segregate heads/tails carefully and blend. Did that once, it was good but not worth the effort to me.