HerdLife or Evolved Habitats Molasses

[DeepSouth]

I recently bought some molasses from Walmart online and had it shipped directly to my store. I previously could only find 1 gallon containers of molasses at my local Tractor Supply or outdoor stores. The molasses there was usually at least $8 per gallon. The price for 2.5 gallons at Walmart online was only about $11 and that includes free shipping to your store. This is really low quality, feed grade molasses and is listed as only 43% sugar content. The stuff smells really strong.

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Anyway, I started a rum ferment a few nights ago and my recipe was as follows:

1.5 gallons of molasses
6# sugar
6 gallons warm water to dissolve sugar and thin molasses
Cool water to top off to 10 gallons total
10 grams Nutriferm
10 grams DAP
10 grams Dry Active Distiller's yeast
10 grams Fermaid K

I added the molasses to the fermenter, then added the warm water and sugar and stirred it all together to dissolve. I added the cool water to top off to about 10 gallons and then made a yeast starter. The yeast starter contained 8 oz water and the Nutriferm. I let the Nutriferm dissolve and hydrate over about 15 minutes, then added 8 oz of liquid from the fermenter and added the yeast. After the starter was showing really good activity after about 30 minutes I pitched the starter into the fermenter. It is bubbling away like crazy. After about a day or so I added the Fermaid K nutrient.

The total sugar in the entire ferment is about 13-14# in a 10 gallon batch. Should give a potential alcohol of about 10%.