Adding sugar or molasses before distillation?

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Froggy
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Adding sugar or molasses before distillation?

Post by Froggy »

I was just reading on the parent site about adding raw sugar to a rum wash just before distillation to carry across the sweet flavour.
Has anyone ever tried this before either with sugar or molasses?
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Post by PUGIDOGS »

Hey Froggy, take a look here.

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5757

We are covering this very subject....Pugi
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Post by Dnderhead »

Molasses mite but sugar i doubt it ,and if you want it sweet
why not add sugar after? I have Ben trying Brown sugar
"carmol " look promising Four rum
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