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Well I have spent three days and visited every feed store my end of the valley and it would appear it is pretty much impossible to find a sulfer free or de-sulfered molasses here in the south west corner of Canada. Talked to a nice man at otter co-op and he said it will be very hard to find a sulfer free molasses in the area, apparently there is a bit of a monopoly on the sugar trade here (his words). I can get 675ml of fancy at walmart for $2.68 and that's about all I can find. Even costco does not carry it. All I want to do is make rum haha.

Anyone up this way find the same thing? Or find a way around it? Lower mainland BC area.

Cheers!

I've always thought the sulfur issue is not really that founded, I've tried many many different stock molasses and have never had a issue. Just get some and try it, only gonna be a few $ down the drain if you don't like it.

I agree with Goo, buy a small amount and see how it ferments. If it ferments ok get more and go for it.

Last season I did just that, got a bucket of feed grade that had sulfer but no bad preservatives in it and ran it. I had done many many whiskey runs and knew how to run my rig and followed recipie to a tee, the run went normal but there was a horrible taste and smell like sulfer and even after 6 months aging it was still no good. Maybe just that one brand was bad but I have not tried rum since and now having had that happen I don't really want to try again with something I know can fail. Want to try it without that variable this time around

What about using panela from Sugar Daddy? Some say it makes "the best" rum.

Don't be a whiner...be resourceful.
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What sort of still did you run it through , and what recipe did you follow?

Many of my first Rums were absolute crap, some still are .I know I don't have sulfurous Mollasass ......so it must be what I was doing . Wish I had shitty mollases to blame . LOL .
Cuts and Oak seem to be what causes me grief .

Yummyrum wrote:Many of my first Rums were absolute crap, some still are .

You might be your own worst critic Yummy, Ive never tasted a rum of yours that was bad, some are just better than others.

Saltbush Bill wrote: You might be your own worst critic Yummy, Ive never tasted a rum of yours that was bad, some are just better than others.

Thanks for the Vote of confidence Salty ....but I'd swap you a bottle any day LOL

Guess what I was eluding to was that you need to spend a bit of time mucking about with a particular style before you decide it's good or bad . I totally agree with small trial batches .....just don't give up after the first one if its not what you expected ... there are a lot of variables other than the obvious .

I'm in the PNW as well, although not as far north as you. URM (Cash and carry) stores are pretty common around here not sure if they are up by you. I get 1 gal fancy molasses there for about $12.50/gal. A little more than feed molasses, but it makes a good rum. Small town bakeries will usually order you some with their order. My Cash and Carry thinks I make a lot of home made BBQ sauce

Yeah I also agree with Googe, I've done plenty of runs with stuff from Meijer's and they've always been drinkable and some say pretty good.


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i buy mine from bulk Barn and i pay $75 for a 5 gallon pail. Its very strong and you dont need much to get the job done.

if you decant well the smell should go out.its like sulfery water.let it airate and the smell goes away

I just got back from a short camping vacation and when we stopped into a craft foods store there I spotted cooking grade black strap molasses for $8.39 a gallon... It was all I could do to pass it by without buying a couple gallons...

That is a great price. I just picked up 2 gallons at restaurant supply and I paid 14.95 a gallon.