to be honest i had....no i still have a lot of confusion because too much information , too much !!!
...so i said to myself: start !! IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY LEARN ABOUT IT
I want make dark rum , strong flavoured rum so i 'm oriented to pugirum recipe and bucaneerbob recipe i.e. all dunder use recipes.
it will be a very bastard pugirum or better say a medley of pugi-bucaneerbob-all the forum recipes...
the day before Yesterday, time 20.30 i started "mashing" :
5 lt cane molasses
4 kg cane sugar
7 kg withe sugar (rugular kitchen sugar)
60 g bread yeast for nutrient
100 g bread-pizza yeast for fermentation
2 lime (juice) and some citric acid (few grams)
+/- 90 lt water from mountain fount
i heat up to 50°/ 60° C 20 lt of water and i melted the molasses ( i used my "little" copper potstill like a pot )
i heat up another 20 / 25 lt of water and i melted the sugar, two times.
i then puored the rest of the water , the lime juice and the citric acid in to the fermenter : the pot of my new "big" still that i presented to you some time ago. this pot is 100 lt and it is almost full
i areated all the wash very well : from the carboy to the copper pot , from copper pot to the fermenter and a lot of stirring before adding yeast.
i took half liter from the wash and i boiled it with the yeast , added then to the "wash"
i took half liter from the wash, i cooled down with some cold water ( that I saved from washing the molasses container ) to 35° C and i started the " pizza "yeast. after 15 minutes it foamed so i add to the wash.
the wash was at 40° C
time 24.00 went to bed!
Yesterday in the morning time 05.30 before going to job :
unfortunately Yesterday the weather was bad and the temperature was low ( 15° 17° ) but the fermenter was pretty hot +/- 25° , today the sun is back so i think that the fermentation is Greater...and also the temperature.... I hope
i want the esters which i learned are so important for the flavour.
the smell is very good, sweet and soft
i tried to follow all.... most of the information i read here
i want to say thank's to all you guys !!!
P.S. GUDI RUM because Gudi is my nickname that friends have given me since elementary school time