Shady's Sugar Shine

Shady's Sugar Shine Recipe

Per 25 liters (~6.5 gallons) of wash

• 4.5 KG Sugar
• 1.2L Boiling water +1/4 cup yeast
• 3 Vitamin B crushed
• Pinch Epsom Salt
• 1 Tablespoon DAP
• 1/2 cup shell grit.
• 40 grams baker's yeast to pitch

Shady's Sugar Shine is a simple sugar wash recipe which uses boiled yeast and a slew of additives as nutrients for the yeast. The aim of the recipe is to create a wash suitable for making a neutral spirit, whether with a reflux still or double distilled with a pot still.

Rule #1

Don't stress the yeast.

Ingredients

Metric Translation for 25L Ferment

• 4.5 kg Sugar
• 1.2L Boiling water +1/4 cup yeast
• 3 Vitamin B crushed
• Pinch Epsom Salt
• 1 Tablespoon DAP
• 1/2 cup crushed oyster shell/coral shell grit
• 40 grams baker's yeast to pitch

Original 20 Gal Wash Recipe

• 30 Pounds Sugar
• 1 Gallon of boiling water +½ cup bakers yeast
• 8 Vitamin B crushed
• A big pinch of Epsom Salt
• 3 Tablespoons DAP
• 1 or 2 cups crushed oyster shell/coral shell grit
• 2/3 cup baker's yeast to pitch

Original 20 Gal Wash Recipe converted to Liters

• 75.7 Liter Wash
• 13.6 kg Sugar
• 3.7 liters boiling water + ½ cup bakers yeast
• 8 Vitamin B crushed
• A big pinch of Epsom Salt
• 3 Tablespoons DAP
• 1 or 2 cups crushed oyster shell/coral shell grit
• 150 grams baker's yeast to pitch

Recipe

1. Add sugar to the fermenter.
2. Bring water for boiling to a rolling boil.
3. Turn off the heat and add fresh baker's yeast to the boiling water.
4. Add the boiled yeast, multi-vitamins, Epsom salt and DAP to the fermenter.
5. Top up fermenter to final desired volume.
6. Add crushed oyster shell/coral for pH control.
7. Aerate the wash thoroughly then let it settle down for a minute.
8. Don't stress the yeast.
9. Pitch fresh bakers yeast.
10. Keep ferment at a steady 30 degrees C/85 degrees F.

History

This recipe was created by the HomeDistiller forum user Shadylane and posted for feedback and criticism in April of 2018. The original thread can be found here.