Shady's Sugar Shine

Shady's Sugar Shine Recipe

Per 24 liters (~6 gallons) of wash

• 4.5 kg (10 pounds) of sugar
• 0.5 dl boiled fresh bakers yeast
• 3 crushed multivitamins
• 1 tbsp of DAP
• 1/3 big pinch of epsom salt
• water to the 24 liter mark
• 1-2 dl crushed oyster shell/coral
• 0.4 dl fresh bakers yeast

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 keep the create a wash suitable for making neutral spirit both on a reflux or double distilled with a pot still.

Rule #1

Don't stress the yeast.

Recipe

Per 24 Liters (6 gallons) of wash.

• 4.5 kg (10 pounds) of sugar
• 0.4 dl boiled fresh bakers yeast
• 3 crushed multivitamins
• 1 tbsp of DAP
• 1/3 big pinch of epsom salt
• water to the 24 liter mark
• 1-2 dl crushed oyster shell/coral
• 0.4 dl fresh bakers yeast

Process

1. Add 4.5 kg of sugar to the fermenter.
2. Bring 1.3 liters of water to a rolling boil.
3. Turn off the heat and add 0.4 dl boiled fresh bakers yeast to the water.
4. Add the boiled yeast, 3 crushed multi-vitamins and 1/3 big pinch of epsom salt and 1 tbsp of DAP to the fermenter.
5. Top up fermenter to 24 liters with water.
6. Don't stress the yeast.
7. Add 1-2 dl of crushed oyster shell/coral for pH control.
8. Aerate the wash thoroughly then let it settle down for a minute.
9. Pitch 0.4 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 thread can be found here.