Molasses

[Distillingchris]

For those in the UK do you know of a cheap place where you can buy in bulk molasses, the cheapest i have found it Blackstrap Molasses 740g (Meridian Organic) £2.80 is that good or bad, The recipe im following is

2.25kg of raw cane sugar - This is about £2.50 for 500g is there a cheaper alternative ?
20 Litres of water
80 oz of unsulphered molasses - is this 2.2litres or 2.2kg

This is the 1st time making rum and im looking my finished product as spiced rum
thanks

[Distillingchris]

And i presume as usual strip run then spirit run, no filtering after, just age and spice ?

[YHB]

You could try here for molasses

http://www.millbryhill.co.uk/equestrian ... s-2803.htm

Here is a good write up for a recipe

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1358&start=30#p10681

[Distillingchris]

yes ive seen that molasses aswell but was unsure with it being horse feed or whatever its used for, didnt know the quality or if there may be unwanted chemicals etc.

[Capt-Cudellez]

I use that molasses for my rum.
It states 100% molasses on the label, and is about 72% sugar. Which works out about 1kg of fermentables per litre, which makes it nice and easy for working out a recipe.

[conyay]

just a quick question wheres the best place in the uk to buy molasses and whats the best type to make a nice rum?

[conyay]

That's perfect I was looking for this link but couldn't find it for some reason

[Gaztops]

The only place I could get molasses was from Holland and Barrett,£2.00 for a 450g jar. Quite expensive.