Sugar wash

[gaza the instructor]

Here's my recipe for a 100 litre wash
Sugar 28kg
Molasses 2.5kg
Di-Ammonium Phosphate 175g
Marmite 100g
Yeast - ICV K1116 35g
Fermaid K 25g
Yeast Hulls 25g
Magnesium Sulphate 25g
Baking Soda 25g
Tea 4 cups
With a 95% conversion efficiency, this much sugar will produce about 14.5 kg of ethanol which is about 18.5 litres.


Anyone tried anything like this???
Marmite (loveit-hate it).
this must leave a taste!!

[Capt-Cudellez]

For my tuppence worth, waaay too much sugar. 18.5% ABV will produce off flavours, I only go to about 11% which is less than 20kg of sugar in 100L.

If you're doing 100L washes, you probably have a decent capacity boiler, so can produce a fair quantity of booze with a couple of strips and a spirit run, even with a single digit ABV wash.
Pushing this high will produce lower quality spirit in my experience, and isn't really worth the addition return in volume.

[gaza the instructor]

Not my type of wash this, to may ingredients
to much sugar. As you say Capt-Cudellez,
aiming to high on the ABV. I also aim at about 12%
gives me options on yeast.
It was the Marmite?? I know its yeast extract
but the smell and taste of the stuff is
overpowering, nice if you like it !!

[Easydrinker]

An interesting one to run.
Have you done it? What is the story?

Robert.

[RumJohn]

@ Gaza...: The bulk of what you are putting in your wash is unnecessary. You are creating a toxic waste. Only add what you need to get the sugar fermented.

Your sugar is very high. Listen to the Capn.

I have used Vegemite as a source of nutrition. It works fine with no residuals.

[Mash]

You guys have said it. Too much sugar and far to much nutrient.

It seems to have been put together with a "this is good let's add some" mentality.

Wrong! Less is more.

[gaza the instructor]

Havnt tried it, just saw it and the
use of marmite i thought odd !!

[packapoo]

RJ's last line....spot on.