StillSmart

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!!

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.

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 !!

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

Robert.

@ 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.

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.

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

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