White Rum Avec Maple

[Capt-Cudellez]

This was suggested over on AD by minime - its a light rum with maple syrup added to the spirit run.
http://www.artisan-distiller.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=4698

look at page two - maple only added to the boiler not the ferment - It's ten to three and I'm still running, only planned to pull the heads off and call it a night, but this stuff is so tasty I don't want it to go wrong.

Man this it going to make a good drink.

CC

[YHB]

This sounds like something that is worth giving up a nights sleep for!

Enjoy.

[Capt-Cudellez]

Finished this run pre lunch today - just made my cuts. Ended up with 11 ltrs of 70% making the cut.
I have a 12 litre stainless bucket that I use when cutting - I tip the sampled jars into it, and add a jar of water every 3 jars or so to bring the ABV down.

I normally store at 65%, but was running low on storage - so I have a DJ with additives on oak for ageing, a DJ of silver rum, and the best part of a 1.5L watered down a to a more acceptable level for drinking now.

Also got 2/3rds of a DJ with 94% feints that will go into my next rum - I had a full DJ of feints for this run, hence the large return.
It seems to be a very slightly lighter rum than my last one (the last one was really strong in flavour - much more so than commercial white)- there was less dunder and wash in the boiler for the spirit run, but the boiler was full so I guess that's my fault, for getting greedy.
I now have a working prototype controller to replace my broken one - not in a box yet, so didn't fancy using the large boiler with a new controller for an extended run.

Over all I'm a happy chappy.