StillSmart

The price for the 25L of molasses is a good one for you guys living in north Yorkshire or Cumbria - they will delivery nationally too, but it will cost you for these heavy items.
I opted for delivery, 50l molasses and a 25kg bag of maize cost less than a score to deliver - and was still cheaper than I could buy locally.


- might not want to get molasses and corn delivered to your semi-detached though nothing suspect about that

http://www.millbryhill.co.uk/equestrian-530/horse-supplements-780/garlic-herbs-oils-784/natural-animal-molasses-supplements-2803.htm

Coincidentally I had just been reading this Rum recipe and was wondering where to buy Molasses.

http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=30

I seem to be able to follow the logic of this proceedure and it does not appear to require the use of a dunder pit.

Capt'n

Is this a reasonable first recipe for rum? or can you recommend a better (easier/nicer) one.

Toodlepip

Brian

I can't see past Pugirum for a dark rum, or pints fast fermenting molasses wash both over on AD.
They sound more complicated written down than in practice, but once you have done it once, its a skoosh.

You don't need a dunder pit, but adding dunder (even straight from the boiler to the next wash - will start to add complexity to future generations.
I'm starting to get caramel and raisin notes in my rum - and a slight chocolate\coffee thing going on in the nose.

Someone even suggested adding a slice of the mold from the pit to the boiler on the spirit run - he makes good rum by other peoples tastings, so I might give that a go.

Does anyone know if black treacle would be ok for a rum wash,noticed in my loal Asda tins are on offer think they are around 450grms each.How many tins would I need for a 25ltr wash?

Optic

optic wrote:Does anyone know if black treacle would be ok for a rum wash,noticed in my loal Asda tins are on offer think they are around 450grms each.How many tins would I need for a 25ltr wash?

It makes a great rum - the tins are 454g and the sugar content is 64% - messing about with all those little tins is a major PITA and a messy process.
Yes you can do it - but you might not want to do it twice after the first go

I normally shoot for about 20% (of the total volume) molasses with my washes - but treacle is a lot thicker so I'd use less and make up the difference with molasses sugar (pricey) or brown sugar.
I then top up with white sugar to push the ABV towards 10%

CC

I didn't answer your question - I'd use 10 tins for a wash that size, that's about 2.9kg of sugar, so maybe another 2 - 2.5kg of other sugar to bump the ABV.

Hydrometer is useless apart from telling you when its stopped dropping.

Thanks for the replies,my shopping trolley will contain 10 tins of black treacle this weekend.

If you take the lids off and sit them in a basin of hot water for a bit, it will make it less viscous for pouring into the fermenter.

Its still a messy old business dealing with those wee tins, if you get the nutrients right, it can be dry in 2 days, leave it a day or 3 then rack straight into the boiler and run.