Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Hey Chaps

Im sure it's been covered before but looking for advice before I screw it up and end up on the fuck up post. :)) I put a Molasses wash down last week. A 14kg tub of Molasses in 50L. Lowered the ph to 5.1 and pitched the yeast. OG was 1120 @ 29 deg. It went off fermenting with no problem. Anyway to my question. It's stopped fermenting at 1020. Now, I have read that there will be unfermentable sugars with a molasses wash, but the last one I did the same way went down to 1006. Would running this wash, with the FG at 1020 be a problem? I have aerated and re-pitched yeast, but no more action. Help a noob out guys :greetings-waveyellow:
Cheers
AJS

What sort of time frame ?

fancy or stock feed molasses :-B fancy will ferment lower but have more often then not my stock feed finishes at 1.020. butt I use 50/50 sugar. Guessing for an all molasses wash over 1.120 down to 1.020 gives alc content of 12.9 I would say either its done or stalled because alc content has killed the yeast..you will get a good yield at that %

Hey Stig.

It has been stalled for about a week. Fermented beautifully for 4-5 days. My guess is it's done. Would thee be any dangers stilling a wash with potential alcohol?

Cheers
AJS

Hey Bluc

I bought the posh Molasses from the guys in Marrickville. $20'ish for 14kgs, but that place has been mentioned here before. I knew the gravity drop would give me a pretty good yield, but didn't want to run it if there was more to wring from it.

Cheers
AJS

AJS wrote:Hey Bluc

I bought the posh Molasses from the guys in Marrickville. $20'ish for 14kgs, but that place has been mentioned here before. I knew the gravity drop would give me a pretty good yield, but didn't want to run it if there was more to wring from it.

Cheers
AJS

Just watch it cause it was most likely puke. Assume you have a pot still and you plan to double distill? Will discolour the low wines but all that will do is add a bit more flavour the spirit run will clean it up nicely :handgestures-thumbupleft:

bluc wrote:

AJS wrote:Hey Bluc

I bought the posh Molasses from the guys in Marrickville. $20'ish for 14kgs, but that place has been mentioned here before. I knew the gravity drop would give me a pretty good yield, but didn't want to run it if there was more to wring from it.

Cheers
AJS

Just watch it cause it was most likely puke. Assume you have a pot still and you plan to double distill? Will discolour the low wines but all that will do is add a bit more flavour the spirit run will clean it up nicely :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Hey Bluc

I built a simple pot to thumper still. It's really about a 55L wash, so was planning on 40L in the boiler and 15 in the thumper. I hope that will be enough headspace. I'll post a pic of my setup.

Cheers for the insight.

AJS

Hope this works.

Nope,....file too big. Bugger

Does it taste sweet. The ph is on the high side I think. With molasses your hydrometer will not work correctly and with a full molasses like that the yeast start to be stressed in the very thick/ dense wash. Back it of a little. What size boiler do you have in a keg do two runs heat up slow and than give it what for with a few capfuls of vegetable oil in it.

AJS wrote:Hey Stig.

It has been stalled for about a week. Fermented beautifully for 4-5 days. My guess is it's done. Would thee be any dangers stilling a wash with potential alcohol?

Cheers
AJS

Yep its done.
Im with Bluc on the puke threat, use butter or olive oil.
Let us know how it runs.

Ahh pot and thumper :handgestures-thumbupleft: shouldnt puke thumper should catch it if it does :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Can I ask why you used 14kg in a 50L wash? I'm assuming you haven't added any raw sugar too?

Molasses is only about 50% fermentable. Also have seen tried and proven elshwere 8l 28l volume. I dont reakon theres anything wrong with his amounts..

Hi Lowie

I used 14kg's as that was the size of the container it came in. :laughing-rolling: No secret recipe or anything like that.

No added sugar, and tastes a little sweet, but nothing like when it was started. Going to run it tomorrow.

Cheers