I altered the ingredients a bit and hope all will be OK (I had these on hand).
I used:-
2kg raw sugar
1kg dark brown sugar
4.5kg Bundaberg Food-Grade molasses (= 3 litres...I think)
1 Still Spirits Rum Yeast
1 Pinch of epsom salts
3 oyster shells in a suspended basket
I made it up to be 27 litres total.
SG = 1.094
PH = 7+
Q's:-
Q1) Is the food grade molasses a bit of overkill? (I prefer a quality end product over saving a few cents)
Q2) The statement, "Run your first lot pretty hard through a pot still and take as much alcohol as you can getting rid of foreshots only, take it down to about 20% ABV this is your stripping run".
Is that 20% ABV at the outlet spout as it's dripping OR the total spirit collected?
Cheers,