Rum Chat

[moonshinindawg]

rum is supposed to be infected.... that's how you make good rum, you get it really infected :P

Don't people put mega infected dunder into their washes pre ferment?

That shit changed my life

[bluc]

Yea have heard that but fear of food poisoning has stopped me trying it :teasing-neener:

[xcvator]

rum is supposed to be infected.... that's how you make good rum, you get it really infected :P

Don't people put mega infected dunder into their washes pre ferment?

That shit changed my life

I know I know ( no I'm not stuttering, fuck off ) little about rum making :angry-banghead: HOWEVER I have been doing a bit of reading on the matter and it would appear that when using aged dunder it is generally put into the wash in the still prior to distilling and rarely put into the fermenter
Yeah I know I'm probably talking shit at this time of night

http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=4280&start=20
try google for "aged dunder" 8-} 8-} 8-}

[scythe]

No thats right.
You dont want it infected so much as have all the funky smelling chemicals that change to nice smelling ones when boiled with ethanol.

Thats why they drop dead goat heads and such in dunder pits.

[strongy12]

does this stuff look ok? cost me $25 for 20L

[TasSpirits]

The Analysis looks identical to the gear I use, should work fine, may need a little calcium carbonate or such after about 3rd gen :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[strongy12]

Cheers mate

[bluc]

So before going all in on a drum of stock feed molasses. I am going to try some unsulphered food grade stuff to see the difference.

Pretty sure the food grade stuff is first boil and is higher in fermentables. Wondering when using the fancy stuff do people adjust macs recipe to compensate for extra fermentables?

[rumdidlydum]

I have a sneaky suspension yet to be proven that the food grade stuff should be able to ferment out with 100% molasses. Give it a go in a 30lt fermenter and let us know :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[bayshine]

I have a sneaky suspension yet to be proven that the food grade stuff should be able to ferment out with 100% molasses. Give it a go in a 30lt fermenter and let us know :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Or it could be just sterilised by boiling and sanatry packaged :think:

[bluc]

I have a sneaky suspension yet to be proven that the food grade stuff should be able to ferment out with 100% molasses. Give it a go in a 30lt fermenter and let us know :handgestures-thumbupleft:

OK I will do 6l fancy molasses in 30l batch. Do you want me to do sg/fg reading or just take note of output? Have been keen to try an all molasses batch, just haven't got round to it, Just waiting to hear from the mob that sell it hope to order ASAP. .

[bluc]

I have a sneaky suspension yet to be proven that the food grade stuff should be able to ferment out with 100% molasses. Give it a go in a 30lt fermenter and let us know :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Or it could be just sterilised by boiling and sanatry packaged :think:

Found this thread http://www.aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=2376 seems there are definate differences

[coffe addict]

Hey guy's I've been playing around with all molasses rums. Here's my observations.
It tastes stronger and rough to start with but after six months aging it starts coming into its own.
The pH is critical and drops more than a half an half rum. PH meter is critical.
I use 7L per 25L wash and ferments slower especially towards the end but with a pond heater set to 35c it ferments dry in about ten days.
It's perfect for my tastes and works out cheaper... Which I love.

[bluc]

Wondering has anyone tried putting raisens/sultanas in boiler with pot still rum spirit run? Any flavour carry over?

[bluc]

Found an interesting read if anyone is interesting http://spiritsjournal.klwines.com/klwinescom-spirits-blog/2014/2/5/rum-super-geekdom.html

[rumdidlydum]

Wondering has anyone tried putting raisens/sultanas in boiler with pot still rum spirit run? Any flavour carry over?

I would be woried about them burning as they do have sugar in them. You could always throw a cople in. But be careful of how many you only need 3 or 4 otherwise it overpowers it :D

[bluc]

Ok will keep it in mind. BTW sorted my fancy molasses so hoping it's here next week :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Bushy]

I been drinkin a fuck load of home made rum for a while now. Always seemed to be missing a little something. Then i started putting a tiny bit of dunder in the finished spirit and it definitely rounds it off for my dodgy pallette. 15-20ml per litre. Give it a go.

[coffe addict]

Funny you should mention that, as I have a litre of third gen with a plash of dunder and a litre with a splash of fermented wash aging they are about 8months and developing some really good qualities but not really to my taste yet... I'll just let them sit and see how they go.
I'm thinking they would be great to blend into a first gen batch to make up for the lack of depth and character

[googe]

All molasses rum using fancy is Devine :handgestures-thumbupleft: , have done it for over a year now and love it!. Well, loved it when I was in aus, to expensive here :crying-blue: