by Kal » Fri Dec 09, 2016 11:22 am
Been in this hobby for a few years now, never tried a rum before, decided that had to change. So I threw down a rum wash on Wednesday for the first time :handgestures-thumbupright:
Normally I do 2x 25L washes for my 50L still, but I cut back to 2x20L washes for this. 2kg raw sugar, 2kg bundaberg refinery molasses, 2 teaspoons DAP, pinch of epsom salts, and topped up to 20L mark with water, with about 1/3 cup of lowans bakers yeast. Thing took off like a rocket that arvo with about 3 bubbles per second for each carboy @ 38 degrees.
Fast forward 36 hours and a cold change comes through, so I decide to check the temps. To my suprise there were practically no bubbles. Just an odd bloop maybe every minute. Oh no, has it stalled?! I left it for the night and today went out and took a sample to check the SG, to my suprise it is reading 1.000
Did this thing really ferment out in 36 hours??!!
I'm more accustomed to my WPOSW taking a week or two, even the fast ferment of UJSSM still took about 3 days from memory.
I just wanted to check to see if others have had their washes ferment out this fast?