by tubbsy » Tue Mar 03, 2020 3:02 pm
So I put my first gen of MacRum down on Sunday arvo. It wasnt exactly to recipe, but reasonably close...
3.2Kg White sugar
4.26Kg Feed grade molasses (Freemantle brand)
1/4 teaspoon epsom salts
80g Lowans yeast
Made up to 25L.
It started with an SG of 1.096 which I thought would be OK. I've had an aquarium heater in it and the temp has been stable at 31C. I've been measuring the SG and pH each day and these are the results I got...
Day 0 - SG=1.096, pH=4.9
Day 1 - SG=1.059, pH=4.6
Day 2 - SG=1.045, pH=4.6
My issue is that it seems to have finished already?!? There's barely any fizzing, the taste is like a sour beer (not vinegar), with no sweetness at all. Does that sound right? I thought I might have got around 9-10%, but as it is I've only got 6.7%.