Bobsyauncle wrote:dans.brew wrote:Yeah im hoping thats the case. :dance:
My previous rum (with sugar) last summer was sorta lacking a bit of ruminess.. it is getting better with age on oak as you'd expect, but id love to get a bit more body in there from the start.
If the smell in the shed is anything to go by she'll be the goods!
Hey mate, how did your run go?
Yeah first Gen went great... got a couple litres on oak. Second Gen took off like a bullet too but stalled after a few days. Put in shelgrit and a bit of bi carb soda to raise a low ph. Just couldn't get it going again and cracked it, thought it may of got some sort of infection. It had fermented somewhat so ran it thru and stripped what i could.
The dunder went back in a sterilized fermenter with a bit of sugar to bump up the SG.
I got some lime to adjust ph this time and then pitched a little bit of new yeast just to see if it would crank up. Yeasties weren't really happy so i took a different approach.
Watered down a little bit of wash in a glass jug so it was pretty weak. Pitched yeast and of it went. Left it a couple hours and then added a little more straight wash. Went quiet for a start and then took off again after an hour or so. Keep repeating this process until it was closer to straight wash and in she all went.
Was slow again at start, but started and is still slowly bubbling away after a few days now, so fingers crossed.