Blackie
The guy from over the ditch
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2017
- Location
- Richmond, New Zealand.
Nice weather here today, so ran the still.
Had about 20 litres of molasses wash to get through.
Hmmmmm, nice....4.5 litres of best quality (high octane) rum. Now have 15 litres sitting here waiting to be cut down to 42% (that's just 'cos I like 42%, not because it's a 'magic' number or sumthin').
I use a hybrid still, with a cooling water recycle system.
Rum started out at 82%, and dropped slightly throughout the run to when I stopped it at 58%. The hybrid drops the % dramatically after that so I don't bother.
I know some folks go down to 20%-30% before stopping, but I've found it's not worth the time and electricity to go much lower.
Went down to 40% once but the still was going real slow by then, and starting to get a tad 'wiffy'.
Will do my cuts in a couple of days time, then bung it on oak for a couple of months.
Looking all right this side of the Tasman. How are you Aussies going?
All good I hope.
Had about 20 litres of molasses wash to get through.
Hmmmmm, nice....4.5 litres of best quality (high octane) rum. Now have 15 litres sitting here waiting to be cut down to 42% (that's just 'cos I like 42%, not because it's a 'magic' number or sumthin').
I use a hybrid still, with a cooling water recycle system.
Rum started out at 82%, and dropped slightly throughout the run to when I stopped it at 58%. The hybrid drops the % dramatically after that so I don't bother.
I know some folks go down to 20%-30% before stopping, but I've found it's not worth the time and electricity to go much lower.
Went down to 40% once but the still was going real slow by then, and starting to get a tad 'wiffy'.
Will do my cuts in a couple of days time, then bung it on oak for a couple of months.
Looking all right this side of the Tasman. How are you Aussies going?
All good I hope.