While it’s possible to run a distillery by computer, we prefer to distill and age rum using some of the oldest traditions in the world.

How to distill rum at home. Don’t forget to separate the heads (foreshot). You can also age your rum in a stainless steel barrel, which will let your rum age without darkening the. Dilute yeast according to the instructions.

After that, decant into a fermentation container. When the hydrometer hits 990 or stays the same for three days, it’s time to. This kind of distillation produces the most intense taste and smell, more than double distilled alcohol.

Install airlock and let it ferment. Today i am finally distilling homemade rum! Cover the pot with a lid and leave it for 30 minutes.

A few weeks ago we made buccaneer bobs rum wash and today i am going to run it through the still. For dark rum, you should age your rum on oak, either by filling into a 6. We batch distill over a direct flame using handmade alembic.

Some brews will require a greater heads cut to remove other chemicals such as aldehydes, ketones, esters etc. Use your hydrometer to test it every day after about the 3 rd day. Fermentation is complete once bubbles stop passing through the airlock.

Place a large 3 litre 'receiver' jug under the output spout and collect the. The distilled sugar cane juice for rum is made from what is called a “wash”, which first has to be fermented in order to produce alcohol. Molasses and/or raw cane sugar in a total combined ratio of 1kg to 4 or 5 liters of water depending on the quality of the molasses being used.