PugiRum

[blanikdog]

I've brought this over from HD, I'm sure that pugi won't mind.

Pugirum:

After many, many pounds of fermentables and different washes and procedures, I have come up with this recipe for Rum.

I want to say thanx to many people that have helped me and you may see some of there ideas in my recipe. THANX

I will start with my " Yeast Bomb "
2 vitamin B, crushed with mortor and pestal
5 teaspoons of 20-0-0, agrcultural fertalizer
1/4 teaspoon of epsom salt
1/4 cup bakers yeast
1 gallon water
Boil all for 15 minutes and strain.


The wash: 10 gallons total
2 gallons of feed molasses
4 LBS of cane brown sugar
the "yeast bomb" = 1 gallon
4 gallons water
3 gallons dunder or water for the first time you make the wash. Dunder is whats left in the still after a STRIPPING run!!!
1 cup bakers yeast

This will ferment out in less than 36 hours. So give it plenty of head room in fermenter or buy a good mop. Let sit for a day to settle.

Drain fermenter and leave about 1/2 gallon of wash in it. This leaves the yeast in there ready and willing to go with next wash. Strip this as fast as the still can go and I mean FAST. We are forcing the flavors through.

Make the wash again and pour on to the yeast left in the fermenter. Then strip again. Add the 2 stripped washes into still with equal amount of dunder that you have saved and the RUM OILS( see below )

Now for the tricky part. On the spirit run:
Run it easy, not to fast, not to slow.
Make the heads to hearts cut like normal and add heads to the vodka/neutral container, do NOT reuse these in your rum.
Run out hearts till you start to get the wet cardboard taste. On my still this is between 85% ABV and 50% ABV. Collect wet cardboard spirits and add to vodka/neutral container. Do NOT reuse these in you rum. For me this is from about 50% ABV down to 40% ABV.
Collect the 40% ABV down to 20% ABV in seperate container. These are your RUM OILS. Handle them with care and treat them special. Always add them to your still when you do a SPIRIT run and always collect them from the spirit run. The more times you use them the more concentrated they become. It wont take long and they will overflow into the hearts. This is the KEY to My rum.

To the full strength spirt run distillant I add:
One slice of pinapple per gallon
2 cloves per gallon
1/2 ounce of raisens per gallon
leave for a month shaking every now and then.
Cut to proof

I use home made carmalized sugar to color. Do not burn the camalized sugar but do make sure it colors up good. I have tried molasses but prefer the carmelized sugar.

This is a full body/taste rum. It is a fairly heavy rum and you will taste and smell the molasses.

Enjoy, Pugi

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SHINE on you crazy diamond !!!

[vb]

I'm using blackstrap instead of feed molasses, pushing slightly higher ABV as well.

successfull so far, best rum to date.

[PurelyJamaica]

Sounds a little tricky for my first rum run, but I have nothing to lose.

[vb]

not nearly as difficult as you'd think. ferment fast and run it slow

[PUGIDOGS]

Hell no I dont mind!!! I have this on my list to do in the near future being I am running low. It also works well right now because it is cold and this thing produces its own heat. Remember this is a heavy tasting rum. If you want it lighter tasting run it through the still again or cut back on the dunder....Pugi

[blanikdog]

Thanks pugi.

[blanikdog]

Sounds a little tricky for my first rum run, but I have nothing to lose.

Nah Jamacia, it only looks a bit tricky. Take it a step at a time and you'll be honky dory.

blanik

[PurelyJamaica]

I do love a dark rum--thats for sure!! I'm hoping to start this late this month or the first week of Feb.

I'll make sure I"ll run it slowly. I'll make sure to report my happenings with it as I go along. Hopefully it works out well and I can use the recipe in Jamaica.

What would I do to make a white rum from this recipe...or is that not possible?

[olcarguy]

What would I do to make a white rum from this recipe...or is that not possible?

Just do what pugi told you to do....cut back on the dunder or run it through again. Don't use any colouring.

[dropping_planets]

gonna start fermenting this tonight... gonna run pints fast fermenter today... will this afternoons dunder do for my first pugirum ferment...?
thanks in advance....

[punkin]

yes.

[blanikdog]

How's it going, jamaica? Any results yet?

blanik

[rezaxis]

All I can find is liquid molasses for feeding deer. It has propionic acid in it. Is it OK?

[blanikdog]

I use stock feed molasses straight from a 44gallon drum. No idea what additives are in it but it works.

blanik

[olcarguy]

It has propionic acid in it. Is it OK?

I might be wrong but I believe that is a preservative, and is there to inhibite the growth of bacteria and infectius stuff. (yeast)