Equipment
- Cheese Cloth
- pH Meter (Advanced)
- Citric Acid
- Hydrometer
- Fermentation
Ingredients
- Rum Wash
Instructions
Rum Wash
- Rum washes that include molasses will differ slightly in their fermentation process than those made with only raw cane sugar. A wash made purely with raw cane sugar will ferment for 3-7 days and when ready, no longer taste sweet or emit gas from the air-lock. The yeast can fully convert all of the sugars to alcohol in the wash.
- A wash that includes molasses will take around 12 – 14 days to complete the fermentation stage, but when it’s ready, will still have a sweet taste. This is due to the yeast being unable to convert the caramelized sugars in the wash. You’ll know that the fermentation is complete when there is no gas coming out of the air-lock in your bucket kit.