HOW TO MAKE A SUGAR WASH | SMALL SCALE DISTILLING | THE MALT MILLER

Fancy learning how to make a sugar wash to make a neutral spirit? Keen to lean how start making your own Rum?? Sit back and enjoy this part of the story that goes into making spirits, on a small scale.
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[@FZBLAZER]

nicely done boys

[@FZBLAZER]

whats in the sanitizer? and why not stirred after the yeast?

[@themaltmiller8438]

We use no-rinse sanitiser and generally we don't stir in yeast

[@andrewrice748]

Hello, my question is do you need to have a certain pH for the water for the sugar wash?

[@themaltmiller8438]

Possibly, it's not something that we've looked into though.

[@martink9785]

Yes, 5.2 is ideal.

[@thooper4380]

Down to 4.7 on the low end is fine with 5.2 being ideal and I wouldn't go much higher than that. When unbuffered, pH can have wild swings in acid/base concentration at neutral pH of 7 due to just the water's natural concentration of hydronium/hydroxide and pH being on a logarithmic scale. A pH buffer changes all that. Drop in some lemon juice or citric acid to get it where you want it and call it good. The yeast is fine being off a few tenths.

[@kennypartridge1853]

Whats the legalities of making rum via distillation here in the UK?

[@themaltmiller8438]

You need a licence to legally distill. You can make a wash perfectly legally.

[@johnford2884]

Molasses Sugar?....Can't find in the US. Is Dark Brown Sugar the same?

[@themaltmiller8438]

No sorry it’s not the same, not that we’re aware of. It’s a blend of sugar and molasses which is richer in molasses than dark brown sugar

[@darthkek1953]

I know of Americans who use "Golden Barrel Dark" sugar for their rum.