Professor Green wrote:I know it's not rum or whisky but my last neutral run was a bran based recipe using around $50 of ingredients for a 230 litre wash.
The final yield after harsh cuts was approx. 7.5 litres @ 92.5%.
That's roughly 17 litres of vodka @40% or around 2 dozen bottles.
Ignoring running costs, that's a little over $2.00 per bottle of premium vodka.
Just remember though, you should be aiming for quality over quantity and even an expensive wash is probably going end up with a cheaper yet better product than if you went out and bought it off the shelf.
Cheers,
Prof. Green.
Doubleuj wrote:Professor Green wrote:I know it's not rum or whisky but my last neutral run was a bran based recipe using around $50 of ingredients for a 230 litre wash.
The final yield after harsh cuts was approx. 7.5 litres @ 92.5%.
That's roughly 17 litres of vodka @40% or around 2 dozen bottles.
Ignoring running costs, that's a little over $2.00 per bottle of premium vodka.
Just remember though, you should be aiming for quality over quantity and even an expensive wash is probably going end up with a cheaper yet better product than if you went out and bought it off the shelf.
Cheers,
Prof. Green.
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I’m with the prof, certain I worked out years ago that a tpw neutral cost me around $2 a bottle included water and power etc after cuts on a t500.
It’s a cheap hobby once you get away from hbs ingredients.
Which means aiming for quality over quantity doesn’t cost the earth.
Doubleuj wrote:Might not be the hobby for you then
Plumby wrote:...have you worked how much you work for per hour when you are restoring a car after you sell it?
scythe wrote:There is something screwy with your maths tho mate.
$25 a wash, 6kg sugar 6kg molasses means roughly 10kg of sugar in that wash, how many litres or water you planning to add to that?
Good rule of thumb is 1:5 (1kg sugar : 5L water).
So running with that ratio that would give you a 50L wash, which will give you 5L of "100%" if it finished fermenting at 10%ABV.
From each 50L wash you can expect to keep about 2.5L maybe 3L of "100%".
Times that by 4 or 5 to give you 4 or 5 generations.
So looking at 10-15L of "100%".
100% is a chemical impossibility, 95.6%ABV is the max you will ever get from a still, and never from a pot still, probably max out at 80%ABV on a spirit run full of low wines,
So increace the aforementioned volumes accordingly.
So the 10-15L of "100%" becomes 20-30L of 50%ABV
Not bad for $100. Plus time and running cost.
Lowie wrote:Sounds like Dan's might be your best bet mate....
BTW - can anyone name a good hobby that costs fuck all?
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