bluc wrote:I just spirit run everything regardless of gen then blend spirit i will often keep all gen 1 to turn to neutral then blend gens 2-3 keep on glass then gen 4-5 go in 20 l oak keg. Then its just a revolving door. Spirit comes out and consumed new spirit goes back in monthly. If I am slack i run out if not by 6mnths I have some nice spirit.
I have gone to 12gens in a row but still learning and have had some ph issues.. which now seem sorted..
Bought 2 of these 200L drums recently
Keen to get some rum and calvados (distilled strong apple cider aged on French oak) put down :happy-partydance:
@Bluc
How much faster and more aggressive would you say the rum ferment is compared to 25L? (Going to be using a yeast bomb too) :dance:
What kind of airlock are you using? Would a drilled hole and siliconed garden hose in a star san bucket do the job? Maybe 2 of them?
Have you ever added live dunder at the end of fermentation to give it more rum funk from gen 1? I Plan to do this
Re: gen 1 as neutral
I've got a 5 star 4 plated
Would that be enough to scrub out the rum flavour to use as neutral?