Hi there,
I put on a 30l rum wash almost 4 weeks ago that was pretty well finished and by my estimates should be 8-9% abv.
I racked it off into another fermenter and wanted to get the next one underway before I will get the chance to strip this wash and use the dunder for gen 2.
After racking the wash I added some water and a little sugar at the same temp, 18c. I poured this into a separate container then mixed up my next 30l wash in the cleaned and sterilised fermenter.
Adjusted the temp to 23c and added the sludge/yeast. I was expecting to see something after 1 hour but nothing and still nothing this morning 8 hours on. The molasses is sulphur and preservative free.
Any ideas? Did all the old yeast die?
Cheers