Making Flavored Rum | Easy and Cheap! - Part 1 

„If you are desperate, rum is a good spirit.“ - Tech Ingredients, 2021

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12:03 poor camera guy, did he hit a ceiling fan or did someone set a lid down without thinking? I need answers lol

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18:24 molasses is some heavy (dense of course) stuff, that's part of the reason that the Boston molasses flood was so destructive.

Great job! I've been brewing for 20 years and distilling for 5, and I have to say that this is one of the best treatments of the subject that I've seen in such an abbreviated format. The only think you may want to consider is (especially if using well water), the presence of iron, which can ruin the flavor of either brew or distilled products. Most sources I've seen suggest that keeping iron below 0.3 ppm (mg/L) will result in acceptable water. I really love that you touched on nuances like mixing, aeration, cooling and heating, etc. Again, Great Job!

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outtake was a good addition, keep it up, going to try to get my dad to work with me like this

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Cacao beans or coffee definitely. Vanilla extract is too common these days. Very interesting video.

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After watching this I'm afraid you'd have a heart attack watching me make mead. No heating, a bottle and a balloon. I might try adding citric acid, I normally just add a little ascorbic acid. I use citric acid as a cleaner(plus much more) so I always have it around.

Great video as always. Just a small point: Aspergillus are mycetes, not bacteria

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You answered a question that has been bugging me since my bootlegging schoolboy days. I generally fermented whatever I could find for free. The best was when on a whim I added a dirty sweet potato(s) fresh from my garden. The result is on my top 5 list of best things I've ever smelled. I used to wonder if I accidentally inoculated the mix some sort of truffle spores or something. I didn't realize that vinegar, butyric acid and who knows what else react with alcohol.

Other thing is when you pour, the handle is hollow to allow air in so it glugs less and pours faster, just needs to be above the liquid level.

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've always thought using Sweet Feed, like for horses, would make an amazing beer to distill. It's got molasses in it and grains and oats and all kinds of stuff. Probably an nice blend between rum and single mat rye whiskey.

Coconut flavoured Rum ftw, though Vanilla will certainly be nice too I imagine.

You are so concise and detailed in your description of the process. Absolutely fantastic content, thank you. One note on overpitching yeast: It results in acetyldehyde, which imparts a green apple off flavour in the wash. You might want to drop down to 0.5g year per litre.

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You really should do a blend of spices like cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.

CINNAMON VANILLA!!! couldn't vote for 2, but I vote for a blend .

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Awesome video! What was the bang at 12:03? made me spill my rum 😄

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I always add a little rum when making banana smoothies. The kids love it.

when buying chipmunks- do I need to use distiller's chipmunks or will baker's chipmunks be fine ?

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