Rum

[bigsi]

Does anyone have a recipe and method how to make a dark rum without distilling it please

 

[GrogNerd]

most rum is made from fermented molasses, so your recipe is water + molasses

after fermentation, it is usually distilled, but that's illegal to do at home. what's not illegal is freeze concentration; put it in plastic jugs (don't fill completely) into the freezer for a couple days. take it out, turn upside down and collect what pours out

age in barrels at least a year. for dark rum use charred barrels.

 

[Homercidal]

Distilling is the only way to make rum. It's a base liquor.

You can turn White Rum into Dark Rum by storing it in a barrel for a while. Maybe add some spices.

 

[daksin]

Yup, you can't make rum without distilling. Best to buy it.

 

[freisste]

most rum is made from fermented molasses, so your recipe is water + molasses

after fermentation, it is usually distilled, but that's illegal to do at home. what's not illegal is freeze concentration; put it in plastic jugs (don't fill completely) into the freezer for a couple days. take it out, turn upside down and collect what pours out

age in barrels at least a year. for dark rum use charred barrels.

Not arguing, but curious...

1. Is it illegal everywhere (in the U.S.)? I ask because I know there are some gray areas... Also Adventures in Homebrewing sells, or used to sell, stills. I know this is similar to selling beer kits to kids because processing/final product are the problem, not the apparatus/ingredients.

2. If illegal, is freeze distilling legal? Doesn't make sense to me, but I'm not a lawyer.

Enough distilling talk. I'd never do it or think about it or even talk about it.

 

[BBA]

Not arguing, but curious...

1. Is it illegal everywhere (in the U.S.)? I ask because I know there are some gray areas... Also Adventures in Homebrewing sells, or used to sell, stills. I know this is similar to selling beer kits to kids because processing/final product are the problem, not the apparatus/ingredients.

2. If illegal, is freeze distilling legal? Doesn't make sense to me, but I'm not a lawyer.

Enough distilling talk. I'd never do it or think about it or even talk about it.

It is a violation of federal law (in the U.S.): http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/home-distilling.shtml

And their FAQs: http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/faq.shtml

Not sure about freezing.

 

[Calder]

Freezing is a grey area. My personal opinion is that it still falls under the definition of distilling, but others don't agree with me. There are several threads around this so will not debate it here. Do your own research.

I don't know where you are located, but where I am (USA) basic rum is pretty cheap. I don't think I could make something of similar quality for the price - never tried, so don't really know.

 

[Pkrd]

Not arguing, but curious...

1. Is it illegal everywhere (in the U.S.)? I ask because I know there are some gray areas... Also Adventures in Homebrewing sells, or used to sell, stills. I know this is similar to selling beer kits to kids because processing/final product are the problem, not the apparatus/ingredients.

2. If illegal, is freeze distilling legal? Doesn't make sense to me, but I'm not a lawyer.

Enough distilling talk. I'd never do it or think about it or even talk about it.

Step 1: Move to New Zealand, it's the only place in the world where it's officially legal to home distil.

 

[GrogNerd]

Step 1: Move to New Zealand, it's the only place in the world where it's officially legal to home distil.

Missouri allows it

 

[Homercidal]

Missouri allows it

Actually, that refers to Beer. "Intoxicating Liquor" simply means anything that contains alcohol.

And in any case, the Federal Government still doesn't allow it.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

And in any case, the Federal Government still doesn't allow it.

This. I think the definition does include distilled, or spiritous, but only in the sense that it leaves regulation as a federal matter.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Freezing is a grey area. My personal opinion is that it still falls under the definition of distilling, but others don't agree with me. There are several threads around this so will not debate it here. Do your own research.

IMO, freezing only concentrates the matrix of alcohols present in a mixture. Whereas distillation serves to isolate a particular alcohol. Fortification results in either method but with distinctly different end results.