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Cleaning the iStill 2000 Fermenter (Journey Into Rum Part 2) | Shakespeare Distillery (2x35)

Air date: Dec 07, 2020

It's Part 2 of our journey into rum series at the Shakespeare Distillery! In this video, we assemble our 2000L iStill Fermenter and clean it with a caustic run in preparation for our first molasses fermentation. We'll also be checking up on the small-scale rum fermentations we prepared in Part 1. Since the Shakespeare Distillery opened in 2015 we have been making gin here. However, we have recently started attempting to produce rum using blackstrap molasses. This new series documents our trials and errors as we try to produce our first batch of white rum using our iStill 500 and our new 2000L iStill fermenter. As of this video's publishing, the rum is still not on the market yet. So follow along as we bumble our way through making white rum.