I know this community is probably dead but what the hell.
Rum spirit run. Why am I using a reflux column for rum, shouldn't it be pot stilled?
Yes, yes it should be. However I'm using the reflux condenser to just introduce a small amount of reflux to help compress the heads / tails, nowhere near the same amount of reflux as if I was trying to make neutral spirit.
Anyway it works, the spirit coming off is much "prettier" and less offensive than it would have been running in pot mode, while still retaining flavours from the molasses
Aww crap. Now I think I'm going to have to try making gin.
It's fairly easy, here's the starter recipe that everyone does: Odin's Easy Gin