During the fermentation stage, a commercial rum yeast from a strain of. Rum at this time was regarded as a medicinal remedy. Most bakers yeast ive read were raised in a molasses medium. The crystallized sugar is sold as a sweetening product, and the molasses is sold to a distillery to be fermented and distilled into rum. Ive used distillers yeast in rum and find it does tad better in yield then bakers yeast.
Pdf yeast fermentation and the making of beer and wine. Depending on the style of the rum, the fermentation is the most important part of the production when it comes to creating flavour. Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the production of fermented. Yeast cells appear to derive energy rather than food from the decomposition of sugars. Angostura ages all of its rum for the minimum time stated on the label.
Whether its a lager or ale, sour or bitter, dark or light, most beer has one thing in common. The effect of distillation conditions and molasses concentration on. The fermentation process varies by distillery, and theres a great deal of variation involved. The process under anaerobic conditions may be regarded as respiration. Although the ageing process is not fully understood, it is considered to be the most significant aspect of the rum manufacturing process because the rum improves with age. The production of alcoholic beverages from fermentable carbon sources by yeast is the oldest and most economically important of all biotechnologies. Various yeasts have been isolated from such processes. Three, you can process the juice into molasses and crystallized sugar. Yeast fermentation and the making of beer and wine. For rum production ideally molasses should have at least 52% sugar content but sadly for the distillers there is no specification for molasses as this is a waste product of. Pdf cachaca and rum are distilled alcoholic beverages produced in large quantities from brazil to the caribbean. Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane products.
Treatment and fermentation of molasses when making rumtype spirits. Feedstocks, fermentation and distillation for production of heavy and light rums 243 chapter 16 feedstocks, fermentation and distillation for production of heavy and light rums j. Kqed science visits a commercial yeast laboratory and a bay area brewery to reveal how this. So how it comes against the wild cane yeast would be interesting. And i also think it does little better in taste when weather is really hot then bakers. Rum ageing has been practices since the 1600s when seafarers found that as rum was carried on long. Chapter 16 feedstocks, fermentation and distillation for production. The yeast, is key to the fermentation process as it can influence the. Chapter 16 feedstocks, fermentation and distillation for. Mediocre quality and cheap production meant that rum was first consumed among plantation slaves brandy and sherry deemed too expensive thus reserved for settlers. Yeast plays a vital role in the production of all alcoholic beverages see figure1 and the selection of suitable yeast strains is essential not only to. Microbial flora of rum fermentation media semantic scholar.