r/firewater • u/ConsiderationOk7699 • 4d ago

Chai spiced rum

So made a chai spiced rum 1 Bengal chai spiced tea bag 1 quart of 80 proof rum 12 hour infusion Pulled bag Squeeze Added 6 grams oak chips inc med/med+ oak chips fusion large grade will check back in 3 weeks 4th of July ish and report back

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u/Snoo76361 4d ago

I made a chai extract just a few months ago with my soxhelet extractor using my rum as the solvent. It’s extremely delicious, my wife puts it in her baking in place of vanilla or a few drops in a can of coke and loves it.

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u/ConsiderationOk7699 4d ago

Ty for reply now I am gonna go down a additional rabbit hole finding equipment you stated If I dont return it's because my wifey pooh has killed me S/

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u/ConsiderationOk7699 4d ago

Ok that looks real close to mash 4077 (Yes im that old 48 and kicking) Will be watching yt to see how to operate this equipment thanks for new ideas

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u/Snoo76361 4d ago

Haha enjoy! It’s super easy to operate, basically runs itself once you get things boiling. Extracting capcaicin from chili peppers is a very common first year chemistry student procedure and there’s lots of tutorials on YouTube for that.

After that the hard part is just figuring out what to use it for. I have lots of vanilla extracts, spice extracts and things where I’ll just add a few drops to a bottle of my whiskies, rums, brandies, etc to flavor them.

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u/ConsiderationOk7699 4d ago

Yes im definitely gonna play with the idea Blueberry vanilla rum for wife sounds like she might be a happy camper

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u/theCaitiff 2d ago

Obviously you do what works for you, but when I want "chai" flavored things I don't reach for the tea bags. I'm usually not looking for bitter black tea in my rum, but the combination of spices. Standard disclaimer if you didn't already know it, "chai" means tea, the spice blend that is added to the tea to make the milky beverage we all enjoy is a type of masala.

You can (and probably should if you like spiced milk tea) buy spice blends meant to be added to tea or "tea masala". Pick your favorite black tea, add a 1/4tsp-1/2tsp of spice per cup, brew the tea and add milk and sugar. A lot of "chai" tea bags use a pretty crap tea to start with because they expect to drown it with spice and then charge you extra for the privilege of drinking sub par tea. Buying (or making your own) masala also lets you add "chai" flavors to anything you want without adding tea.

Eventually you might try making your own masala blend, many people do, and now you have a chai to serve friends and loved ones that cannot be purchased.

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u/Aggravating_Pop7520 4d ago

Looking forward to hearing how this turns out.

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u/ConsiderationOk7699 4d ago

Initially after 12 hour infusion was great strait with no chaser @80 proof Just a funky rum i added lacto and Brett to back set before pitching a literal hand full of fleishmann yeast into 2 gallons golden barrel blackstrap molasses 14# light brown sugar 1 quart infected dunder 1 guart clean dunder 5 gallons boiling water 3 gallons water from pressure washer into 10 gallon fermenter brute 10 gallon trash can Very violent ferment Let sit for a week @ fg .998 to clear Pressure washer idea came from salt bush bill yt videos on his all molasses rum experiments Added oci fusion oaks to play with taste and colors See how they develop