Lassiter Distilling Co Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Some of it goes into the next batches, but we are projecting a lot left over after we finish our runs. Any creative uses for rum stillage (molasses or raw cane sugar based)? Fertilizer? Feed for local farms? Trying to figure out if there's a way not to drop it down the drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_JoeDistiller Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Dig a hole. Throw stillage in hole. Allow animals to die and rot in hole. Viola dunder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stillwagon Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 We are experimenting with it as an herbicide. The EPA here granted a permit for experimenting with it for this purpose. I am also building a system to recycle the water from the spent wash. It has a series of components that it runs through similar to a "Living Machine." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fqu8847 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Stillwagon, would love an update to this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsking416 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Stillwagon would you happen to have that EPA info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumBumm Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Has anyone ever done a typical chemical composition of rum stillage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumBumm Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I was just wondering what is the process to turn it into fertilizer., as straight up it kills the plants. Do you need to water it down or bring up the PH? how does everyone do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 You should be able to find chemical compositions of rum stillage in the journal literature. Why not pair up with your local ag school to figure out a use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillwagon Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I have been doing this for ten years now: Aeration and pH adjustment using calcium hydroxide. We balance to about 6.8. continue aeration and adjustment for a week or tow in the summer, several weeks in the winter. bacterial activity slows down when it is cooler. once pH stabilizes, then we pump 1/3 of that tank, (we call it the "treatment tank",) to the "dilution tank," where we add water to fill the tank 2:1. Then pH usually starts dropping again. We continue to monitor and balance pH until it is stable for at least a week, then water our forest area. Here you could make a deal with a farmer that would want to use it. They will need to balance their "fertilizer" with nitrogen and any other minerals etc to accommodate the crop needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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