Sweet Feed Wash

[billy_bob_95]

Put this wash together last night. It's bubbling away right now. Took a while for it to start working. Pitched the yeast last night around 2:00 am and it was working at 9:00 am. I got the recipe from the Colonels website. Seems like something is missing from this wash. Perhaps nutrients for the yeast. Is there useful nutrients in the sweet feed for the yeast to use? Do I need to add something like DAP, tomato paste, multivitiam? Whacta fellers think?

SWEET FEED MOONSHINE
5 gallon bucket of sweet feed
(Sweet feed has several different grains and molasses making it a great tasting whiskey.)
1package of yeast (using distillers yeast will increase quality and quantity) I pitched 1/2 cup of Bakers Yeast
Put enough feed to cover bottom of 5 gallon bucket a good 4 inches deep
Add 5 pounds of sugar.
Fill 1/2 full with boiling water.
Mix until sugar is dissolved.
Let it set for 90 minutes and then finish filling with cool water.
Add the yeast after it has cooled to the recommended temperature on the yeast label.
Cover
4-5 days later it's ready to run
This is an old-timer recipe and works quite well.
My liquor is always 150-180 proof.
I don't recommend this for pot stills unless you filter it by pouring it through a pillow case into a 5 gallon bucket after it has finished fermenting. Otherwise the meal will settle and burn in the bottom of your still. Some folks leave the solids in the pillow case and tie it off where it will not touch the bottom of the still.

[Dnderhead]

yes that is old rescipe and no you should not nead any nutreants (grain,molasses has what is neaded) but with out cooking and enzymes/malt you are making
somthing like UJSM . Iv also found that not all the grain is crushed.

[punkin]

If you use the ujsm method of adding backset, sugar and water to the grains in the bottom of your fermenter for a few generations (8 or 10) you'll have a superior product cheaper and no wastage.

Distillers yeast is best for this method.

[billy_bob_95]

I might give that a try Punkin if I like the product this wash produces. Up till now I've only tried WPOSW and Birdwatchers.

[billy_bob_95]

Got some of this yeast haven't tried it yet. http://homebrewheaven.com/super-start-- ... t--1lb.htm
Used this yeast with WPOSW http://www.milehidistilling.com/Distill ... /13040.htm
Used Bakers yeast with Birdwatcher recipe

[billy_bob_95]

Should this wash be stirred after it has started fermenting? Are should I just let it alone? Stirred it really good before I put the lid on it.

[Hawke]

Some stir, some don't. I prefer to leave it go. Less chance of getting an infected ferment.

[billy_bob_95]

I have two of these washes that are about done. I'm looking to try and reuse the yeast and the sweet feed left in the bottom of the fermenter. Here is the method I have in mind for reusing it.

Rack off the liquid portion
Replace half the old sweet feed with new
Add more sugar

In order for this to I would have to add the boiling water with dissovled sugar to the new sweet feed in a seprate bucket and allow it to cool before mixing the old with new. Because if I add the boiling water to the bucket that has the old sweet feed and yeast in it the yeast will be killed off.

Am I going about this in the right way are not?

[Samogon]

I would treat it like a UJSM and dissolve the new sugar in a gallon or so of hot backset (what's left in the still after running the previous batch) and adding that back to the bucket when cool. If you add cool water first (and you should add it right after you take out the wash so the grain and yeast doesn't dry out while you are running the still), the backset can be warmer when added. If this isn't clear try reading http://wiki.homedistiller.org/Uncle_Jesse%27s_Simple_Sour_Mash_Method

[billy_bob_95]

Drained the wash off the grain today. Covered grain and yeast back with water. Dissolved about 7 to 8 lb of sugar in 1 1/4 gallons of backset from the boiler. Added the mixture to the bucket once it cooled enough and added enough fresh spring water to make 5 gallon. Stirred everything up. Dipped the grain out that was floating on the top and replaced it with fresh. Covered it up and put the airlock in. Bam! It started bubbling in about 30 mins. I still can't believe I got it to work on the first try. This method sure cuts down on cost! Only had the cost of sugar and a little bit of sweet feed. I'm easily exicited and amused can you tell!

[trthskr4]

Most women would say that most men are easily excited and amused.

[billy_bob_95]

Now that you mention it I recall my wife telling me that before. LOL!!!