Distilling peanuts

Uncle Remus · Post by **Uncle Remus** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:38 pm

Just wondering... a question for you guys down south where peanuts grow. Anyone ever do any mashes with peanuts? I really know nothing about peanuts being from Canada other than they come in a bag that says Planters. I was told raw peanuts taste starchy like potatoes... anyone ever turn em into booze??

LeftLaneCruiser · Post by **LeftLaneCruiser** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:27 am

Actually i don't know. But as i never have heard of it, i guess it isn't, or even can't be done.

Sounds interesting enough to experiment, though

KJH

Watershed · Post by **Watershed** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:02 am

they're 20% total carbohydrate ( and 50 % fat ) how much of that is starch I don't know , barley is 55% starch and maize about 70% so I doubt it would be worth trying peanuts unless you've got a lot of them to spare.

KatoFong · Post by **KatoFong** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:14 am

With so much of the peanut flavor coming from the oil, it might be worthwhile to try an infusion of peanut in neutral spirit. However, my stomach is lightly turning even as I write these words, so it's nothing I'm going to try anytime soon.

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:39 am

I love peanuts!!

It's gotta be better than Jagermeister...who in the world keeps those folks in business? That stuff is like liquid black jelly beans.

KatoFong · Post by **KatoFong** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:59 am

I love peanuts, too. I could eat almost anything peanut. But the notion of peanut vodka just makes me a little queasy. More than just a little, in fact.

Jagermeister, too. Can't stand that crap.

possum · Post by **possum** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:13 am

In matters of taste, I guess that there is no right or wrong. I however like the Green Horny Beast,but I don't like the sound of peanut vodka,but I'd give it a taste, it could be good, maybee with a peanut brittle like carmel.

pothead · Post by **pothead** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:49 am

maybe with some kind of chocolate liquer, or bananna..........
sounds interesting.

KatoFong · Post by **KatoFong** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:44 pm

There could be a market for this sort of thing.

I mean, if any of us was legit.

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:40 pm

sounds like an idea for a nice peanut brandy

probably sounds better than it will taste

Post by **Tater** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:52 pm

Makes me wonder. Tater sees sugar in it.Might be something to look into as a use for peanut after oil is removed for bio fuel. http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-B00001-01c218N.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:56 pm

certainly interesting tater,

peanuts here are cheapish and easy to get hold of by the sack load for the wild bird feed markets, but how many kg of peanuts are we going to need per gallon of water?

Watershed · Post by **Watershed** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:39 pm

Assuming full conversion you ought to need about three times as much as you would barley. Won't the fat content cause a few problems?

Post by **Tater** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:32 pm

should be somewhere to buy them after after oil is removed .Cause its takin outta about all peanut products .Even peanut butter has other oils in it.

Post by **Tater** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:39 pm

More peanut info http://www.nps.gov/gwca/expanded/peanut.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Uncle Remus · Post by **Uncle Remus** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:06 pm

What made me think of it in the first place was my mom. She was telling me she was down in Georgia or Virginia or somewhere or rather down there where they grow lots of peanuts, she said she ate some that were boiled?? She said they tasted more like potatoes to her than peanuts...
So I figured if they are starchy in their raw state you could probably make em ferment. I just wondered if any of you southern boys ever tried it or heard of "peanut whiskey."

rectifier · Post by **rectifier** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:14 pm

ecch, fuck peanuts... I'm allergic to the bastards! Luckily there is no peanut booze that I know of, so I can't die from drinking random drinks etc...

YET...

Uncle Remus · Post by **Uncle Remus** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:22 pm

Only nut drink I can think of was macadamia nut liqueur that I bought in Hawaii...but I'm sure it was just flavoured with nuts and not distilled from them.

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:33 am

Boiled peanuts are terrific, but they always tasted like black eyed peas to me. Love the when they are boiled in hot spices.

possum · Post by **possum** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:13 pm

Grampa grew and roasted his own peanuts when I was a little guy. After digging and cleaning, he boiled them in salt brine( I think) and then dried them on the low temp wood fired cook stove.

If you wanted to use for fermentation, I think that a post-oil pressing product(factory waste) boiled in h2o should liberate starch without oils.

phanmo · Post by **phanmo** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:49 am

dunno if anyone's reading this thread anymore, but I've tried quite a few peanut flavoured drinks in Toronto. Pretty much any Jamaican or carribean store or restaurant has their own version of peanut punch. Any Jamaican members?

MountedGoat · Post by **MountedGoat** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:12 am

If more people read this, if there is oil you can boil the peanuts to release the starch, smash them and then chill in a fridge. Then skim off the oil and go about the fermentation as usual

If anyone has any thoughts...

rumbaba · Post by **rumbaba** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:09 am

Grayson_Stewart wrote:I love peanuts!! It's gotta be better than Jagermeister...who in the world keeps those folks in business? That stuff is like liquid black jelly beans.

That would be funny if it were not so true

Just mix cough syrup with vodka, presto ; jager

welshey · Post by **welshey** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:45 pm

I boil peanuts in their shells in a pressure cooker - the cooking water you then throw away before you eat them always smells amazing, very woody and nutty. I wonder how much of that aroma comes from the shells and how much from the nuts? Also I wonder if that aroma is volatile? Might be worth someone aging half a jamjar of neutral in peanut shells? Sounds stupid, but damn that cooking water always smells good after boiling them peanuts...

D51208 · Post by **D51208** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:58 pm

Hmmm, what about fermenting other types of nuts? Acorns?

Drunk-N-Smurf · Post by **Drunk-N-Smurf** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:17 pm

All I can think is that it would make a great shooter - Reese's pieces - one shot creme de cocoa one shot peanut booze....mmmm
Maybe try a small batch?

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