Booners all casual Uncle Remus rice Vodka

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I took the best of 2 of my favorite T&T recipes and combined them. Crushed 100 lbs of rice with my Barley Mill set at .020 brought 50 gallons of water to a boil and added to rice then followed the directions for Booners. Ended up with a 58 gallon drum of 1.062 all rice no sugar mash. I've done this with corn several times and rice adds a new level of difficulty but am very happy with the result. Definitely a learning experience and there are a few things I would do different but if the product turns out as good as I think it will I'll be doing it again. The mash is currently bubbling away nicely.
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thats how I treat my rice too, or any grain for that fact, works a treat.
Don't find any type of grain more difficult than any other they are all equally easy to mash and painful to squeeze
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Squeezing is the easy part if you have the right tools. I use a spin dryer for a centrifuge. Should work the same for rice as it does corn. $170 on Amazon. This isn't my video but mine works the same.
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Swedish Pride wrote:thats how I treat my rice too, or any grain for that fact, works a treat.
Don't find any type of grain more difficult than any other they are all equally easy to mash and painful to squeeze
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I was thinking about this the other day.....
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and for others reading this, he means these 2 recipes
Booners casual all corn
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 14&t=51458
Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... =14&t=5368
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Thanks for posting the links. Still bubbling away. I'll let you know how it finishes.
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Swedish Pride wrote:thats how I treat my rice too, or any grain for that fact, works a treat.
Don't find any type of grain more difficult than any other they are all equally easy to mash and painful to squeeze
Me too. Mop wringer and paint strainer help.
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Finished yesterday at .995. Wow this stuff tastes great. I'm going to keep a gallon and pasteurize it. I guess it'll be called wine. Not sure. It's a little under 9% but tastes great. "Squeezed" it with my Panda spin dryer nothing left but the hulls. I got 51 gallons racked in my 60 gallon conical secondary. I hope to run tomorrow and I'll post an update after I do. If you can swing the money I highly recommend a spin dryer. I use it for mash and cider, both apple and pear and it takes all the work out of it and gets all the liquid out. Nothing is wasted.
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Ran 45 gallons of wash today. Used 3 six inch bubble cap plates. Ended up with 4 gallons of 90 % before cuts. Going to let it air overnight and make the cuts and dilute with spring water tomorrow.
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I'm with ya on the rice, it makes a delicious mash, great wine, and a very light smooth spirit.
And the yield is great, too. I'm surprised rice doesn't get more chatter on here, it's cheap and easy to boot.
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I'm a convert. $29 for rice, some enzymes and yeast. IMHO it racks easier than corn and I got a better conversion vs corn and I love the taste. After fermentation the only thing left were the hulls which spun almost completely dry in my spin dryer. Definitely my new favorite.
MichiganCornhusker wrote:I'm with ya on the rice, it makes a delicious mash, great wine, and a very light smooth spirit.
And the yield is great, too. I'm surprised rice doesn't get more chatter on here, it's cheap and easy to boot.
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Save the hull for other ferments as them suckers are expensive at my brew shop.

Congrats on a successful mash and run, enjoy!!!
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