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- Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:36 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
Re: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
Hey all. Haven't been here in a while. Sounds like this rice vodka been working out good for a lot people. Just did a spirit run on a couple of stripped batches the other week. What I did this time is put the final product through about a 3' carbon filter. A friend and myself tied into a jug of it l...
- Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:00 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: A gin experiment of sorts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11253
Re: A gin experiment of sorts
Hey all it's been a while! I'm gonna upgrade this recipe a bit. I made a batch the other night with about 8 litres of 95% neutral spirit. Ingredients: 1/2 a cup of nice ripe purple juniper berries 4 tsp corriander seed 2 tsp anise seed the zest from 1 orange the zest from 1 lemon the zest from 1 lim...
- Thu May 21, 2009 8:35 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
Re: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
Everything I ferment is in a controlled cabinet set at 20-22 C. If it is still fermenting then let it run it's coarse. I just told the story about what happened the first time. The last time I did it I got a stuck fermentation and have no idea why. I ran it anyway and got less yield but still a grea...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:52 pm
- Forum: Gin
- Topic: Made some Gin
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3194
Re: Made some Gin
This is what I use per gallon: 1 tablespoon fresh juniper berries (crushed) 1 tsp coriander seed 1/2 tsp anise a 1" piece of lemon rind a 1" piece of cinnamon stick 1/2 tsp ground cardamom I've never been able to find angelica or orris root so I've never used them. I also put 1 lime leaf i...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:06 pm
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: A simple way to flavor whiskey
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14784
A simple way to flavor whiskey
My partner got this from some moonshining book he has. It's very simple just add a small handfull of darkly toasted malt barley to a gallon of white whiskey and let it sit for a while. It takes on a nice colour fairly quickly and after it sits a month or so it has quite a nice flavor. We know even w...
- Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:28 pm
- Forum: History and Folklore
- Topic: Expensive booze
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7388
Re: Expensive booze
About a year ago I heard on the radio, about a scotch tasting and offering that was happening in Calgary Alberta. I don't remember the name of the distillery, but what they had was 2 casks of 70 year old single malt. It was being offered for $25,000 per bottle.
- Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:45 am
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: Brown Sugar Wash?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 30666
Re: Brown Sugar Wash?
I've used Rogers Golden Sugar for rum several times, but I add a liter or so of molasses too to each batch. It makes for a good rum. I now use wheat germ as well in my rum as well as a half a cup or so of lemon juice, I get a much faster ferment with the wheat germ. Yes I guess I do invert the sugar...
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:06 pm
- Forum: Grains
- Topic: Malting your own rye
- Replies: 138
- Views: 104328
Re: Malting your own rye
I never removed all the sprouts and the distillate had an earthy kinda grassy flavor, not unpleasant but not what I was after either. I still got a few lbs of that malt left, when I go to use it I will try to get rid of the sprouts... not really sure how I will go about it yet.
- Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:08 pm
- Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
- Topic: Triple distilling
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5290
Re: Triple distilling
A lot of the reason for the third distill is to further expose the distillate to the copper which removes oxidants from the whiskey. Don't make any cuts other than removing foreshot (everything that comes off before 172 F) during the first 2 distillations. On your 3rd distill make your heads and tai...
- Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:26 am
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: Bear Hunting
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5351
Re: Bear Hunting
You want to get a black bear, book a hunt in BC. We get em coming into town looking for apples this time of year. I used to guide for black bears years ago, but personally have only shot one bear that was being a problem. There's lotsa bears here but nobody really hunts them much, mostly Americans. ...
- Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:26 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
Re: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
Martyn this is where I buy my enzymes http://www.milehidistilling.com/additives_s/26.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow They are about $15 per pound. A pound of each will last a long time, make sure you keep it in the fridge.
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:54 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Potato Vodka
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5786
Re: Potato Vodka
Freezing potatoes also converts some of the starches to fermentable sugars.
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:02 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
Re: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
No never did. This was the first and to date the only rice vodka I made. Have not been distilling anything lately, been a busy summer/fall. Winter is coming soon, I'm definitely going to give the purist route a go. I will post a report when I do.
- Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:34 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
Re: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
I used cheap generic brand white long grain rice.
- Thu May 15, 2008 1:06 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
Re: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
I'd use a pot still you want the flavor. A valved reflux would work okay too if you used little or no reflux. The hearts portion of my run came off 76-80 % AV.
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:41 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Refurbishing oak barrels?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7689
Re: Refurbishing oak barrels?
From what I've read, most of the scotch distillers want used barrels to age their wares in. They like old rum barrels and sometimes old sherry barrels. Why don't you throw your whiskey in the barrels the way they are and see what happens?
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:06 am
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: vodka lab analysis results : I'm pissed
- Replies: 42
- Views: 16533
I would bet if you took the same spirit you got tested and run it through a reflux or even a pot still for that matter and did a proper head and tails cut it would pass with flying colours. A couple years ago when Golden Pond was still with us, he showed me an analysis of his corn whiskey. It was do...
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:27 pm
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Barrel Mill Infusion Spirals
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10093
- Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:33 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Your thoughts on this recipe.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2122
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:20 pm
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: The Lincoln County Process
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2712
I figure JD is swill. I've never really understood why it is so popular? I suppose it's the marketing. Like Coronna beer is swill it tastes like my old tom cat sprayed it, but they got a lot of great commercials, so people buy it. I haven't drank a lot of American whiskies. Jim Beam is okay (not gre...
- Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:25 am
- Forum: Grains
- Topic: FLOUR MASH?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 15780
Flour is too fine. I tried using a bag of rye flour in a mash once, it was too hard to try to filter out after, it ended up being a mess. I also tried barley chop once which isn't near as fine as flour and it to was too finely ground. I'm sure you can go to a feed store and buy yourself a sack of ro...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:08 pm
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: useing wood
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8003
Boy this a an old post. R.I. P. Golden Pond....I wish you and I could of got together in real life, instead of just here.................had to get that out of the way. Anyways I'm gonna stray from the original post a bit. Fidell you mentioned devils club shoots? They grow all over here too in the a...
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:08 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:26 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Good brown sugar recipes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2068
I've been running a half brown sugar - half fancy molasses recipe while I'm learning to make the cuts. For yeast, I've tried turbo yeasts - had some packs I needed to use up, and I've also used baker's yeast/EC-1118 yeast combo. I think rum You shouldn't mist different strains of yeast. They don't ...
- Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:14 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
After I've put a wash to ferment (after stirring in the yeast) I never stir it again. Sounds like your almost ready. At this point, since you gave it a stir, let it settle again without disturbing it, and the siphon the wort off the grain into a carboy or another fermenter (no real need to filter it...
- Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:55 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Deathwish Wheat germ recipe
- Replies: 503
- Views: 214560
I've made 4 batches of this now for vodka. Per batch I used 10kg of sugar and 2 lbs of germ and a 1/2 cup of lemon juice to make a batch total of about 50 liters. I made it in double batches. I boil about ~40 liters or so of water and add 20kgs of white sugar and 4lbs of wheat germ and 1 cup of lemo...
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:58 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: A gin experiment of sorts
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11253
Botanicals and all went in the boiler. The neutral spirit I used was 40%. It had previously been refluxed to 95% and then made into vodka. I just had too much vodka around so I made some into gin. When I used the gin head, it was only the first gallon that was green. I just poured it back in and ran...
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:10 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:36 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:39 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Uncle Remus Rice Vodka
- Replies: 347
- Views: 198321
Finally got around to doing the spirit run this week. It turned out to be a thing of beauty. I guess I will just call it Rice Vodka. Through most of the spirit run it came off at 80%AV. I ran it down deep into the tails to about 25-30%. I've never run any spirit that far into tails on the final run,...