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Not that wine and whiskey making are the same but, they both go through a similar fermentation process up front. But, noted, I won't stir it in the future. In winemaking you have punch it down twice a day, force of habit. The D254 yeast I used tolerates up to 16% alcohol and pH's down to around 3.2....

My pH is 3.6, Interesting, that's red wine wine territory. The grains were put through a mill first, and I ran them through a blender as well to mill them a little finer. All the grains besides the corn came from a beer supply place, so they were malted: Rahr 6-Row Malt Briess Rye Malt Great Western...

I built a 5 gal clawhammer over christmas break. Watch the you tube videos first. The fit quality was excellent. My only complaint is he is so paranoid about selling a still kit, he never shows the finished kit in a form that would actually work as a still. I added a temp gauge to the boiler, and an...

I'm a newbie at distilling, but have been making wine for 8 years now, so I'm not new to fermenting. I just made my first mash. It's 65% corn, 10% rye, 13% wheat and 12% 6 row malted barley. My yeast was a wine yeast, ICV D254, and I used fermaid K and go ferm. It's been fermenting for two weeks now...

Thanks, I am drinking the tithing as we speak!

I know about the feed store from my chickens. I picked up a 50 pound bag of cracked corn there, $13.99, such a deal. My chickens stuck close by as I put the grains through my blender in the yard.

Hi everyone, I am new to distilling, but I've been making wine for 8 years. Fall of this year I fermented 4,000 pounds of grapes. I am located just South of Napa, so winemaking is pretty easy to do here. I am looking forward to making use of my pomace by making some grappa. For Christmas this year I...