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Wow, this looks great. Maybe I'll give this a shot one time. Too bad that we don't have much good quality corn over here... Most of it is used for animal feed and hasn't much flavour, do you think this can be improved by malting the corn?

4 months is already quite long for a 5 liter barrel, 4-6 weeks usually is plenty for a first fill. Your plan to take it out of the barrel to let it age further in glass sounds good to me.

The package said bring the grains to a boil and add amylase and keep at a simmer for an hour?... Will try to add the corn to boiling water and shut off the Gass next time and add the amylase add a lower temp.

Did a version of this recipe today. Used 3 kg of flaked maize and 1,5 kg of pilsner malt. Used high temp alpha amylase while boiling the flaked maize, boiled it for an hour. After that I added the pilsner malt at 65 degrees celcius and kept it on that temp for 2 hours. SG is only 1020,so I guess I d...

I think you would end up with a different gin, since different ingredients have different solubility. Therefore the taste will change if you leave the botanicals in longer. From what I've read, Odin did a great job determining how much ingredients are needed and how long you need to marcerate them, ...

Looks great Odin! I am working on a mini still, just to be able to make this recipe!

Looks yummy!!! Love those little bottles, they look great

Reading this topic really gets me thinking of making a mini still just for making some gin! Can't wait to try this recipe!

Maybe I read I wrong, but did you make cuts by tasting the jars without proofing it down to around 60 proof? I doubt if you can make good cuts at such a high proof. Regarding the over oaking, don't worry it can still turn out fine. I had some ryebread whiskey with way too much oak and after taking o...

Wow, cool idea. Can't wait to see it in action!

I want to mash in my fermentation vessel and ferment on the grain. Or do you sparge after fermentation?

Looks great, makes me want to start working with grains even more! What are you using to press the liquid out of the grain?

Those bottles with a flip top are sometimes made of plastic and the seals from some sort of rubber and those will degrade over time. It is advised to not use them but use a cork instead. When using a cork, I believe a natural cork is preferred over a synthetic one. When it comes to plastics, ptfe is...

This is my first dunder pit. I had some maggots, so I scooped them out and closed the lid. This caused the pellicle to drop and after reading that it needs airflow, I decided to open the lid and now it's growing again. :) [img]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181007/d50e572e6d39cf81f1a024e717ccf81...

Shit, those are a lot of maggots. I have started my own pit a few months ago, after my first rum. After a few weeks I got some maggots too, but I removed them and closed the lid. This caused the pellicle to drop and I thought I had to toss it. But after reading this thread, I placed the bucked somew...

I will be following this, since I want to do a single malt in the near future. Looking forward to your results!!

I haven't done a rum rum since I started my dunder pit. I did however trow an overripe banana in it. Will it hurt to keep it this way and check PH next time when I will be adding fresh dunder again?

I hope not, my pellicle has been gone since the temperatures have dropped. It does smell very good and fruity! I think it will return next summer when the temperature rises again. Haven't used it yet, so am looking forward to my next run

Looks great! I have distilled gen 2 last week and Gen 3 is bubbling away as we speak. Will be collecting the low wines of 3 generations and do one spirit run. Wil be filling my 5 liter French oak barrel with it. Can't wait for the results!

I have a copper boiler, stainless steel riser and copper condenser. I did not get the butter. I think it is because I let it sit 1-2 weeks after it was done fermenting.

That would explain why I didn't get any butter. I have fermented slowly, at a relatively low temperature, used nutrients and distilled about 1-2 weeks after the ferment was finished.

So I didn't get much butter in my first stripping run. However, this is my first rum ever, so I don't have much to compare to. My next strip run will be from the same wash, but without the butter treatment. This way I can compare both runs and see if I can find any difference between them. I have ke...

I have done the butter treatment and am heating up for the first strip run as we speak. I am not using fancy molasses, I think blackstrap molasses? (a bit salty, not just sweet) I used plain white sugar and bakers yeast.

As soon as I am done, I will let you know the results!

Wow, I now understand why my ferment is taking so long. It is no way near as active as yours. But it is almost finished, so I will be doing the full butter treatment somewhere next week!

I was talking about this with my little brother a few weeks ago, definitely will give this a try! Do you need to store this in the refrigerator and how long can you store it??

Thanks for the recipe!

Yesterday I started my first rum wash, looking forward to running this!

I have bought stainless steel tri clamps and ptfe gaskets. Also bought my electric heating element from there and it all works fine.

Regarding the stripping run, does it matter if the destillate is warm? Or is it fine as long as the condenser is knocking down all the vapor?

Doing the first stripping run of Odin ryebread whiskey as I am typing this. Couldn't resist tasting it and it's great already!!

Just finished my first batch and it's now aging on JD chips, smells promising! Must say that I was a bit disappointed with the smell and taste of the white dog, but I expect that this will change over the next generations. Do I need to check and adjust PH of the wash when adding backset for the next...