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I aged some of this recipe in a 5 litter barrel for 6 weeks. I recently sent a sample to a friend who drinks high end bourbon and rye without telling him what it was, just that it was a rye I wanted him to try. He liked it pretty well. I have a badmo barrel filled and sitting that I will crack in 3 ...

badmo barrel filled with my Highwayman rye. I'll revisit in 3 years

I found my all grain rye whiskey fermented slower than UJSSM. maybe rye just takes longer to fully convert

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Sounds delicious, I put up a Badmo Barrel of 74% corn/21% rye malt/55Marris Otter in February that I fermented with a Belgian yeast. I haven't sipped what's in the BM, but the 1.5 quarts I have in glass on oak fingers is pretty spicey and fruity. The Badmo will sit in the rafters for a couple years...

I have taken my 38 open bottles of whiskey and have been doing a march madness blind head to head. had the wife give each a number and she is doing the pours so I don't know what I am comparing. I am almost down to the sweet sixteen. Been doing around 3 head to heads (6 whiskeys) each night intro3.j...

Have a 3 litter barrel of this sitting in the garage the last 3 weeks, tried it tonight and it is tasting very good. spice and sweet, good mouth feel and a nice lasting tingling finish.

A 4 grain, nice.

Corn Cracker wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:54 am How'd it taste? I tried to use rye but i don't think i used enough to taste the difference

pretty good. it is earthy on the front, I assume from the malt, and was spicy on the finish making my tongue tingle. Have some in a small oak barrel now, we'll see how it is after being oaked.

Made my 1st batch of all grain. It came out pretty good. Nice rye spice with a little earthy taste. I have 1/2 of it in a small barrel now, we will see how it ages over a few months. Just mashed in another batch today that I will be putting in a bad motivator barrel for long term aging. recipe 40% f...

Spirit run for my rye whiskey today

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been dealing with intestine aches and issues for a while and failed a cologuard test a month ago. My colonscopy to check for colon cancer is next Friday. have to admit it is all I can think about and has me worried as hell.

. You have cold product coming out with the “vapor”. It sounds more and more like a scorch. Have you looked inside of your boiler? You will likely find a burnt on crust inside that will need to be scrubbed out. aaaaaaaaaaaaand this happened to me today. Must have been something wrong with my wash. ...

ordered one today, heavy toast char 3.

I made a spiced rum and I am happy with how it came out so thought I would post the recipe and process I used. in a 5 gallon bucket 1/2 gallon blackstrap molasses 1/2 gallon pineapple juice 1 1/2 lb dark brown sugar 2 gallons water (1st bucket had 3 gallons water since I had no backset for it) 1 gal...

Ben wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 7:18 am

WhiskeyRebellion wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:32 pm ph of 6

That's even more strange, usually an all grain will finish in low to mid 4's.That is even more extreme when your fermenting on grain, the grist is going to act like a buffer. Do you have any info on your source water?

tap water, same I have used for other washes with no issue.

I think some of the people have a history of getting in trouble with the law for making illegal liquor, but for the most part it is just entertainment.

I'm pretty drunk, but If I am reading right

after the first run I used the backset to do second gen (saving first gen stripping run for the strip[ping run) to do the ferment of the 2nd gen

and backset from second gen to do ferment of 3rd gen

With cracked corn the TSC producers pride works great, I made a couple of gallons of corn liquor with it. However if you are looking at sweet feed be careful, don't grab anything with pellets. The cracked corn is just that, the sweet feed has pellets.

Saltbush Bill wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 5:56 pm Im sure hes talking about the ABV of the boiler charge , not the product leaving the still.....for safety reasons 40% ABV should be the Max......as for the flavour / bitterness thing, imo its BS.

This board needs a like button to agree with posts.

yeah sounds like he is saying don't charge the still with ABV above 40%. I think it is agreed it can be dangerous to do so, not sure about the claim on flavor.

elbono wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:28 pm

Tried last weekend to distill but found my heating went out when I placed my large pot on it.

what do you mean by this? I have an 8 gallon speakeasy still and run on an induction top.

What was the recepie if you don't mind sharing? Were you using rye malt or plain rye? Fermenting on grain? I was doing some AG mashes but from wheat. I have a fear that rye might be a bit more stickey and can burn on my 4kW electric heater. Any exp sharing will be highly appriciated. I don't have a...

kaziel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:45 pm Fermenting on the grain, or were you filtering mash like for a beer?

ferment on the grain.

40% flaked rye
30% malted rye
15% flaked corn
10% malted 6 row barley
5% flaked oats

the bucket that fermented out smelled and tasted great on the stripping run. Mixed up another bucket yesterday.

If you have that problem again just install a blow off tube in place of the airlock. Hopefully this will come around for you! I still think acetobacter is unlikely, when you pushed the cap down it was very likely at high krausen, and should have been pushing plenty of CO2 out. The pH crash is inter...

I like the weller bottles and I have a few of those empty



I am also a fan of the rare breed bottle.

well with both buckets I opened them up and pushed down the cap. I didn't leave enough head room and the cap was pressing against the lid. I tested the gravity of the real sour one and it was 1.03 with a PH of 4, I added some yeast nutrient and oyster shell and put it under the heat lamp to see if i...