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I know this is old, but did any of the Hefe yeast carry over in the distillation?

You might look at some of the old Belgian Style yeasts as well. Those have been maintained by many Abbey breweries for hundreds of years. There’s a yeastbank in Europe that stores a bunch of them. Sometimes the breweries have a culture resent to them so they can rebuild the culture and keep it pure....

I just pitched the T58 on a banana wine. I’ve got some fresh going with kv1116, this one I roasted the bananas to caramelize them and activate the enzymes at like 160. Added lemon zest and a couple of vanilla bean pieces split, and brown sugar in 5 gallons. OG is 1060. Just pitched tonight, will see...

Can’t wait to hear how this develops!

Love the YLAY on occasion. You still need to break the corn to access the starches as stated above. It doesn't have the ability to go through the coating. I too, have not tried it in conjunction with fruits, but it should work on them as any yeast would work on fruits. I wouldn't bother with a sugar...

I was just browsing through the Morebeer site and in the base malt section I saw this ‘Enzyme Malt.’ Has anyone tried this stuff? I was blown away by the DP. Malt Specification: Moisture % - max. 7.0 Extract fine % dm - min. 76.0 Diastatic power WK dm - min. 620 Alfa-amylase DU dm - min. 70 This may...

These work great. It’s not that they aren’t the ‘good’ ones, they just aren’t all of them. I use the Alpha in this exact form regularly, when using malt and when not. Insurance with, only enzymes without. I always start with the alpha, even adding at the higher mash in temps of corn for workability,...

Hello and welcome! Fellow Show-Me rez, a little ways west of you. There are some great brew shops I’ve found up there, and a few more I still need to check out. Enjoy the rabbit-hol… I mean ride! It’s been great so far!

Der Wo, First, thank you for all your experimentation and research. Secondly, and most importantly, thank you for sharing. My experience has been with grain primarily. Whiskey, and a couple of rice experiments. On the rice, I did two types for reference here. The first was rice and coffee, the secon...

This is a question I have seen come up much more recently in posts as well. Many of us are in positions where we have a place to discard spent grains, some are not. In many areas these days, there are community gardens and community compost locations, you don't usually even have to interact with a p...

Can someone post a pic of their corona set up with the bolt configuration they are using to allow the use of a drill? I set mine up with my drill, as was indicated in picture reference it came with, and the bolt just tightened into the mill body further, and blew out a chunk. I was pissed to put it ...

Our fancy Pampered Chef air fryer my wife desperately wanted, that I thought would be a waste of space, has been amazing at roasting. Ours has a rotisserie, and has a cylindrical basket that it will rotate. I had a bit of whole corn left I was able to use it on to get between an 8-10 L, and the rest...

Make sure you watch the heads for your banana flavors and aroma. The peat will come over later, into the tails. Collect every drop you can for your stripping run. There may be flavor combos that occur during fermentation that surprise you too. Make your cuts very carefully on your spirit run, and yo...

I am curious about the liquid corn starch in general. Can you detail what you are referring to? If you decide to use corn starch as an additional starch for conversion, please share how you manage it. Corn starch alone settles out so badly from water, it sinks and becomes like cement at the bottom o...

Hello MountainMama! As a fellow female in what seems to be a mostly male arena, this is awesome. I'm not sure how many others here are female. Guys, don't worry, I can hang with any man in most any arena, I just haven't tried standing to pee... I just love seeing the mix, the information has been gr...

This is really an interesting idea. I will be doing some more reading up on the links provided. I began my fermenting journey with things like kraut, hot sauces, and vinegars before journeying into distillation. I have some banana, pineapple, apple cider, and maybe a couple of others that I have mad...

Ironroot Distillery in Texas is doing a lot of work on heirloom corn varieties. The Whiskey Tribe has done some interviews and visits with them, as has Jesse on StillIt. According to them, using as little as 30% I believe is enough to give a notable difference in flavor, highlighting the individual ...

Sounds fabulous! My wife mentioned picking it up Sunday! A barrel is my reward for weight loss goals. She gets new tattoos, I said I want whiskey barrels! I'm about 20-25 pounds from total goal, and I'm 5 pounds shy of being half of what I was 3 years ago, so it has definitely been a well earned jou...

I do a grilled/ smoked peach dessert too. I've toyed with the idea of smoking some peaches and apples for a smoky brandy as well. It just has a certain appeal that I cannot describe, in the way a peaty Scotch makes you crave fall weather and a bonfire. I was known for my smoked meats when I still ra...

I haven't made the hour and a half trip yet, planning on going for a couple soon. He said you can still hear the whiskey sloshing around in some of them.

I love mango, and enjoy the occasional mango wine. I was thinking of making my own, and possibly distilling some, for either brandy, or a fortified wine. I know that the skins are removed anytime you get anything mango, canned, frozen, dry, etc. Is the flavor that bad on them, or would it add a bit ...

Happy Birthday! I hope you get to sit back and relax, if only for a bit, and enjoy the fruits of your labor, and look back on your years of experience in life fondly!

Anyone looking for used bourbon barrels, and in MO, there's a guy near Jeff City that has fresh dumps, $75 each for full size, plus heads and staves at $5. HMU, or check him out on FB marketplace. They are mostly in a storage unit, or truck, he will give an address when you want to go look at them a...

My sister saw that someone posted they had some empty liquor bottles in her town. My wife was up there and made contact, set up to p/u about 10 for $20. The lady asked what we were doing with them, and my wife told her we do some home brew and winemaking. She said, well I have more in the basement i...

Most days I feel the same. 100 miles to a brew shop or mall in most directions, and Ft.Lost In The Woods a close neighbor. Lol

I’m purposely reviving this old thread, as the Airstill wave seems to have either continued or revived. Sad to see that Phillmystill isn’t still active, especially as someone who took so much time to read, learn, and put into practice the concepts this forum teaches, and to share the information as ...

I ran across the topic of English Whisky today and how they either did or are still trying to get their own geographic classification like Scotch and IRISH, etc. as I was looking I came across these guys they do a barley, wheat, rye blend that sounds fantastic. https://copperrivetdistillery.com/our-...

Welcome! I went to WKU in BG, so Ky is where I first fell in love with shine! Back in Mo now, and just sent some of my stuff back with family for them to try. I hope it meets their expectations!!

Welcome! I’m in Central MO as well! Hope you enjoy yourself as much as the rest of us do!

I’ve been digging in and Lear all I can about the science aspect as well as the art. Thanks for sharing these. I’ve been reading everything I can, and am looking forward to some alone time to do the listening as well! Thanks for this!