Apple Apple mash
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Apple Apple mash
Hello all,
So today I ran my 10 gallon mash. It was 10 gallons of apple juice , no preservites. Added some sugar to bring OG to 1.090.
For the reason the environment would not be good for yeast with all the sugar in it. I added yeast nutrient followed package directions. Then I added my yeast EC-1118.
The next few day it was doing fine then the cold hit. Stopped burping, so I put a tetra water heater into it and later that day it started up again ran a few more days . Then stopped on the 10th day. Checked gravity it was at 5% so I let it sit few more days and it was almost at 1.
Let it settle and filtered all the water out into my still. I have a keg still. Aluminum, goes to a thumper, I put in some of the mash and beat up 10 apples cocked the apples with the mash then mushed them, while warm I put it in the thumper. Had still running already so 4 shoots and heads done. Got 8 pints out of it 140 proof but I really don’t taste apple . @ 140’dontntaste to much.
Yes learned my lesson had about 25 glasses filled just a little to see if I can taste the difference. Not this time.
Open to thoughts on why no Apple taste ?
In the learning phase still .
Thanks
Dale
So today I ran my 10 gallon mash. It was 10 gallons of apple juice , no preservites. Added some sugar to bring OG to 1.090.
For the reason the environment would not be good for yeast with all the sugar in it. I added yeast nutrient followed package directions. Then I added my yeast EC-1118.
The next few day it was doing fine then the cold hit. Stopped burping, so I put a tetra water heater into it and later that day it started up again ran a few more days . Then stopped on the 10th day. Checked gravity it was at 5% so I let it sit few more days and it was almost at 1.
Let it settle and filtered all the water out into my still. I have a keg still. Aluminum, goes to a thumper, I put in some of the mash and beat up 10 apples cocked the apples with the mash then mushed them, while warm I put it in the thumper. Had still running already so 4 shoots and heads done. Got 8 pints out of it 140 proof but I really don’t taste apple . @ 140’dontntaste to much.
Yes learned my lesson had about 25 glasses filled just a little to see if I can taste the difference. Not this time.
Open to thoughts on why no Apple taste ?
In the learning phase still .
Thanks
Dale
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Re: Apple Apple mash
I’ve used apple juice a few times to make an easy brandy. The apple taste is always rather subtle and takes some time (like months) for the true flavor of your spirit to develop. I’ve never run a thumper.
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Re: Apple Apple mash
Also you "watered down" your apple with sugar. This will dilute the flavours some more. You can try straight apple juice (try to get real juice, not stuff from concentrate) but apple brandies need time for the apple flavour to reappear.
This was a wash, not a mash. Mashing is a grain process, there was no starch-to-sugar conversion taking place in your wash.
This was a wash, not a mash. Mashing is a grain process, there was no starch-to-sugar conversion taking place in your wash.
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Re: Apple Apple mash
What was the SG before you added sugar? Sugar provides alcohol but no flavor, so I'm not surprised that you had a lack of flavor.
"Mash" is a term used for grains only.
"Mash" is a term used for grains only.
Re: Apple Apple mash
the first tip: abandon the sugar and possibly use very ripe fruits. Even with proper cuts don't expect a flavor bomb but it will have a mild flavor that you can partly manage with equipment / cuts. Another tip is to let your distillate rest to allow complete esterification. It also evaluates post-distillation aromatization, for example with apple peel
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Re: Apple Apple mash
For information, Calvados is made from freshly squeezed apple juice which is slowly fermented and left to sit on the lees for up to 6 months before being distilled.
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Re: Apple Apple mash
There must have been a fair amount of alcohol in there, cause you are slurring your words. LOL. How about turning your spell check on and always reread what you have typed before hitting the send button. That would make life easier for all the people trying to help you.Dalejam wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 5:02 pm Hello all,
So today I ran my 10 gallon mash. It was 10 gallons of apple juice , no preservites. Added some sugar to bring OG to 1.090.
For the reason the environment would not be good for yeast with all the sugar in it. I added yeast nutrient followed package directions. Then I added my yeast EC-1118.
The next few day it was doing fine then the cold hit. Stopped burping, so I put a tetra water heater into it and later that day it started up again ran a few more days . Then stopped on the 10th day. Checked gravity it was at 5% so I let it sit few more days and it was almost at 1.
Let it settle and filtered all the water out into my still. I have a keg still. Aluminum, goes to a thumper, I put in some of the mash and beat up 10 apples cocked the apples with the mash then mushed them, while warm I put it in the thumper. Had still running already so 4 shoots and heads done. Got 8 pints out of it 140 proof but I really don’t taste apple . @ 140’dontntaste to much.
Yes learned my lesson had about 25 glasses filled just a little to see if I can taste the difference. Not this time.
Open to thoughts on why no Apple taste ?
In the learning phase still .
Thanks
Dale
I believe most here have given sound advice and I am not able to add anything else
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Re: Apple Apple mash
Just sharing my experience, add little cinnamon stick and toasted apple wood chips. Apple flavor will come through.
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Re: Apple Apple mash
I can't comment on the apple flavor, but having looked at your setup (in the bad smell thread) if thatDalejam wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 5:02 pm Hello all,
So today I ran my 10 gallon mash. It was 10 gallons of apple juice , no preservites. Added some sugar to bring OG to 1.090.
For the reason the environment would not be good for yeast with all the sugar in it. I added yeast nutrient followed package directions. Then I added my yeast EC-1118.
The next few day it was doing fine then the cold hit. Stopped burping, so I put a tetra water heater into it and later that day it started up again ran a few more days . Then stopped on the 10th day. Checked gravity it was at 5% so I let it sit few more days and it was almost at 1.
Let it settle and filtered all the water out into my still. I have a keg still. Aluminum, goes to a thumper, I put in some of the mash and beat up 10 apples cocked the apples with the mash then mushed them, while warm I put it in the thumper. Had still running already so 4 shoots and heads done. Got 8 pints out of it 140 proof but I really don’t taste apple . @ 140’dontntaste to much.
Yes learned my lesson had about 25 glasses filled just a little to see if I can taste the difference. Not this time.
Open to thoughts on why no Apple taste ?
In the learning phase still .
Thanks
Dale
keg is aluminum, that is not recommended as a boiler material and I didn't see a thumper.
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Re: Apple Apple mash
If its a beer keg, its more likely stainless steel than aluminum. Thats a common misconception in his original post. Aluminum kegs are rare. Take an angle grinder to a rim, if it sparks it's stainless.
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Re: Apple Apple mash
Sooty for this miss spelling,
It is a stainless steel keg.
Found out if I just add a flavor to it afterwords. Like pomegranate, etc.....
So some hope after all
It is a stainless steel keg.
Found out if I just add a flavor to it afterwords. Like pomegranate, etc.....
So some hope after all