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Whisky making article - misleading

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Came across this article today and I can't help shaking my head at the inaccuracies. I really wonder if they haven't been introduced intentionally to divert people who try to follow it.

https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/vice/ ... step-guide

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Magical corn is easier apparently....
You would need about 10 pounds to expect a reasonable amount of volume. That amount should equal out to about 5 gallons of final product.
probably the easiest grain to work with on a small scale
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Also, no mention of grinding, or conversion of starches (magical boil and "rolling pin") apparently get the job done.....
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The article is right on, except, to the un-knowledgeable person, many items/words of the process are lefted out..
Expat wrote:You would need about 10 pounds to expect a reasonable amount of volume. That amount should equal out to about 5 gallons of final product.
That quote is not misleading, it's just not complete.. 10 lbs per gal for a 5 gal final product is right on, except for the fact the word mash is not used..

It is the same throughout the article.. the article is design to mis-lead and instill fear in the reader..

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Re: Whisky making article - misleading

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I just assumed the writer was an idiot.

I think that is why “the most experienced whiskey maker in the world” kept telling him to buy and use a brew kit. Figured the distiller tried to explain the process to the writer, and when the idiot was not understanding what he was told, the distiller simply said “buy a kit and read their directions” before moving on.

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Re: Whisky making article - misleading

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StillerBoy wrote:The article is right on, except, to the un-knowledgeable person, many items/words of the process are lefted out..
Expat wrote:You would need about 10 pounds to expect a reasonable amount of volume. That amount should equal out to about 5 gallons of final product.
That quote is not misleading, it's just not complete.. 10 lbs per gal for a 5 gal final product is right on, except for the fact the word mash is not used..

It is the same throughout the article.. the article is design to mis-lead and instill fear in the reader..

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If you substitute mash volume for final product, then yeah. But otherwise it's way off.

As for right on... In vaguest kind of way, hence my comment about misdirection.
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