the old fashion way !!!

[brewster14]

could someone please give me a good recipe for vodka "the old fashion way" i am tired of using turbos and sugar...i would like a different taste and maybe not so many nasty's that you get with turbo's...
i would like a grain recipe that uses bakers yeast for a 25L mash and what nutrients would i need....please help !! thanks in advance
ps...i would like to hear from someone that has actually used this recipe and what the resulsts were as compared to the turbo yeast's and sugar

[Guest]

could someone please give me a good recipe for vodka "the old fashion way" i am tired of using turbos and sugar...i would like a different taste and maybe not so many nasty's that you get with turbo's...
i would like a grain recipe that uses bakers yeast for a 25L mash and what nutrients would i need....please help !! thanks in advance
ps...i would like to hear from someone that has actually used this recipe and what the resulsts were as compared to the turbo yeast's and sugar

To make a "GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRIT" aka vodka (the old fashioned way), you simply follow just about any recipe for a grain based whiskey, and then run it through a reflux still to the absolute highest proof your still will allow. Make generous cuts, and there you have it.

To make a vodka, it is more in the still and cuts than anything else. You can make a wash with grapes or berries for that matter...and if you use the proper tools for the job(a reflux still that is capable of producing a neutral spirit) and make the proper cuts, you will make vodka. If you are simply using a potstill, and distilling it 3 times......you are using the wrong tool for the job, and you will not get the same results.

[knuklehead]

Guest is exactly right. Making vodka out of anything but sugar doesn't make much sense. It cost more, is a lot more work and in the end if you have made a good vodka you end up with the same thing.

[Brett]

maybe with potatoes and starch conversion? this is the way it was dont in a lot of eastern europe, but vodka is neutral spirit which means any type of mash purified to a neutral spirit

[brewster14]

yes i am using a reflux still, and i have made probably 20 or so batches now...they all seem to have a funny odor and taste....and when you pour it over ice you can see a film or oily substance...i have ask about this a 100 times and have tried everyone suggestions i.e. mash recipe, fermentation period,letting the mash clear, temps when distilling, making several cuts in small mason jars (the first cut is no different in smell or taste then the middle cuts or the very last cut....it all comes out the same....im getting a very clear spirit at about 93%abv b4 dilluting but i can not get rid of the funny taste....i filter thru a column filled with carbon at a very slow drip....i believe the longer it stays in contact with the carbon the better....but when it drips into my collector, i virtually have the same product as i put in the filter...i am lost as what to do....my thought now is, could i send a sample to one of you pros out there and maybe by tasting my product someone can tell me what i am doing wrong
(is it safe to send a spirit...legally i mean...i dont want my ass to end up in jail ) please help...i love this hobby and spend a ton of time with it, but what good is it if you cant enjoy a nice neutral spirit on ice ???

[stoker]

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