Uncle Jessy recipe question

Rocky_Creek · Post by **Rocky_Creek** » Fri May 12, 2006 10:13 am

Uncle Jessy's recipe says for a 5 gallon mash,
# 5 gallons soft, filtered water.
# 7 lbs cracked corn. 6-8 pieces/kernel is the proper crack. If using bird feed, granulated sugar.
# 7 lbs of granulated sugar.

now 5 gallons of water plus some other stuff is no longer 5 gallons. I want to alter what I have been doing to come closer to these ratios. Does someone have a pretty good idea of the exact volume this reipe will take up. I'm going to multiply it several times and would like to get as exact as possible.

Fri May 12, 2006 10:33 am

The total volume ends up at just about 8 gallons. I didn't measure exactly, I just eyeballed it. Two five gallon buckets, about 4 gallons full each. Maybe a little less than 8, but more than 7.

Bujapat · Post by **Bujapat** » Fri May 12, 2006 11:44 pm

I adapted the proportions to fill a 30 L bucket :

24 liters water (mix of water and sour mash).
4,2 kg cracked corn.
4,2 kg sugar.

It just fills a 30 L bucket

Sorry for the metric measures!

TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY · Sun May 14, 2006 10:52 am

I figured it at 1.4 pounds each, cracked corn and sugar, per gallon of whatever desired total volume. worked good for me.

stoker · Post by **stoker** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:24 am

hey cool,
I mixed corn and sugar, out of the blue, without reading the forums
and by coincidence I had 9kg of each

cool
(and 40 l water and a lot of bakers yeast)
right now, it brubbels nicely