Awww NUTS

[lamp post]

Has anybody tried using roasted/toasted acorns instead of toasted oak chips for aging or flavoring Whiskey ?

[TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY]

you ever try to offer your wife an acorn instead of wood?

[lamp post]

you ever try to offer your wife an acorn instead of wood?

I USED to give her wood all the time... Then, she got a splinter, and she decided to use sandpaper to "fix" the problem. So now, I got more acorns than wood...

[bushido]

LOL, now this is what was really known as "jake leg"

[TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY]

or jerk leg

but to answer your question, I have no idea how acorn whisky would turn out. give it a try, and let us know.

nice to know your a good sport

[theholymackerel]

Acorns are full of tannin.

I'd leach 'em first.

Fill a sack with acorns and tie it closed and toss it in movin' water for a couple days first.

[lamp post]

LOL, now this is what was really known as "jake leg"

It wouldn't have been soooo bad if she hadn't insisted on using 20 grit sandpaper

[lamp post]

or jerk leg

but to answer your question, I have no idea how acorn whisky would turn out. give it a try, and let us know.

It'll be awhile before I get to try it.. I gotta get the garden going, and do about 3 weeks worth of "honey do's" before I'll be able to fire up the ole cooker.

nice to know your a good sport

I wouldn't have it any other way.

[lamp post]

Acorns are full of tannin.

I'd leach 'em first.

Fill a sack with acorns and tie it closed and toss it in movin' water for a couple days first.

I got some croaker saks, and a mountain spring flowing thru the property. Hope that'll do it

[jake]

try just a small amount! I did the leaching process once then roasted the acorns and tried eating a few first.
I didnt end up putting them in my likker; still tasted awful!
but hey try it. you may have a different type oak or maybee when I did it it was just a bad year for acorns.

[possum]

Lampost...Its been awhile since I have eaten acorns, but I recall that the white oak has a very signifigantly lower tannin content than the red. Leachin the tannin from any of them helps, but American white oak acorns casn be eaten without the leaching.

[lamp post]

I didnt end up putting them in my likker; still tasted awful!
but hey try it. you may have a different type oak or maybee when I did it it was just a bad year for acorns.

It may have been the type of acorns. I got a mountain full of white oak, and some red oak, with a mixing of Hickory, and Black walnut.

I've wanted to try and use nuts instead of wood because I really don't wish to cut any trees down, and the nuts are sooooo plentiful.

[lamp post]

Lampost...Its been awhile since I have eaten acorns, but I recall that the white oak has a very signifigantly lower tannin content than the red. Leachin the tannin from any of them helps, but American white oak acorns casn be eaten without the leaching.

Thanks possum. I got the White Oak. Now, all I gotta do is wait for the acorns, and fight off those giant saber toothed squirrels:D

[Tree Dweller]

Here's a link on making acorn bread:

http://www.jackmountainbushcraft.com/acornbread.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

The leeching process should be the same. Where are you getting your acorns? Are you lucky enough to live where you can find them?

[lamp post]

Here's a link on making acorn bread:

http://www.jackmountainbushcraft.com/acornbread.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

The leeching process should be the same. Where are you getting your acorns? Are you lucky enough to live where you can find them?

Thanks for the link!

I live in the far North Eastern section of Tennessee, Where Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina converge. It's up fairly high in those mountains, where there's not much but the mountains, mountain lime water springs, trees, rocks, bears, deer and wild turkeys.

[junkyard dawg]

sounds nice.

[msrorysdad]

Post I won't cuss you, enjoy the location, I love it around there. Have you done the biltmore tour? That place is the total shit. Keep me posted on the corns, I have a huge red oak, you can't walk barefoot on that side of the yard, the acorns are all over, the squirrels eat ALL the pecans off four huge trees in the backyard, little ....sterds

[Uncle Jesse]

i'd be interested in your results with acorns. out west there's nothing more traidtional, the Native Americans out here in California lived on a diet of mostly acorn mush.

[lamp post]

sounds nice.

We like it

[lamp post]

Post I won't cuss you, enjoy the location, I love it around there. Have you done the biltmore tour? That place is the total shit. Keep me posted on the corns, I have a huge red oak, you can't walk barefoot on that side of the yard, the acorns are all over, the squirrels eat ALL the pecans off four huge trees in the backyard, little ....sterds

Yes, I did the Biltmore tour (had a friend that worked there for awhile).

From what I understand, the White Oak acorns are better than the red oak, but my problem now is that I have two diffrent kinds of "White Oak" on the property (sigh). I have some Pecan trees also, along with Peach, and Apple trees. The Squirrels eat the Pecans, and acorns, and the deer eat the new buds off of the peach and apple trees, along with their fair share of acorns, the bears eat acorns and peaches and apples and squirrels

When I get tired of watching everybody eating all the time, I jump on my scooter, and tool around these old mountain roads for a few hours. I gotta tell ya, retirement is hell boys... pure hell

[lamp post]

i'd be interested in your results with acorns. out west there's nothing more traidtional, the Native Americans out here in California lived on a diet of mostly acorn mush.

Thanks Uncle Jesse. While i'm still in the "why can't I" stage, I figgured I'd stop in here to see if anyone has tried it already, and what results they had with 'em. I know that if you don't have oak barrels to age in, the next best thing would be charred oak blocks or chips. In my twisted brain, I got the idea of using the nuts (acorns) instead of the wood, because the nuts have more of the oils and minerals than the wood has. I thought that toasted, or charred acorns would give the same effect as wood, with a smaller amount of acorns needed to achieve the same effect.

[MikeyT]

Reading that link on acorn bread made me wonder about cattail roots. They have lots of starch and are pretty large. Anyone tried that? Don't think they would have any tannin.

The live oak in front of my house has pretty sweet acorns. The burr oaks and water oaks aren't bad either.

[lamp post]

The live oak in front of my house has pretty sweet acorns. The burr oaks and water oaks aren't bad either.

Have you tried any of those acorns as flavoring ?

[blanikdog]

I live in the far North Eastern section of Tennessee, Where Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina converge. It's up fairly high in those mountains, where there's not much but the mountains, mountain lime water springs, trees, rocks, bears, deer and wild turkeys.

Sounds like a magic place to live. I live in Central Victoria, Australia where we have flat plains, forests and farms. But I do have a river which I can use for cooling the condensor. The only wildlife we have are Kangaroos, Wallabies, Emus and the occaisional Brolga pair - not to mention millions of Cockatoos.

[Home Distiller]

I do have a river which I can use for cooling the condensor.

and it actually has running water... ? wow

[lamp post]

I live in the far North Eastern section of Tennessee, Where Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina converge. It's up fairly high in those mountains, where there's not much but the mountains, mountain lime water springs, trees, rocks, bears, deer and wild turkeys.

Sounds like a magic place to live. I live in Central Victoria, Australia where we have flat plains, forests and farms. But I do have a river which I can use for cooling the condensor. The only wildlife we have are Kangaroos, Wallabies, Emus and the occaisional Brolga pair - not to mention millions of Cockatoos.[/quote]

I've always wanted to go back and see more of Australia. Last time I was there was when I was on leave from Viet Nam. I spent 7 days there in 1967. It was a fantastic place to visit.

[copperhead]

don't know about ageing whiskey on them but back during the depression poeple around here roasted them and ground them and made a drink like coffee. might make a realy good likker let use know.

[lamp post]

don't know about ageing whiskey on them but back during the depression poeple around here roasted them and ground them and made a drink like coffee. might make a realy good likker let use know.

I'm waitin' on the acorns now