Nuclear Whiskey / Nuclear Rum and Spirits Rapid Ageing

[wv_cooker]

Damn it FS another trip to the store. I love cinnamon. Gotta try some Fire Piss. Sorry PP have to nuke it. I also noticed after thinking hmmm cinnamon candy that PP mentioned That Dunderhead mentioned candy in another thread. Wally World employees have to think that I am nuts and eat a lot of funky jelly. Grocery list: 100 lb. sugar, bag cinnamon candy, bag of cinnamon sticks, container strawberry's, container Blackberry's, container of Blueberry's, fresh peaches if they have them, cherries,another bag of JD chips, bag of cherry wood chips. Ok better get all the kids and send them to different stores, they can tell everyone that Mom has gone F***kin crazy canning again.

Thanks FS you brought the method!!!!

[jarheadshiner]

oops just realized i sent this out at 150 proof no wonder it was so friggin good hot as f U K

Better tell him to dilute it some or he's gonna have some shitfaced guests in no time wondering what the hell happened!

[wv_cooker]

Ok this is hilarious, I just made Pepto Bismol or at least what looks like it. The earlier talk of fire piss got me to thinking candy. Got some red hots while at the store to try nuking them while there I noticed a bag of pepperments. Light bulb, hey pepperment moonshine right, yep thick pink pepperment moonshine that looks just like Pepto Bismol. Can't wait until it cools to taste it, I'll bet it taste good. The red hots look fantastic. If you try candy, it boils very rapidly. Mine reached 150 deg. in 1 1/2 min. of nuking. past that it will boil over. Only used 1 session of 1.5 min. and both look great will taste after they cool.

[wv_cooker]

Well I was right, they both have a great taste. If you like cinnamon or peppermint give it a try. All it does is the candy melts blending in with the distillate. I went ahead and did a second session at 1 min. to allow the candy to finish melting so I didn't have to strain it. Plus, since it is 150 proof I still need to dilute to 50% abv.

Candy Nukens to go with your fruit Nukens FS.

Recipe: Since it was sugar candy I did not add any sugar. Just put a cheap $1.00 bag of red hots in 1 pint of 75% abv Birdwatchers and another $1.00 bag of peppermint candy in another pint of 75% Birdwatchers. Nuked 1 session at 1.5 minutes at 150 degrees and a second session at 1 minute to complete the candy melting process. Will dilute to 50% abv when cool.

Now off to some real Fire Piss.

[Richard7]

Ok this is hilarious, I just made Pepto Bismol or at least what looks like it. The earlier talk of fire piss got me to thinking candy. Got some red hots while at the store to try nuking them while there I noticed a bag of pepperments. Light bulb, hey pepperment moonshine right, yep thick pink pepperment moonshine that looks just like Pepto Bismol. Can't wait until it cools to taste it, I'll bet it taste good. The red hots look fantastic. If you try candy, it boils very rapidly. Mine reached 150 deg. in 1 1/2 min. of nuking. past that it will boil over. Only used 1 session of 1.5 min. and both look great will taste after they cool.

I have not tried Red Hots, but I will. If you have not tried fire piss like Mr. P has it wrote up I highly suggest it. You can even try to speed it up with nuking, for me the hardest part is the waiting! I use honey in place of the sugar and have some sediment to clarify off but it is well worth the effort.

[wv_cooker]

@Richard7

Yep it is cooling now. FS made some today and I went and read PP's thread. I like his method of making sugar syrup so I made some and am using it now instead of sugar. It reminded me of when mom used to run out of pancake syrup and she would boil sugar and water to make some.

[Richard7]

WV was the peppermint candy that you used the "fluffy" light kind, or the hard little disk?

[wv_cooker]

WV was the peppermint candy that you used the "fluffy" light kind, or the hard little disk?

The little hard disc. Simple sugar candy at all convenient stores and such.

[corene1]

I have a vacuumed sealer purchased at Sam's club. I have a vac attachment for canning jars. Wonder if the same results are achievable without the microwave?

I was thinking the same thing . I have built a big one out of a stainless steel paint pot for doing large chunks of meat for the bar b que . So I am thinking I could pull a vacuum on it and warm it up on my burner and cycle it a few times. Sounds like a good experiment to me.

[wv_cooker]

Well The cinnamon and peppermint taste just like the candy they are made with. Now I am thinking Lemonheads and UJ, that has to be the cinnamon that I am sipping on!

[Richard7]

I have built a big one out of a stainless steel paint pot for doing large chunks of meat for the bar b que . So I am thinking I could pull a vacuum on it and warm it up on my burner and cycle it a few times. Sounds like a good experiment to me.

I have always been interested in the effects of a vacuum on alcohol. With the lowered boiling points and all that stuff. I have never thought about applying it to BBQ. I would like to hear the out come of both if you can find the time and place to post it.

[FullySilenced]

Same effect the big meat producers get cover the meat in the pot with a liquid pull a vacuum meat expands opens up the pores... let off the vacuum it sucks the liquid into the meat rinse and repeat whether it be a salt solution or a sugar cure... or bbq sauce

The meat expands much larger than its normal size...

I saw the commercial application of this at a Cargill Turkey plant they were adding cures to turkey breasts and other pieces... marinades so to speak

[Max_Vino]

I'm just beginning to experiment with this microwave aging technique and I have a few observations.

First I just wanted to tell you that I moved my microwave outside, had a fire extinguisher handy and placed a latex glove over the mouth of a Mason jar. Which works very well, by the way, in preventing any fumes from contacting an ignition source.

Before I started I took a 1" x 1" x 5" piece of French oak and charred it with a propane torch. On the top of that piece of oak I drilled several small holes so that I could measure the temperature inside. As I suspected the oak piece became much hotter than the surrounding liquid. This may explain one reason why this process works so well. As the oak heats and expands the ethanol penetrates deeper than it normally would and then as the oak cools the pores begin to close forcing the liquid out. The second part of the process comes when a vacuum is formed. The vacuum draws out any air in the wood such that durning the second heating cycle the penetration is even greater…and so on. This pumping action and the high oak surface area with respect to what you would find in a barrel would help accelerate the aging process.

This reminds me of pressure treating wood. A vacuum in formed in a tank with the wood product. A liquid is heated, pressurized and injected into the tank to achieve rapid penetration into the wood surface. In industry most of the gain occurs in the first few minutes.

Max

[Lockinvar]

Tried some of these nuclear methods with some average ultra-yeast white spirit. Good results.

Frozen blueberries over five cycles with sugar and a little honey added to the last nuke is very good and a vast improvement over the base spirit. Deep purple coloration and drinkable with just ice. Combined with lemonade it was a hit with the ladies.

Frozen raspberries and strawberries prepared the same way was excellent - better I would say than the blueberries but that's personal taste. Smells like alcoholic strawberry jam (with no hint of the cardboard and wet dog that went along with the base spirit - quite an achievement). Deep red colour and I suspect it will also be excellent with lemonade. (edit - it was - tasted like a jam donut - very sweet).

Toasted american oak should arrive today and the experiments will continue with optimism.

[wv_hillbilly]

I finally gave this a shot a couple days ago and was very pleased. 3 cycles on oak, and a drop of vanilla extract after 3rd cycle, I could hardly put it down. I have yet to try the fruit nukins, that will be next on the list.

[Doogie]

I think this has become a proven alternative to long term aging. A valid substitute for "essences" ...

Nobody has blown themselves up (well, I guess we do not really know that because victims would be unable to post )

Nothing will replace putting something in an oak cask for 10 years, but for those that want an alternative to white dogging it, this has now been proven. I nuke everything and enjoy everything 48hrs after it comes off the still.

I think this method should go on the parent site, and in some "proven" area for new people to review.

And I believe anyone who doubted the result, or the safety, have now been ... "Fully Silenced" ...

[junkyard dawg]

And I believe anyone who doubted the result, or the safety, have now been ... "Fully Silenced" ...

[jarheadshiner]

Sipping on some panela rum that I nuked with 12 ounces of frozen peaches at 100 proof for six sessions. 1/4 cup of sugar, some syrup from canned peaches, mixed with Sprite, and it is mighty tasty! Also did 3 sessions of the rum at 120 proof on JD chips and it is pretty damn good mixed with Coke or... Pepsi... dare I say

[jarheadshiner]

Forgot to say the peachy rum was a quart total volume. FS is the one who told me the amounts minus the canned peach syrup.

[JYBC2009]

FS linked me to this thread in effort to help me save a 1.5 gal AG whiskey I've had aging and made a mistake on my blending, to many heads when having a taster, (stopped smoking since the blending and my taste has drastically improved ). After reading every post, gotta say, love the innovation of this hobby. I believe that there can be a balance of tradition with innovation, tradition to know where you came from and learned the art form, and innovation to make things......different. Bravo to all. Proud to say that although I will still be long term aging my rosé pedals.... I am also a proud nuker!

[jarheadshiner]

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Left to right: Peach, Peach/Strawberry, Strawberry/Blackberry

Did one session on each with 170 proof panela rum. No sugar added. Gonna set in the window sill during the day and nuke every night for 3 or 4 days then drain the likker off. After that I plan on putting the sugar on the fruit and nuke to see if I can get the syrup to produce faster. Strawberry Panty Dropper style with a little nuke added for good measure. Will post my results.

[Sugar Daddy]

That picture looks INCREDIBLY tasty, especially on ice on a hot summer day! Congrats and great idea!

[jarheadshiner]

Made with your ingredients SD! Think it's gonna be great!

[Gunman9]

has anyone tried this with peach or orange wood chips yet?

[FullySilenced]

Not that i have read about... peach wood in the form of switches brings back some bad memories...

[Bushman]

I am currently aging with plum wood, haven't tried the nuke but did use it with my ultrasonic treatment so would guess it would have a similar effect.

[Gunman9]

I was just wondering if peach wood would give it a nice flavoring to add to the pantie droppers recipe. I thought about just adding store bought syrup for the flavoring. But I really like the way JARHEADSHINERs came out! Looks damn good!

[Bushman]

I was just wondering if peach wood would give it a nice flavoring to add to the pantie droppers recipe. I thought about just adding store bought syrup for the flavoring. But I really like the way JARHEADSHINERs came out! Looks damn good!

Aging can be done with the heartwood of almost all fruit trees! So the answer is yes.

[Gunman9]

So my plan is to Nuke peach wood in some 190 proof cut it down to 120 and drained off and then add peach and strawberry syrup, extract, or essence probably bought from the store and fresh peaches and strawberries. The strawberry pantie droppers recipe is to time consuming because im the most impatient person in the world so im gonna cheap a little do you think it will work.

[bcboyz86]

A friend told me about this thread... Deffinatly something I will try, what about combining the oak lids someone on another thread had done with this process? It fits over/in the jar lid and replaces the metal lid. That way it heats everything up and you could put the ring back on when your done nuking it and tip it upside down. That way as a vacuum starts to occur it will be pulling not only from the chips, but from the lid as well. Or does it work better if there is a strong vacuum then sudden equalization of pressure?