Candy as a wash material?

[normanseven]

Hello again, and thanks for all your support -

I have potential access to left over stock from a high end candy store that must remain nameless - I am sure you can SEE what I mean.

So, in the quest for low cost feed stock, I'm wondering if random materials such as chocolate, coconut, and nuts would contribute to producing product that would be rank at best.

All inputs appreciated - oh by the way, so far my favorite feed stock is apple juice.

normanseven

[BDF]

I think he's more looking for a sugar substitute as hes getting all of the candy for free. There's just alot of potential additives in filled chocolates, hard candies would be a pain to melt, not sure about how different oils that might be present would do in the boiler....much less the ferment.

You could try it, but it sounds like more trouble than its worth as compared to $20 of granulated sugar.

[Tater]

try a batch some best likker Ive ever made came from a batch of oatmeal cookies.

[DAD300]

Melted down, sugar is sugar...like above I would worry about the chocolate, but I don't know why!

[NZChris]

Just brew it up, chocolate and all. http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 11&t=43986

It will smell of of whatever you put in it, so match it up well. Someone had a car running on lollyhol in NZ a few years ago. The exhaust smelled like whatever the fuel was brewed out of.

[Old Anarchist]

try a batch some best likker Ive ever made came from a batch of oatmeal cookies.

i read about that. it was rather hilarious.


coconuts and almonds n such are high in fat. if you wanted the flavor to come through better you may have to process them further. i could imagine a food processor and boiling in water would do the trick.

just a guess though.