Many like to post about a first successful ferment (or first all grain mash), or first still built/bought or first good run of the still. Tell us about all of these great times here.
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I have made batches out of all kinds of things, ranging from fruit to corn mash, honey to molasses, refined sugar to unrefined sugar, even potatoes. But when a friend of mine asked
if I could make it out of Ginger, I told him I didn't know, but that I didnt think it would work. Well he brought me 5 pounds of crystallized ginger. Well, I boiled it, mushed it up
added alittle enzyme to it, and about 5lbs suger. Really wasnt expecting it to do alot. Well I ran the still today and not only is it coming out at 160 proof, it smells strongly of ginger,
and taste like ginger. Who would have thought.
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It might have even been able to convert its own self:
from parent site:
"Raoul suggests that root ginger is a source of amalayse, decreasing fermentation times down from 15 to 3-4 days ...
Try 1/8 tsp of fresh ginger root and 1/2 tablet of Beano with every gallon of whole corn and 8-10 pounds of sugar you use. I then dilute to 1.090sg (about 4 1/2 USGallons) and chuck in 1 oz of Fleischmanns ActiveDry, RapidRise or breadmachine yeast. After 3-4 days it is at 0.992sg and it has stayed above 95 degF. The ginger is a really cheap source of alpha-amylase and the Beano seems to act as a catalyst. No need to boil the wash either.
A reliable source of a-amylase enzymes is ginger and I believe the inside white part of a banana skin. "
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