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Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:31 pm
by frozenthunderbolt
kiwistiller wrote:chuck in a bit of pectinase if you haven't already to deal with the marmalade :wink:
Yep - i'l try without this time and see just how cloudy the pectin makes it. That gives me a great excuse to then distill a test batch (when i wouldn't want pectin as it would create more methanol no?) Then if the distillate is crap and the wine is cloudy but tasty i can do subsequent batches with the pectinase :clap:

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:40 pm
by Coyote
I made a mess. . . . :shock:

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:48 pm
by blind drunk
Did a spirit run with a mix of rum and sugar head low wines. I accidentally mixed the two a while back. Good yield, good taste, but what is it ...

Long time coming and it felt good. Put me in the right mood.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:25 pm
by LWTCS
It is likker
Enjoy Sir
:thumbup:

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:54 pm
by frozenthunderbolt
doin a strip run on gen 7 rum after this i'll combine all generations with the 2-3 gal of aged (but sadly unmolded dunder w/ possible lactic infection) and do a final spirit run

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:17 pm
by blind drunk
frozenthunderbolt wrote:doin a strip run on gen 7 rum after this i'll combine all generations with the 2-3 gal of aged (but sadly unmolded dunder w/ possible lactic infection) and do a final spirit run
Let us know how you like the lactic notes in your final distillate.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:52 am
by RumBrewer
Well, I'm running gen 1 + 2 (just saved 1 in a carboy) of sweet mash corn whiskey. So I guess it's like gen 1 and 1.5. Anyway, backset to be added and will makes me some sour mash in the near future.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:42 pm
by frozenthunderbolt
blind drunk wrote:
frozenthunderbolt wrote:doin a strip run on gen 7 rum after this i'll combine all generations with the 2-3 gal of aged (but sadly unmolded dunder w/ possible lactic infection) and do a final spirit run
Let us know how you like the lactic notes in your final distillate.
Would you advise against this BD? Havent done the 2nd run yet

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:55 pm
by blind drunk
Just curious. I had a lactic wash once and the lacticity really came through. I'm not sure I liked it, but I hate being a nay sayer. My impression was with some good aging, it could have been nice. It added a real smoothness, but too much up front lactic notes. Like I said, my entire wash was lactic. Don't know much about adding lactic dunder to a run, like you're doing.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:59 pm
by frozenthunderbolt
blind drunk wrote:Just curious. I had a lactic wash once and the lacticity really came through. I'm not sure I liked it, but I hate being a nay sayer. My impression was with some good aging, it could have been nice. It added a real smoothness, but too much up front lactic notes. Like I said, my entire wash was lactic. Don't know much about adding lactic dunder to a run, like you're doing.
Well i've got gen 8 bubbling away happily at the moment, my new plan is to re run gens 1-4 with the Lactic? dunder for more flavor, and do a careful spirit run on gens 5-8 with just their naturally developing complexity shining through (i hope). After this, i'll freeze a few L of dunder from my gen 8 run to kick off any future ferments. But i recon i'll be done with rum for a while!

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:52 am
by austontatious
I started 2 20L sweet feed washes and a 20L apple cider. Going to run them all next weekend. I'm still learning where to make my cuts so I gotta start with a big quantity and cut it real narrow.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:31 pm
by Stillbilly
Messing with some ingredients.
>>
Boil everything for 60 minutes
50 lb sugar
5.5 gal water
4 lb box Grape-Nuts ceral
4 chopped up potato's
4 chuncks baked white oak
1 lemon juice
A litttle epsome

transfer to Brute barrel, top with well water till the gravity is in 1.06 - 07 range, add some yeast nutrient, 1 - 1.5 cups bakers yeast, let er rip.
My VM still peaks around 86-87 abv so some flavor carries over.

Cheers

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:22 pm
by rad14701
Stillbilly wrote:4 chuncks baked white oak
And this ingredient is for what purpose...??? :econfused:

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:31 pm
by Prairiepiss
rad14701 wrote:
Stillbilly wrote:4 chuncks baked white oak
And this ingredient is for what purpose...??? :econfused:
Preoaking? :lol:

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:32 pm
by Stillbilly
wait n see..

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:37 pm
by Stillbilly
Preoaking? :lol:[/quote]

haha, yes, It's a preemptive preoaking process.. likely will do little i know, but an experiment in the making.

Native Americans used to boil and eat the acorns.
Curious if cracked acorns have ever been used for flavoring during the boil.. have a few white oaks near me...

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:28 pm
by frozenthunderbolt
frozenthunderbolt wrote:
blind drunk wrote:Just curious. I had a lactic wash once and the lacticity really came through. I'm not sure I liked it, but I hate being a nay sayer. My impression was with some good aging, it could have been nice. It added a real smoothness, but too much up front lactic notes. Like I said, my entire wash was lactic. Don't know much about adding lactic dunder to a run, like you're doing.
Well i've got gen 8 bubbling away happily at the moment, my new plan is to re run gens 1-4 with the Lactic? dunder for more flavor, and do a careful spirit run on gens 5-8 with just their naturally developing complexity shining through (i hope). After this, i'll freeze a few L of dunder from my gen 8 run to kick off any future ferments. But i recon i'll be done with rum for a while!
Just ran this with gens 1-4 and the backset - Far and away the best rum i've ever tasted and certainly the best i've ever made. Possible the best spirit i've ever made! And its not eve touched oak yet! Should i use second use oak for it, or just a smaller amount of fresh toasted/chared?

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:24 pm
by blind drunk
Just ran this with gens 1-4 and the backset - Far and away the best rum i've ever tasted and certainly the best i've ever made. Possible the best spirit i've ever made!
Thanks for the update. Really glad it worked out so well.

Cooking some nice Barley goodness.

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:08 am
by Rocketboy
Running 1 1/2 gallons of feints from three runs of an all-grain barley mash. Running through my 2" boka nice and slow, should end up with some nice, tight-cut, dry whiskey for oaking. I have a couple dozen charred oak sticks that have been soaking in a gallon of Sherry for six months. The oak smells amazing, should impart some nice flavors into the barley spirits. I'll keep ya posted.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:07 pm
by Large Sarge
Today was beer (Much, much better at brewing beer than still'n). 11 Gallons of an Amber Lager are fermenting in a 50 degree fridge. Nailed the numbers. Should be tasty in a couple of months.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 6:44 am
by Rocketboy
Started a great recipe of cracked corn, 6-row sweet barley, toasted wheat germ. Should get around 8 gallons of 10-12% wash in a week or so. Pitched yeast last night, should be ready for the still on Saturday. I've run this before with excellent results, drinkable right off the still but even better after a couple months on oak. Can't wait until the my main stash of this one is done oaking in a couple years, should rival some of the better bourbons.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 1:39 am
by HookLine
Finally got some time to run a couple of charges of whisky feints. A mix from separate rice malt extract, barley malt extract, and all-grain barley malt/corn/rye runs. Been sitting there for well over a year, so might have been a little ageing/maturing going on to help things along.

Gave them the hydrosol treatment (well worth it, highly recommend making it a standard part of your flavoured spirit process, for pot still runs).

First did spirit runs through the pot still, with 150 mm of packing and a desk fan pointing straight at the pot column to get a little extra reflux. Ran about 20% slower than usual, and made tight conservative cuts.

Nice yield. Very good taste and quantity. Lovely blend.

Then ran the collected feints from both pot runs through the reflux column, also with some fairly tight cuts. Got almost as much again. Also a nice result, though much lighter in flavour of course.

:D 8)

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:19 pm
by frozenthunderbolt
HookLine wrote:
Gave them the hydrosol treatment (well worth it, highly recommend making it a standard part of your flavored spirit process, for pot still runs).

:D 8)
Can you expand on this Hook? I thought that Hydrosols where steam extractions of plants - essentially essential oils, or are you just being flowery in your description of distillation! :eh:

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 8:48 am
by heartcut
Stilled a sugar piggyback from a strong wheat ale this weekend. Tasted good right out of the parrot. AG barley is great after wood and aging, but this sugar wash is better white. Ground up 2 lb of pale malt, dumped it on the spent grain with a few gallons of hot backset, added more sugar, CaCO3 and vitamin B and we're off again.

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:13 am
by NcHooch
i did this today:

Partial mash "Bourbon"
3.5 pounds cracked corn
1 pound oats
1 pound crushed 6-row malt
4 pounds corn sugar
2 pounds brown sugar
safeale 05
**
cook cracked corn and oats in 2.5 gals water to gel
cool to 145
add 6-row malt and mash for 1 hour (starch test optional) ;)
Dump into fermenter, stir in all the sugar, and top to the 6 gallon mark with cold water
as long as your temp is 90 or less, pitch the yeast and cap it.
Done
**
SG ; :lolno:

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:51 am
by NcHooch
heartcut wrote:Stilled a sugar piggyback from a strong wheat ale this weekend. Tasted good right out of the parrot. AG barley is great after wood and aging, but this sugar wash is better white. Ground up 2 lb of pale malt, dumped it on the spent grain with a few gallons of hot backset, added more sugar, CaCO3 and vitamin B and we're off again.
Mmmm, Piggyback !
Somethin about piggyback white, it's damn heavenly eh heartcut?

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 3:06 pm
by heartcut
NcHooch wrote: Mmmm, Piggyback !
Somethin about piggyback white, it's damn heavenly eh heartcut?
Was heavenly on Sunday, going to check it again tonight. Great concept, piggyback guru!

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:47 am
by whiskeytripping
That sounds like its gonna be tasty NcHooch, eventually I want to get more into the cooking methods one day. I made a little UJSSM and I changed it up from the last solid corn runs I did before.
I used
2#'s malted 2 row barley
2#'s malted rye
4#'s steam rolled corn
7#'s sugar

I'm really hoping the rye adds some extra flavor to the drink
Do you favor the 6 row over the 2 row?
And I guess I could add some brown sugar next time and it guess it adds a little rum flavor to the mix?
Thanks for the info guys :D

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:13 am
by Frosteecat
I'm still waiting for a mixed grain to finish/clear...she's slowing down but I did a 12 gallon or so wash so its a little longer than the 5 gallons I'm used to.
Need to get a proper cycle going so I'm always stilling something on the wknd if I want. I have a UJSSM grocery list sitting in my trunk right now and a few bags of rice and koji I need to work out and my supply is running low....what a crisis!

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:20 am
by whiskeytripping
I run 2- 6 gallon washes at a time myself frosteecat, I forgot to put the 6 gallons of water earlier. This is a new batch of UJSSM so it will absorb a pretty good bit of liquid being the first run with dry materials, but I normally like to run 12 gallons of wash at a time. I'm fixing to have to start drinking more :crazy: it's so fun to play around and experiment