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Spokerider wrote:Just starting my 1st mash of COB sweet feed.
Although I have not read all 194 pages, it appears there is little discussion on starting PH. My wash is at 5.0 without any PH adjustment. Is this OK?

For my BW's wash, I adjust the starting PH to 4.0 and try to keep it there for the duration of the fermentation.......it works well.

Thanks for your thoughts.

redneckgeek wrote:

Spokerider wrote:Just starting my 1st mash of COB sweet feed.
Although I have not read all 194 pages, it appears there is little discussion on starting PH. My wash is at 5.0 without any PH adjustment. Is this OK?

For my BW's wash, I adjust the starting PH to 4.0 and try to keep it there for the duration of the fermentation.......it works well.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Don't worry about it on this unless you are running multiple generations, I have never checked my ph and never had an issue.

Spokerider wrote:Just starting my 1st mash of COB sweet feed.
Although I have not read all 194 pages, it appears there is little discussion on starting PH. My wash is at 5.0 without any PH adjustment. Is this OK?

For my BW's wash, I adjust the starting PH to 4.0 and try to keep it there for the duration of the fermentation.......it works well.

Thanks for your thoughts.

redneckgeek wrote:

Loganmeister wrote:Well, I started this hobby to just make xmas presents of Apple Pie Shine and I found a new passion. I'm new guys to the hobby, this is my second post on here and I'm a noob so bare with me here guys.
wow. 192 pages. I can't say I read all of it but I have learned a lot. I need to read more about generations as I have been doing my SF runs a little different or should I say way different and not as effective. I have distilled 4 5 gallon runs to learn before joining the forum. Got the process off the net and the taste of the hearts is PERFECT!!!! And I can still see. (yes I am using SS and copper.) but it will be even better now that I will be keeping the grains in the ferment buckets for the ferment process I am sure.

With my process I cooked my mash (sweet feed COB) at 150 degrees then strained it, cooled it to 90 degrees, pitched my yeast and fermented for about 6 days. I then stripped it down to 20 proof and I'm ready for the second distill when I get 4 gallons and then I will do my cuts from there. In the process of learning, I guess I skipped the section on generations. I have been feeding the left over grains from the mash to the neighbors goats and ummmmm........putting the left overs from the ferment and the distillation process...............ummmm down the toilet. Then I start all over from scratch. Oh and did I mention I even forgot what these parts are called.

Off to learn about generations and basic terms...........and I will give this cook process a go............wow I have so much to learn but...........I love the taste and am so excited to be learning a new hobby. The hearts taste so sweet and smooth and mixed with a apple pie recipe...........WOW!

I am rather new as well, so I understand where you are coming from. I personally am not running generations from this recipe like some are. I might read some more on it. But the way I see it if I do it all exactly the same every time it should always come out exactly the same every time maybe minor differences. When you start messing with generations your flavors will start changing from what I read and you get into some real chemistry with PH balance and stuff. (call me crazy but as a hobby that is a lot of extra work...lol)

Jimbo wrote:Sweetfeed is a sugarhead recipe. The sweetfeed itself just provides some flavor. The sugar added is what the yeast turn into hooch.

You can do an all grain mash with sweetfeed, it turns out real good, but you need some malted barley to add the enzymes. They are not natural on the raw grains in the sweetfeed. Read up on AG brewing here to know how to do that properly. Also recommend a grind on the sweetfeed if yorue going to do an All Grain to break up the whole grains so the enzymes can get at it.

Cheers.

Jimbo wrote:Instead of giving you the fish, how about I teach ya to fish? Do a search on DP or diastatic power here and youll learn well how to put together an all grain recipe with the right amount of enzymes. Anything more you want to know please start another thread tho. This sweetfeed thread is for questions about the sweetfeed sugarhead recipe. Thanks.

Jasonr wrote:I messed up. That's why the output was too low. I should have run longer. I just went in and smelled and tasted a little more. Jar 6 tastes the same as jar 9 and that's where I shut it down because of the tail smell. They all smell the same now even after a short time of airing out. Sooooo.... 1/2 gallon of tasty stuff in the jars lol.

Ya live and learn. That's what I love about this hobby

Prairiepiss wrote:I personaly run till I get 20% ish out. Some say 30% some go as low as 10%. But at some point you are wasting more energy then it is worth. And it all depends on what you plan to do with the feints later. If I'm running and when I get to 20% and its coming out slow. Or I have other things to do. I shut it down. If when I get there and its flowing pretty good. And I don't have other things to do. I will just let it run for a little longer. And collect down to 15% or so.

But as your starting out learning the ropes. It is imho best if you go ahead and collect down to at least 30%. So you can learn what comes out during the tails. Some recipes you will find a good jar 2 or 3 deep into the tails. That has a lot of good flavors. Corn is known to produce this. It's not something you would want to add the whole jar to your hearts. But adding a little of it can produce some good flavors in your finished product.

It's an learning experience. That you shouldn't stop short of. When you first start out.

Thebigthumpa wrote:Hi, ran my first ever spirit run (25l wash) ran slow at about 4-5 drops/sec. After throwing out foreshots, I collected into 500ml jars. First jar was at 75%, 2nd at 78%, 3rd at 73%, 4th at 70%, 5th at 60%. Then I collected the rest into a drum of previously stripped washes.
I have taste tested all, mixed 50% with water, and cannot tell much of a difference between them except 5 smelling a lot sweeter than the rest, and 1 having alot more "bite".
As I have not blended and mixed/cut before, and don't know what it should taste like, advise would be great. I am thinking of mixing 2,3,4 together and watering down to oak, and mixing 1&5 and watering down to oak (if it doesn't turn out I can al ways put it in with the low wines and re run it.
All advise and tips would be great as I am still learning. Thanks alot

rcs1 wrote:Went to trackor supply to get sweet feed and read the lable the bags they had had peanut halls sulfides and a lot of other junk is this what everybody uses or are there other brands that don't have all the extras in it and were do you buy your sweet feed thanks

1131morg wrote:How much do oats contribute to whiskey made from sweet feed ? If mixing your own how much oats would be recommended if any ?