Well I for one am going to thumb my nose at the whole green beer thing and will be drinking Guiness & brewing some whiskey for St. Pats this year. My own little way of paying homage to the birth place of whiskey. This is going to be the first time using my new still as well as my first time making whiskey so wish me luck! Here's the recipe I'm going to use.
15 lb Marris Otter 2-Row
Mash in with 4.75 gal water @ 148 deg F for 1 hr
sparge with 4 gal 170 deg F water
boiling till I get about 6 gallons, then using immersion chiller
Pitching Safale US-56 and fermenting in the chest freezer w/temp control @ 62 deg F till complete.
Double distilling & then aging on toasted oak chips for a couple of weeks, then cutting down to about 80 proof and drinking!!
Most all recipes i've read don't say you have to boil BUT i think it will help control the foaming and stabilize the wort. Anyone who's ever experienced big time hot break should understand my rational for doing this.
SO what yall brewing up?
Anyone brewing for St. Patricks Day?
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Im making some after hours chocolate mint from neutral spirit with prestige essence its very minty and very green.
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Last edited by AfricaUnite on Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
in a 1qt jar
1 cup meted sugar,
6 drops pepermint essential oil (from the pharmacy)
toped up with120-150proof neutral spirit,
a couple drops of green food coloring
That is one of the bottles I made for today...I also made...
2 Lemons (big)
2 Limes
3 cups vodka
2 cups sugar
Remove Zest from Fruit, Steep in 120-150 proof spirit for 2 weeks, strain, melt and add sugar and bottle.
This stuff turns out pretty green too.
1 cup meted sugar,
6 drops pepermint essential oil (from the pharmacy)
toped up with120-150proof neutral spirit,
a couple drops of green food coloring
That is one of the bottles I made for today...I also made...
2 Lemons (big)
2 Limes
3 cups vodka
2 cups sugar
Remove Zest from Fruit, Steep in 120-150 proof spirit for 2 weeks, strain, melt and add sugar and bottle.
This stuff turns out pretty green too.
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