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Try Fleischmann's

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I'm currently experimenting with popcorn....corn.
That's the best i could find in the netherlands.
Because i'd love to make a corn whisky without the sugar.

Got a 10KG (22 pounds) bag of it online, tried malting it, about 80% germinated, dried it and did a little test mash yesterday.
Got 1 gallon of water and 1,5KG (3.3 pounds) of cracked malted corn. mashed it for 1,5 hours between 146-156F (64-69 C).
But only got a meagre SG of 1.030.

Will try it again when the enzymes get here to see if i can get it higher, if not i guess Odin's cornflakes whisky it is.
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Hi all.
I'm new on this forum but have made a few of Odins CFW and i'm quite impressed. Thanks Odin.
I have made all grain bourbon for many years and was Googling for an extract method when I first discovered this CFW thread.
So while I do like the CFW it is not quite close enough to Bourbon how my tastes and I have been experimenting with other ways to make a simple yet delicious Bourbon. I must say that I also find the Cornflakes a bit troublesome.

So now My Question, and yes I have read every post in this thread.
Has anyone tried using caned corn, caned sweet corn or canned creamed corn? Or even frozen corn that has been thawed and blended with some water?
I recon this would be even easier than cornflakes and yield a little extra wash.

I just thought i would ask first as it could save me wasting my time if it doesn't work.

Also for a more authentic bourbon taste I have adapted this CFW to include Rye bread as has been mentioned here and in Odin's Rye recipe and I also add 1kg of Light Dry Malt (25L Mash)for a Barley addition. Light Dry Malt is used in Extract brewing as a Base malt alternative.
You may want to give it a try if you are a fan of bourbon. I find it better than most expensive bourbons.

Shine on guys an gals.

Thanks once again to Odin
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I do know that some people have successfully added creamed corn to UJSM ferments before distilling....don't know about Cornflake Whisky though.
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metalmarc wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:59 am I'm currently experimenting with popcorn....corn.
That's the best i could find in the netherlands.
Because i'd love to make a corn whisky without the sugar.

Got a 10KG (22 pounds) bag of it online, tried malting it, about 80% germinated, dried it and did a little test mash yesterday.
Got 1 gallon of water and 1,5KG (3.3 pounds) of cracked malted corn. mashed it for 1,5 hours between 146-156F (64-69 C).
But only got a meagre SG of 1.030.

Will try it again when the enzymes get here to see if i can get it higher, if not i guess Odin's cornflakes whisky it is.
Enzymes will certainly make a big difference - use both Alpha and Beta during the mash or Glucoamylase add to the fermenter (won't raise your gravity but will break the glucose to fermentable sugars while fermenting.

Corn contains a heap of starch which needs to be converted to fermentables.

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TDick wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:42 am
Odin wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:22 pm pH crash is pretty dependent on how calcium rich your water is. pH at around 4 is good for the ferment. Higher hampers flavor development. Lower may stall your ferment. Well, pH 3.5 is still okay, but start out at pH 4.0 and then play around a bit to find your flavor profile. Depending on your water, you may need to use some bicarb. Adding it (or not) is not part of the recipe, because it may be different for different distillers/locations.

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It's been a LOOOONG time since I tried my last mash, so I'm considering myself a noob again.
Odin's Cornflakes seems like a great place to start and yes I read the whole damned thread.
I did note that Odin repeatedly stresses water ph. I still had a bottle of test strips & looks like my city water is around 6.
I was going to use bottled spring water but decided that for this first run, I can't start the mash for about a week so I plan on filling some buckets and let them air for that long to dechlorinate.
Wondering if there's anything else to consider while I let them air.
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You can always use vitamin C to get rid of chlorine.1/4 teaspoon works for 30 gallons @ 4 ppm.

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Odin wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:46 am If you can distill very slowly on gas or with a water jacketed boiler, there is no need to take the liquid of the grain. Just distill all.

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I have a water jacketed still, but my question is wont distilling everything give a bad taste due to all the yeast in the wash? What's your opinion?

Great and easy recipe,
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I distill on grain and have never detected yeast flavor. Commercial folks do the same.
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If you have off-flavors from the yeast, pitch less yeast.

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Odin,

Sticking to your 1gr per litre recipe. With 25% of that boiled as nutrient. Making a 200 litre batch soon.

Thanks again,

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Sounds like a great plan!

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Hey! I've found excellent results with this recipe. Actually i have 1 qt with american oak stick @55% from 3 months ago and i think 2 or 3 more months from now will be ready. I've been doing this infography togheter with anothers which posted in instagram, in some way to say thanks to this amazing site in which I am always around.
I also included a yeast bomb which in my case allows to start ferment almost 1 hour after i pitch.
I think also i've increased sugar content.. sorry hehe.

Hope you like this!
Ps: Thanks Odin and everyone here for all this info.

I'll keep posting.
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Hi Odin
I use Fleischmans bakers yeast for a sugar wash. Will it be ok for the cornflake whisky?
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cnk, many use Fleischmans with good success.

Odin hasn't been online here since August. Hopefully busy in a good way!

I just started up a ferment of Kashi cereal using parts of this recipe & Rad's All-Bran. It's more expensive, but hoping to pull over some of the 7 grain flavors!

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Got 2 gal sitting on oak sticks, and I have to say, even 2 weeks in the jar, this whiskey sets it's self apart.
Very smooth, and now I'm 2 months later, and it is getting even better. Trying to leave it on the shelf for a 1 or 2 year review, but it's irresistible to unscrew the lid, smell, and taste it every time I happen by the jars.

Guess I just have to make more!
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Might have already been asked but would lowans bakers yeast work with this recipe and also do you have to use anything to convert the starch in the cornflakes to sugar or did you just boil them ? Sorry if stupid questions I’m a newbie
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Chunk Ryan 97 wrote: Sun Dec 27, 2020 4:14 pm Might have already been asked but would lowans bakers yeast work with this recipe and also do you have to use anything to convert the starch in the cornflakes to sugar or did you just boil them ? Sorry if stupid questions I’m a newbie
Any Bakers yeast should work and the cornflakes are only for flavour, the recipe uses added sugar to ferment.
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I'm planning the following recipe:

1KG kellogs cornflakes
2.5KG white sugar
1KG Malt Extract
1 tsp DAP
pinch epsom
citrus if needed to get ph to 4ish
50gm baker yeast

How does this sound?

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Rumblepants wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:36 am I'm planning the following recipe:

1KG kellogs cornflakes
2.5KG white sugar
1KG Malt Extract
1 tsp DAP
pinch epsom
citrus if needed to get ph to 4ish
50gm baker yeast

How does this sound?

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Don’t try to get the pH to 4-ish. The sugar ferment will do enough to lower the pH. Instead, a pH around 5.0 to 5.5 is better to start and your salts will do just fine to get you there unless your water is too hard.
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Don’t try to get the pH to 4-ish. The sugar ferment will do enough to lower the pH. Instead, a pH around 5.0 to 5.5 is better to start and your salts will do just fine to get you there unless your water is too hard.
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Thanks SS. 5 ish is what I usually do for the Teddys FFV that i've been doing so will stick with that.

Am putting two 30L fermenters with this on tomorrow. Gonna do a 1.5 pot run will post results.

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Fruit Squeezer wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:12 pm Trying to leave it on the shelf for a 1 or 2 year review, but it's irresistible to unscrew the lid, smell, and taste it every time I happen by the jars.

Guess I just have to make more!
I have this problem also...
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Rumblepants wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:28 am
Am putting two 30L fermenters with this on tomorrow. Gonna do a 1.5 pot run will post results.

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I'll be taste-testing cuts from my Kashi cereal 1.5 run tonight. It was inspired by this recipe & Rad's All-Bran.
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Started the wash just under 2 weeks ago; for whatever reason this one took much longer than the expected 5 day window. But I wasn't in a rush when there's 4-5 fermenters all bubbling away with something. I was able to do a spirit run and make cuts. Everything out of the condenser on still night tasted good until I hit almost 20% ABV trying to collect some feints. Set the cuts inside to breathe a bit under cover of napkins and last night went through the joy of blending. Fortunately it was easy to decide which jars of heads weren't going back in.

I wish I had done more volume similar to what I did with the UJSSM. But the final product that was blended has an excellent flavor with just a hint of cooked cereal. And unlike my UJSSM, this recipe doesn't leave a "licorice" flavor on the tip of my tongue. Many thanks Odin!
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Hi,

My first departure from a sugar wash. Ferment was a joy, separating the sludge less so... rereading the original post I was wondering if somebody could help me with Odin’s description
I stripped it slowly ...
To date with WPOSW I strip as fast as my boiler goes and then do my spirit run at about 12ml/min, what flow rate would be considered a ‘slow’ stripping run? Thanks for any pointers for a newbie

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You can convert cornflakes with enzyme or malt also..being flaked it does not have to be cooked for long periods before enzymes..
Bit expensive compared with feed corn though..
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I had 4 boxes of cornflakes that were getting close to expiring, so I mashed 'em with some 2-row barley at about 50/50 by weight. Maybe it's because I knew they started out as breakfast cereal, but fresh off the still, it smelled like Kellogg's. After being on wood for a bit, it's already smelling like it'll be pretty decent. Certainly better than wasting them. :)
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Distillusioned wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:19 pm… Certainly better than wasting them…
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Finished putting my 1st OCW thru the still. My neighbour drinks whiskey so he tasted it neat and said it is quite tasty. I added some whiskey essence to a bottle and he says it is ok. I’m going to age some on oak.
Thanks Odin, 2nd batch fermenting now 👍
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sounds like some good sugar shine
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