Hello everyone,
The plan is to make a chestnut spirit - which if I distill just before Christmas, will be nice and softened in time for next year's holiday season.
The store near me has sweet Italian and Spanish-sourced chestnuts - fresh, high quality - at $1.50/lb.
To produce enough mash to make a spirit, I will need about $13 worth! Not the cheapest mash material.
Chestnuts are roughly half fermentables by weight. They're also reasonably high in nitrogen and produce lots of lovely maillard flavors when roasted.
Fermentation will proceed with a neutral White Labs strain and starch converted using powdered amylase.
Watch this space for updates.
Chestnut Spirit!
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Chestnut Spirit!
The still is not a liar. Mash and ferment quality is 99.9% of your performance.