Peanut Butter Whiskey

[Bushman]

Saw this on the ADI email news so went to the article. Not sure how they mixed the two but sounds interesting.
Peanut Butter Whiskey

[cayars]

Nice post Bushman,

I bet that has a unique flavor that would compliment whiskey pretty well if not overly peanut. Sort of a less is more type thing.

I wonder how they did this as well.
Possibly using peanut oil. Home use might be able to get some oil off heated PB?

If they use the oil, I wonder if they added it to the ferment, added some oil to a strip run or spirit run?

Maybe they just used a PB flavoring like this and mixed it directly with the distillate.
https://labelpeelers.com/beer-making/fl ... 6UQAvD_BwE

Anyone want to add a jar of Skippy to their next ferment?

[cayars]

OK I gotta say after just posting that, I just grabbed a jar of PB, got a small finger sample and put it in my mouth then took a drink of whiskey and swished it around in my mouth and got to say it was overly PB but complimented each other very well. The BP just melted in my mouth.

Tried a much smaller PB finger sample with another sip and Mmm, wow, it's good.

[Bushman]

I guess that’s why they won the double gold. I am guessing we might have people experimenting here on the forum. The last one that people were craving about here was the bacon whiskey. I tried the recipe on the forum and I did not like it at all but this one sounds good to me as well.

[jog666]

Thats almost wrong but I would give it a try for sure.

Anyone want to add a jar of Skippy to their next ferment?

Its jiff around this house but willing to try it one day.


Or throw all your nuts in & buy a 35# bucket of it online.

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[NZChris]

They might have borrowed the idea from Flatwoods. viewtopic.php?t=53874

It's been on my list, but I'd forgotten about it. Run roasted, lightly broken, nuts in some heart cut the same as you would for any nut liquor, then age it or blend it.

[cayars]

It's been on my list, but I'd forgotten about it. Run roasted, lightly broken, nuts in some heart cut the same as you would for any nut liquor, then age it or blend it.

I take it you mean to start with peanuts vs PB correct?
Chris can you elaborate on what you mean above quoted section? I've never attempted or even read much on any nut liquor so it's new to me and I'm intrigued.

Thanks,
Carlo

[StillerBoy]

There's an old member of HD up my way who add a one kilo jar of smooth peanut butter to a 5 gal of neutral low wine.. haven't been by his place lately to sample it.. nor have I explored how it is run in the boiler, all I know is boiler is electric powered.. and if I'm not mistaken, he has done it with rum low wine also..

Mars

[cayars]

Neutral low wine?
What is he making as the finished product?

I've just started a stripping run of a bourbon mash right now and have a jar of PB at hand.

Just mix the jar of PB with the low wines?
Anything you can think of or suggest before I screw up a batch of potential Bourbon? LOL

[StillerBoy]

What is he making as the finished product?

This was a few months back when I visited him, he pointed that out to me.. I asked a few questions, but nothing in detail.. all I know what the amount in 5 gal low wine and run it.. made 95, and drinks it with coke.. the same as with his rum, 95 and reduced with coke.. and his reduction rate like 3 - 1..

What I know of his process is that he uses a 7 gal boiler and always runs 5 gal batches.. so from that, I would conclude that he devolves the PB in the low wine, dumps it in the boiler and warm it some to make sure it is desolved, and I know he does not rush the heat from what he as told me.. and that was stated over some other conversations, his boiler has a 5500 watt element and it take about an hour to come up to temp.. so that would equate about quarter power or a little less.. I have the same size boiler as he has, and 5 gal of 40% low wine takes about 10 min at full power, so to come to production in about an hr, , he would be using about 1500 watts..

He drinks mainly rum done at 95, but he was telling me that he was developing a taste for PB neutral..

That all I can relate to you..

Mars

[cayars]

OK that's a help.
What I'm stripping right now is a 65% corn, 15% rye, 20% malted barley mash or semi-typical bourbon mash a little high on the barley.
After I strip it down I'll start with 1/4 jar of PB and see how it blends and tastes and then maybe 1/2 jar, etc.
Might go on the light side to start with first run to get an idea how it distills out or if it causes any issues. Then do another with more PB, etc
It's going to be a pot still run without a thumper this run using a 5 gallon boiler so about 3.5 gallons or so for the spirit runs.

I've got two 44 gallon brutes with this mesh so about 75 to 80 gallons of ferment to play with.

[Irishgnome]

I’ve been playing around with making A scotch with some nut accents to it. Along the way, I noticed that DWWG is pretty good with powdered peanut butter added and the strained after a day or two.
Link:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=72241

Cheers
Irish.

[Bushman]

I’ve been playing around with making A scotch with some nut accents to it. Along the way, I noticed that DWWG is pretty good with powdered peanut butter added and the strained after a day or two.
Link:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=72241

Cheers
Irish.

I’ve never heard of powdered peanut butter, I will have to Google it as that might be an interesting alternative.

[Irishgnome]

You can find it by the peanut butter at almost any grocery store. I’ve found it at Target, Walmart and evening Costco. Walmart has a generic that’s not bad. The flavor transfers over almost instantly. I have noticed that a day of macerating is enough. Add a little honey and some burnt sugar as well.
Great with DWWG and HBB!
Cheers

[Bushman]

Going to buy a bottle of the skrewball whiskey and if it’s good I will try to duplicate it or a good variation. I can see where it can become overwhelming so finding the right adjustment will take some time I am guessing. If you go to the skrewball website they have some mixed drink menu’s that sound interesting.

[NZChris]

I can see where it can become overwhelming so finding the right adjustment will take some time I am guessing.

I'm guessing it's easy, but I have only done hazelnuts. Peanuts had dropped off my radar, but they are back on again now.

Roast your peanuts, don't burn them.

Get rid of the skins.

Do the peanut run with heart cut white dog whiskey so that you're not having to chuck a lot of your flavor out with the heads and tails.

Use enough roasted peanuts to make an essence strength likker.

Blend with aged whiskey to get the flavor intensity/balance that you want.

[SaltyStaves]

Going to buy a bottle of the skrewball whiskey and if it’s good I will try to duplicate it or a good variation.

I strongly suspect its closer to a liqueur than whiskey. Low proof, Caramel colouring and sugar on top of an undisclosed distillate that may not have ever seen a barrel...
Still interesting and I'm sure you can do better.

[DSmith78]

I made a peanut butter whiskey a while back using the fat washing technique. Brought over a while lot of flavour!

[Tummydoc]

I bought a fifth of screwball, Wayyyy too sweet straight. But 1/4 oz added to 1.5 oz of Basil Hayden is outstanding. I have seen peanut butter flavored syrup for italian soda (Toscano brand?) and screwball tastes like they just blended the syrup with whiskey. If I can find the syrup I'll give it a try. I've used their lemongrass basil syrup to back sweeten cider and it was great.

[cayars]

Any chance you meant "Torani Peanut Butter Flavoring Syrup"?
https://shop.torani.com/peanut-butter-s ... syrups@nut

I see it on Amazon and few different websites including Walmart.

[Tummydoc]

Any chance you meant "Torani Peanut Butter Flavoring Syrup"?
https://shop.torani.com/peanut-butter-s ... syrups@nut

I see it on Amazon and few different websites including Walmart.

Oops, yup Torani!! Thanks cayars.

[cayars]

I was excited my local grocery store had it listed on their website. Got to the store and couldn't find it. Asked and no longer carried.
Didn't have anything similar either.

Now that you confirmed that's the one, I'll order it online for some experimentation.

[Bushman]

If you have a Cash & Carry store in your area they usually stock a whole isle of flavored syrups.

[Tummydoc]

Yes, I get those syrups at Cash and Carry. The best cider was Ginger-lemongrass syrup for back sweetening. Have also used Bourbon caramel in cider. I have mistakenly tried the sugar free syrups in distillate to keep the calories down, but it was a unpalatable. Go with the calories and enjoy!

[cayars]

You guys are luck with Cash & Carry. I've got a small Shoprite and a much small ALDI store near me and that's it for 30 minute ride. I'm probably lucky to find peanut butter.

[Bushman]

Bought a bottle of Screwball whiskey yesterday at BevMo’s. Haven’t tasted it yet as I had a large meal last night and it just didn’t sound good but will have one later this afternoon. On a side note I ran into a person while shopping and she said it was really smooth so looking forward to tasting it.

[Odin]

How many grams of peanut butter powder per liter of 40% neutral? Just ordered some and wanna make some for the family in law.

Regards, Odin.

[Bushman]

You can definitely taste the peanut butter but it is not as over powering as I thought it would be. It’s a decent drink but at $35.00 I probably won’t buy it again.

[SaltyStaves]

You can definitely taste the peanut butter but it is not as over powering as I thought it would be. It’s a decent drink but at $35.00 I probably won’t buy it again.

I haven't seen a bottle, but I believe it states on it that it contains nuts? It would at least indicate its not an artificial peanut additive.

A hydrometer reading would be interesting. Might give an indication how much additional sugar is in it.

[Tummydoc]

It does say contains peanuts