I am embarking on my first Whiskey Mash. Now my background is that i have been a Beer Brewer for about 9 Years now. I jumped in with All Grain Beer from the Start and never used DME ever.
So i used Beersmith to calculate What i think is the correct Wash recipy for what i want to acheave. However my Question is this, for the Masters on this forum.
Shoudl I miss my OG of 1.075 when and How do I add the DME to the wash. Apologies if its a Noob Quesiton but i did a search online and could not find a answeer to this question.
Welcome to home distiller Mot, your beer brewing experience will help you a little here, but there are many things you will need to learn from scratch. Distilling seems simple until you realize that the more you learn the more you understand that don't know.
Please keep this area of the forum for your introduction and welcome.
Please ask any future questions in the appropriate area of the forum.
Mot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:50 pm
Good day to All
I am embarking on my first Whiskey Mash. Now my background is that i have been a Beer Brewer for about 9 Years now. I jumped in with All Grain Beer from the Start and never used DME ever.
So i used Beersmith to calculate What i think is the correct Wash recipy for what i want to acheave. However my Question is this, for the Masters on this forum.
Shoudl I miss my OG of 1.075 when and How do I add the DME to the wash. Apologies if its a Noob Quesiton but i did a search online and could not find a answeer to this question.
Hi, if I understand correctly you want to reach an OG of 1075, if you want to add some extract I would say immediately after filtering your wort (post-sparging). Consider using what your grains give you without adding anything, trying to optimize the process. As distillers there are many different things than homebrewing .
I use Beer Smith to build recipes as well , but, I use gravity measurements mostly as a guide to ensure I'm within the range of making a fermentable mash. I will probably have individuals disagree with me on my perspective but here's my thought...
I suppose you can add DME if you want, but I suppose I'm missing the why part. Unlike beer, where your final product is basically complete after fermentation target OG and FG makes sense. Outside of ensuring that a mash is within the fermentable range OG and FG don't hold alot of value with me other than to get an idea of how much alcohol my batch can potentially yield as I'm not consuming the mash, but the alcohol distilled from that mash.
Mot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:50 pm
Shoudl I miss my OG of 1.075 when and How do I add the DME to the wash.
You can add DME to your wort also at the beginning of the fermentation or during the fermentation. DME will dissolve into your wort by itself, you don't need to prepare a syrup.
Incidentally, late additions of DME are common in the homebrewing world also.
Saltbush Bill wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:08 am
Welcome to home distiller Mot, your beer brewing experience will help you a little here, but there are many things you will need to learn from scratch. Distilling seems simple until you realize that the more you learn the more you understand that don't know.
Please keep this area of the forum for your introduction and welcome.
Please ask any future questions in the appropriate area of the forum.
Apologies for the Noob mistake. Thought it was the correct section for this question - thanks for helping
Mot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:50 pm
Shoudl I miss my OG of 1.075 when and How do I add the DME to the wash.
You can add DME to your wort also at the beginning of the fermentation or during the fermentation. DME will dissolve into your wort by itself, you don't need to prepare a syrup.
Incidentally, late additions of DME are common in the homebrewing world also.
