Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Well guy time to start planning on a grain bill for this double boiler, now i am thinking a 50 % barley malt with 30% wheat and 20% rye should make for a nice mouth feel bourbon. Basically do 4 strip runs over a month then do a do spirit run using a inline thumper and 4 plates. Then keep going until the barrel is filled then start again

Regards Bryan

Sounds like it will be a great drop mate but I don’t have think it’ll taste to much like bourbon unless it has at least 50% corn in it :think:

Thanks 'Bayline good to stood corrected now the whole point here is to see what all the guys are doing thats if they want to coff up their recipe for certain drops

bayshine wrote:Sounds like it will be a great drop mate but I don’t have think it’ll taste to much like bourbon unless it has at least 50% corn in it :think:

Hah, beat me to it!

I haven’t experimented too much with grain bills as yet, although just in the process of stepping into AGs!

I am focusing on Barley, for now and will play with wheat/Rye/corn a little down the road of discovery. My fermenting schedule is a little haphazzard at the moment so not getting in as much experience as I would like...

Want to try an all wheat, an all Millet whisky and then experiment with rye in the mix! But I like that you started this thread, let’s hope more will have an input...

Here is what I'm thinking of massng this weekend:
3.5 kg Heavy peated Malt
4.5 kg 2-Row Malted
3.5 Kg Malted Rye

40 liters of water

If you havent done much AG beer, just stay simple. You can get a bag of reasonable pilsner or pale malt for around 50 to 60 bucks. Start adding more expensive stuff to it once you understand your equipment and how to get the best out of it.

Corn Bryan. Mash some corn.

Going to do 10kg pale ale 8kg heavy peat 1kg chocolate malt. Aiming for 60l wort..

Bushy wrote:Corn Bryan. Mash some corn.

Hehe, yep if your talking bourbon like the op, you can't go past bushys sage advice :handgestures-thumbupleft:

The rye version of this it's my staple, although the wheat is good too. -

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8.5 kg cracked corn
2kg rye malt
2kg 2row barley malt
Slngle step mash.. cant go wrong.

I have done 2 succseful mashs both experimental
. First one was medium peat with choc

10kg barret burston pale ale
6kg briess peat 2 row distillers malt
1kg medium bairds choc malt
Second is
10kg barrett burstone pale ale
4kg briess peated 2 row distillers malt
Innoculated second today have high hopes for choc one especcially. Once my fermenter is free i will be doing
8kg corn
3kg pale ale
3kg wheat malt :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Tastes great