malt barley or malt wheat mash

[marbaker]

Hi folks
just another quick question can you make vodka just by using malted barley or malted wheat instead of sugar, iv read the forum regarding a whiskey mash. as I have got a friend who owns a micro brewery and he can get me as much malt as I want very cheap, all I want to produce is neat alcohol so I can add flavour as I only have a T500 still. thanks mark

[res]

Hi folks
just another quick question can you make vodka just by using malted barley or malted wheat instead of sugar, iv read the forum regarding a whiskey mash. as I have got a friend who owns a micro brewery and he can get me as much malt as I want very cheap, all I want to produce is neat alcohol so I can add flavour as I only have a T500 still. thanks mark

Sure you can, probably be pretty good too. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

A lot of commercial vodka Is made that way. It just needs the extra step of mashing to turn the starch into sugar.
Your a lucky man, have at it.

[marbaker]

thanks res is there a link on here on how to make the mash with just malted barley and malted wheat thanks mark

[res]

thanks res is there a link on here on how to make the mash with just malted barley and malted wheat thanks mark

I'm at work at the mo but it's pretty straight forward. I'll have a hunt tomorrow if I strick out. :D

[marbaker]

thanks res

[halfbaked]

It work great and be easy. Its a shame to strip all that goodness out. I like wheat better than barley.

[marbaker]

thanks again res I no its a shame to waste all the flavours out of the grain but like I said I only have a t500 and the malt wont cost me anything I get it free from a friend I just want to now how to mash it and ferment it so I can put it in the still. thanks mark

[marbaker]

hi can someone point me in the right direction on how to do a 25 ltr mash with just malt wheat or malt barley only. the only still I have is a t500 and im just after doing a vodka only with just the wheat or barley or even both. thank you .. mark

[Zak Griffin]

Build a pot still head for your boiler and put those grains to good use making whiskey/whisky.

Making AG vodka seems like a huge waste of time and effort to me...

[marbaker]

thanks for the reply zak my friend I wouldn't have a clue on making a pot still head that's why I just do the simple things all I want is how to make a mash out of the malted wheat and barley of which I get for free, so I can make neat alcohol. thanks mark

[Zak Griffin]

I'm assuming you've already got all of the gear you need to make an all grain mash?

[Kimbo]

Hi Mark, Great to hear from you :handgestures-thumbupleft:
have a look at the link below, its the simplest read I could find ;-)

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3572#p59823

Let us know how you get on :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[res]

Great link kimbo, probably would have taken me forever to find that. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Marbaker that should sort you out pretty well. I will add my voice to the chorus of get a pot or better yet a bubbler still for sure. But in the mean time learning good mashing techniques will be of great benefit in whatever direction you take this hobby.
Happy mashing :greetings-waveyellow:

[Andy]

good luck with this adventure!
the mouth feel of an all grain vodka will be very different to a TPW vodka

[marbaker]

Thanks Andy, Res, and Kimbo for all the info and the link much appreciated I will let you all no how I get on with my first mash when I receive my new mash tun.
I am so looking forward to it can't wait thanks again mark :happy-partydance: :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Hill]

Marbarker are you in perth? I do a day on brewing at a HBS every 2 months, the next 1 is this Saturday coming if you wanted to come see a mash done. As for vodka Id look at mashing 60% malted wheat 40% pilsner malt 90min mash 62deg I use 22kg of grain in an 80L mash tun and just use the first runnings to give me 40l at about 1080. Once you get the mash done and into a fermenter cooled I'd use something like a S23 German larger yeast at 12deg or a us05 at about 16deg.
I'm not sure it's really worth it with your still but knock your socks off mate.

[wynnum1]

Be careful how much is diverted from the micro brewery as they may think that beer is being produced and not accounted for .

[MacStill]

Be careful how much is diverted from the micro brewery as they may think that beer is being produced and not accounted for .

I dont think you'd be able to run enough for personal use through a T500 to raise any suspicion 8-}

[sp0rk]

Talking to some micro owners lately and the logs need to be very accurate
I reckon your mate would get caught...

[MacStill]

I'd say they have allowance for loss, how much grain each week would you need to do a mash for a 25L boiler 8-}

must be nearly time for the tin foil hats and cargo netting again :laughing-rolling:

oh yeh, marbaker aint in Australia either :teasing-tease: