Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Been making wiskey mash and its taking way too long long to strain at the end before yeast pitching would like to hear everyone elses ideas.
Im using a coarse mash bag bit by bit followed by a fine mash bag also tried pillow case . Shade cloth

Bayshine bought a grape press, haven't heard if he has used it yet but I reckon it would be the way to go, and is what I am going to do. Look on YouTube lots of ideas for diy apple presses which would do the job, if you don't want to shell out a big chunk of change for a ready made one :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Sounds like othet than a press long winded bags are it

Invest in some large diameter msesh sieves that are stackable.
Unless you want to squeze all the liquid out a press is not for you, they can be quite expensive.

How far should i go with straining ive herd pillow cases but that takes too long or is a mash bag strained enough

Hey mate...

Are you talking about straining as to get all the solids out? Or are you more talking about straining/squeezing the liquid from them?

I use paint strainer bags 20 liters but find that if you invert and wash out under running water the small particals clog up the bag and stop from draining do in batches.

Are we talking corn or malt barley here?

How fine is the crack? I just strain my malted barley in a biab from HBS store takes F all. Are you talking Corn?

Im getting corn up to 90 then holding 1 hour.down to 76 add rye hold 20mins drop to 67 add barly malt about 20mins then im straining

Medium milled maze same for rye and barly
For 25 ltr mash

Straining all in one

Have you tested for starch conversion? 20mins seems to short a rest.

Havent as yet only on my third one.
My mumbers are 1.075 and 1.023 . Just pitched another one today that started at 1.055 .

Mate it's heaps easier to ferment on the grain(and you will get better conversion ) then strain after its fermented as its not so sludgy :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Ive been thinking about it would you be able to suggest agood ferment on grain recipe

Brendon has two recipes on all grain bourbon in the mash tun section and recipe development section and mountain moonshiner has another in the tried and proven section, give em a go :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Cheers ill check it out

Do you have any animals that can eat the spent mash they where taking the mash from a craft brewery and feeding to lambs. Its only wasted if getting dumped using a bit more grain may be better then trying to get every little bit out.

could always try sugar head with spent grain also, even if just for vodka would still be a good neutral coming from grain