Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

[WTDist]

It has a good rap for vodka but i haven't done a pot strip then reflux yet but will soon as i have 2 waiting for when i finish my shotgun mod. I too am drinking TPW as vodka ATM with a double reflux but want to move to WBABW more if it works out well. Last time i tried the TPW tainted my packing before i ran my WBABW and ruined my WBABW

[Mad]

it's pretty damn clean tasting running it that way. but yeah as i said misses aint sold on it as a straight out neutral. WBABW can I be really lazy and just crush up some weetbix in hot water along with the sugar then top it up with cool water like i would with a TPW? the whole boiling on the stove etc is just killing the idea for me

[WTDist]

last lot i did i just added it in with the sugar in the fermenter with hot water for the sugar to disolve. i dont boil it but i use a stick blender though. I even used only 25 grams of bakers yeast rehydrated. you can see it here the one im talking about

[Mad]

ok good to know theres easy options. thanks

[Teddysad]

the whole boiling on the stove etc is just killing the idea for me

It depends on your time frame.

I find that 30 to 40 mins boiling (or at least simmering) make a huge difference in the ferment time 4 days vs a week or more with a much more vigorous ferment

[WTDist]

Isnt it already cooked though? it goes mushy when in water so i figure if i break it up enough blending then this would be good

[Sam.]

Try it and see for yourself if it makes a difference - it does for me!

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[WTDist]

If i add 6L of backset to the next 25L wash do i still need the 1 teaspoon of citric acid??

[P3T3rPan]

Isnt it already cooked though? it goes mushy when in water so i figure if i break it up enough blending then this would be good

I have never cooked other than to use hot backset and a drill

[WTDist]

Thats what i did this time, 6L to melt sugar and soak the weetbix for a while. just not sure if i should add citric acid though as ive read that backseat can be acidic?

[Sam.]

The backset will be plenty acidic I wouldn't worry about the citric.

Just be careful with backset if you use too much it can cause stuck ferments when the PH gets too low :-B

[WTDist]

Cool thx sam. how do you raise ph if it gets too low?

im only trialing this one

[Sam.]

Calcium carbonate is one of the better ones, bicarb works but can give funky flavours there is a whole thread on it somewhere....

[OCMonkey]

So I've put one down, but didn't have all bran, but had some milo cereal spare, used think 3 1/2 cups of it, and only had 2 1/2kg white sugar, and 2 1/2kg raw sugar so did half n half on the sugar, and added for good measure 2 cups of milo from the tin.

and pitched the yeast with 100g bloodwood honey (real nice honey from a local bee farmer, also candies real nice after being left in the fridge for a bit)

will let know how it goes, especially as it will be going through an airstill :/

[WalterWhite]

Just put down my first ever batch of WBAB.
put down 3 x 25L with a SG of 1.080.

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[WTDist]

Hows the room smell :-D
Try puting a hose on the end of your airlock and out the window or something. Its how i ferment inside with no smell :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[WalterWhite]

It's normally pretty stinky with the TPWs. Not sure what it will be like with this one.
Need to go get another airlock for the third fermenter. If the smell is too bad I will look at the hose option but I don't use the room for anything else and keep the door shut :)
The bottles/jars are low wines of TPW ready for a spirit run on Sunday :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[P3T3rPan]

Thats what i did this time, 6L to melt sugar and soak the weetbix for a while. just not sure if i should add citric acid though as ive read that backseat can be acidic?

Only use just enough to melt the sugar.
I am on gen 14 no probs

[stattonb]

i know im new but i tweak this abit as i like to experiment lol might turn out shit might not
5kg sugar
3 cups weatbix
3 cups natural brand
500g malt extract
1.5 ts epsom salt
1 ts citris acid
85grams bakers yeast

[WTDist]

go for it, all mine are approx. last one i did was whole box of WB in 50L with 9kg sugar and 120g rehydrated yeast and there is a high sediment :laughing-rolling: i wont use that much again but might taste nice :think:

eager to hear how the malt goes