Heffers if your interested in going all-grain trying for scotch it's much easier than you think,
i all-grain brew beer and have just ordered some more malted grain to try all-grain scotch and bourban.
i intend to mix the malted grain and unmalted corn, rice and barley to "extend" the malted grain. The enzemyes in the malted stuff will convert the extra grains.
the basic principle is to heat some water to about 65' C and soak your grain mix in it for about 1hr (or 1.5hrs etc) the trick is to ensure the water stays at that temp (or very close) the whole time. if you have a big esky, with a bung that can be your mash turn.
adding the peat smoke might be as easy as smoking some unmalted grain in a BBQ or weber, you just need to get the peat.
great brisbane local malted grain supplier is craftbrewer
http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/defa ... sPageSize=here is a "smoked malt"
http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=809a possible unmalted barley filler might be
http://berniesproduce.com/index.php?mai ... ucts_id=33based on buying in bulk the grain will work out to about $1.50 a kilo (real malted grains start about $2kg in bulk)
http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=869I have some malt i was going to do an experimental batch tomorrow night, i can do about 15L of all-grain "wash" on the stove upstairs :)
if you have time Google BIAB brew in a bag
http://www.biabrewer.info/ a very simple and cheap method to go all grain.
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