Cornflakes Whiskey (CFW) chat thread

[Canadoz]

I have found that brand name cornflakes give better flavors in this wash than the no brand ones.
great write up of the recipe :handgestures-thumbupleft:
I have done a few batches of this and its very drinkable as whitedog, but I mainly used it for making blended bourbon whisky if there's such a thing.

I also found that a lower starting SG gave a more concentrated flavor in the end product, probably due to the lesser volume of alcohol, the available flavor doesn't get spread as thinly.
I liked the flavor at a 1.6 starting SG, if the flavor came out too strong one could always dilute it with some good Neutral (which I highly recommend keeping on hand for a myriad of uses)

Initially in my washes I was usually aiming for around 1.08 SG, not realising this.

[Zak Griffin]

Good to see plenty of people having success with this wash :) as a relatively new player in this distilling game, I'm amazed that something so tasty can be made out of stuff from the local supermarket :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[MacStill]

Good to see plenty of people having success with this wash :) as a relatively new player in this distilling game, I'm amazed that something so tasty can be made out of stuff from the local supermarket :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Does everyone agree this is tested enough to be moved to tried & proven ?

[Bushy]

I havn't tried it yet :teasing-neener:
But everyone who has tried it seems to like it. And it would make it easy to find.
Yeah, go on. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[kiwikeg]

:text-+1: I think its worthy of that distinction.

[Smbjk]

Good to see plenty of people having success with this wash :) as a relatively new player in this distilling game, I'm amazed that something so tasty can be made out of stuff from the local supermarket :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Does everyone agree this is tested enough to be moved to tried & proven ?

Yep :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[MacStill]

How bout we get Zak to write it up again (perhaps refined) so we can put a clean thread in the TNP section, then rename this as the development thread leaving it here to continue discussions ?

I've never tried the recipe myself, so you lot decide.... but it is nice to have clean info threads to point people to :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Beerfridge]

mine is still in the fermenter, it smells bloody great i took it out of the fridge as the weather this week wasn't too bad .

walk into the house that's been closed up all-day and it just hits ya in the nose like a pooh bat but smells better :)

:-B

[casamayor]

Hello, i've tried this recipe following the instruction of Odin in other forum, i've put something more in the mash 1kg of rye bread, the result is awesome!

[Zak Griffin]

Cheers for letting it go Tried and Proven, Mac :handgestures-thumbupleft: and thanks to everyone else who is having a crack at this recipe, please let us know how you're going with it :D

[mymumsaidimcool]

Just got the flakes all crushed and mashed today,

looking a little like puke while in the pot haha

yet to start fermenting - ive done only half the recipe

1kg flakes
3.6kg sugar (cbf taking out the 100g to make even 3.5)
23l water.

gonna add the yeast as soon as the temp sits at about 25.

will let you know when it's all done and run ;)

[1 2many]

Good job Zak on the tried and proven (CFW) got a feeling this thread will boom.Cheers :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[brudda]

Hi Zac, excellent recipe! Would it be easy enough to use cracked corn from the feed barn in place of Cornflakes, I can get a big bag at good price, and just boil it up as per your recipe, or is that getting into mashing and the like which is a bit more complex?

[Bushy]

Hi Zac, excellent recipe! Would it be easy enough to use cracked corn from the feed barn in place of Cornflakes, I can get a big bag at good price, and just boil it up as per your recipe, or is that getting into mashing and the like which is a bit more complex?

This thread is devoted to Cornflake Whisky. With your big bag of corn you can do a lot of other things. But you can't make cornflake whisky with it.
What you can do is make another tried and true recipe called Macs BWKO http://www.aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=6
or you could just use corn and make an Uncle Jessies, which is also very tried and proven. But, look around mate, corn aint cornflakes.

[MacStill]

You are kinda missing the point mate. This thread is devoted to Cornflake Whisky. With your big bag of corn you can do a lot of other things. But you can't make cornflake whisky with it.

Could soak it for a few days then throw the bag under a 14T drum roller, yeh! that'd work for corn flakes :teasing-tease:

[bt1]

I had always thought the corn had to be steamed then rolled then toasted to make corn flakes

...now that's a bloody complicated drum roller design... Coates hire u reckon? :D

bt1

[Teddysad]

You have to take into account that cornflakes do have added sugar as part of the manufacturing process.

This will certainly have an effect in the fermentation - the same is not the case in stright corn

[Zak Griffin]

Cornflakes also have vitamins added, which also help in fermentation...

[kiwikeg]

And cornflakes has added malt which aids to the flavour...

[Milky]

And cornflakes are made of Corn.... Take that into account...