Cornflakes Whiskey (CFW) chat thread

[Spar]

Thanks heaps. will give it a shot. Damn cheap to make using corn flakes!

[Zak Griffin]

Probably not as cheap as a UJ or BWKO if you have access to a feed store ;-)

[Spar]

I do have a pet food shop nearby. Not sure they have those things in stock and if they do likely going to only sell in 20kg or bigger so might not be worth whole going down that route. I do have chickens though and I'm sure they will be happy to take care of my leftovers.

[Spar]

Also on the front page of this thread it says 2 kg of corn flakes. On the other locked thread on the proven recipe thing it said 2 L of crushed corn flakes. Just wondering which one is correct.

[mattcoffs]

Hey guys I have a question.
I started making one of these but also want to do a UJSM. I'm currently fermenting 25L of this, but not sure if i should continue onto another generation or go straight to the UJ. Then I thought, could I do a second generation on this, but sort of switch to the UJ recipe, and combine them all once stripped? Or will this be just stupid? :))

[Teddysad]

Also on the front page of this thread it says 2 kg of corn flakes. On the other locked thread on the proven recipe thing it said 2 L of crushed corn flakes. Just wondering which one is correct.

That was for a 40 to 45l wash in a 50l fermenter

My rule of thumb is to use 450 to 500g for a 25l wash ( I make sure at least half is Kelloggs )
The problem with volume measurements is the degree of crush.

I crush that 450g pack - it still weighs the same

It is a very forgiving recipe and the difference is the corniness in the flavour varying by the amount used ( and the brand)

[RuddyCrazy]

yea got a cornflakes/vitaweet wash going this weekend

500 G's of cornflakes (one box)
400G's of vitaweets
4kg white sugar
about 400 G's of the wheat malt I made thrown in about 68C
EC1118 yeast bomb

Within 2 hours the airlock is ticking away in my fridge set to 26C

Be interesting to see how long this new yeast will take.

[Urrazeb]

Hey guys I have a question.
I started making one of these but also want to do a UJSM. I'm currently fermenting 25L of this, but not sure if i should continue onto another generation or go straight to the UJ. Then I thought, could I do a second generation on this, but sort of switch to the UJ recipe, and combine them all once stripped? Or will this be just stupid? :))

Nah mate not stupid, I have done that a fair bit. Bko is my standard, a lot of my mates like the uj so I usually run a few uj washes, remove some spent grain and add back wheat and barley :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[mattcoffs]

Hey guys I have a question.
I started making one of these but also want to do a UJSM. I'm currently fermenting 25L of this, but not sure if i should continue onto another generation or go straight to the UJ. Then I thought, could I do a second generation on this, but sort of switch to the UJ recipe, and combine them all once stripped? Or will this be just stupid? :))

Nah mate not stupid, I have done that a fair bit. Bko is my standard, a lot of my mates like the uj so I usually run a few uj washes, remove some spent grain and add back wheat and barley :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thanks you kindly :obscene-drinkingdrunk:

[Zak Griffin]

Just to clarify, I've gone back through my notes and it's 2 LITRES of whole cornflakes, which are then crushed :handgestures-thumbupleft: Obviously the volume is going to change depending on how crushed they are.

[kickarum]

Hi all
All the mates drink bourbon and seeing this seems to be the most straight forward I'm going to put down 90L of this tomorrow just checking to see if I have this right.
1.7 kg Kellogg's corn flakes
15 Kg sugar I'm assuming white
Can I use citric acid for lemon? If so how much?
9-10 Tablespoons baking yeast.
Hope this sounds about right.
Cheers Kicka.

[Zak Griffin]

Sounds about right :handgestures-thumbupleft: another box of cornflakes won't hurt though.

You can use citric acid, I never have so I don't know how much haha

[kickarum]

Ok Zac
Will use the extra corn flakes, is the lemon for PH? If so what PH are we chasing?
Thanks mate.

[Andy]

kickarum, most yeast like a ph of 5-5.5, lowans bakers has a large range, 4.5-6.0

has anyone tried this recipe with brown sugar and can compare with white?

[mattcoffs]

Spirit running 3 gens of low wines today :dance:

[Brendan]

Spirit running 3 gens of low wines today :dance:

That's the good stuff mate, enjoy :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Zak Griffin]

Low and slow mate, you'll be right :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[mattcoffs]

Low and slow mate, you'll be right :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Oh yeah, still drippin' 8-)

[Brendan]

Oh yeah, still drippin' 8-)

Dripping might be TOO slow... :think: You still want to pull good flavour through.

What size column are you running? (diameter)

[mattcoffs]

Oh yeah, still drippin' 8-)

Dripping might be TOO slow... :think: You still want to pull good flavour through.

What size column are you running? (diameter)

Outside's 50mm, 220mm high - packing's removed... T500 boiler attenuated to about 35%

Currently hovering between 80-81C