Mac's Bourbon Whiskey Knock Off (BWKO) Discussion

[CyBaThUg]

Malted from the hbs is 7 bucks a kilo

[aussiebrewer]

Got my cracked corn and wheat but thought the barley was a tad expensive $30 for 20 kg is that about right or not

$20 for 40kg or $18 for 25kg down in Tassie

20kg bag of barley is $14 hre in brissy, over capalaba produce. 40kg would be about $20 i would (as a guess) say as their price drops dramatically every measument you go up.

Cracked corn about $14 per 10kg or 20kg for $18. amazing

think they might do wheat, not sure didnt ask but they do not do rye, was the one i was after.

[CyBaThUg]

Yeah no help I'm in townsville

[CyBaThUg]

When u say u take half a litre out and replace do u replace with 1/4 corn 1/8 of wheat and 1/8 barley

[CyBaThUg]

I have just done my two first fermenters grains r sitting in the boiling water for a couple hours and stirred every so often I'll top up with cold water before bed

[CyBaThUg]

Wow was looking at the grain and thinking how could this taste good so I tasted it and wow can't wait for this to ferment out and run I see this as a stepping stone to attempting an ag wash :pray:

[CyBaThUg]

Just tasted the mash after three days of fermentation man it tastes good

[bluc]

Wait till you do 5gens of spirit. Is a top drop :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[CyBaThUg]

So stripped the first fermenter only cuz I'm using the bore to cool it and it doesn't get much use so I thought something might go wrong but nope all good got almost 4.5 litres stripped down to 20%

[CyBaThUg]

The fermenter is 25 litres

[bluc]

4.5l for 25l in boiler sounds spot on :handgestures-thumbupleft: 8-}

[CyBaThUg]

Sweet

[CyBaThUg]

About to ferment gen three losing my patience just want to drink it lol

[bluc]

Lol it gets like that i do 2.5 batch in a 60l fermenter as i only have a 25l boiler..

[CyBaThUg]

This may be a stupid question but my corn has bugs in it is this spoilt now or can I sift them out and keep using for further ferments

[bluc]

Cracked corn it will be fine

[CyBaThUg]

Ok haven't opened the barley or wheat yet

[warramungas]

This may be a stupid question but my corn has bugs in it is this spoilt now or can I sift them out and keep using for further ferments

Extra flavour!!
I put my corn in with 20 liters of boiling water. I do larger batches. Works fine. Not sure about trying to keep or add fresh corn to the yeast bed though.
I would add the corn with boiling water to kill everything then add fresh yeast.

[CyBaThUg]

I put the fresh grain in a separate bucket with the sugar add boiling water and once cooled add it in c how it goes I suppose

[OzzyChef]

How much flavour is retained with this run through a reflux? My pot isn't ready yet and I'm considering this as a precursor to ag runs when the pot still is complete.