Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby WTDist » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:02 pm

u added malt, and then refluxed once or twice?
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby bluc » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:37 pm

Been wondering how a tin of caramalt would go added to this..
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby bugburner » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:13 pm

This is one I am going to try. Once my still is completed.
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby Dejay » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:16 pm

WTDist wrote:u added malt, and then refluxed once or twice?

Just once for what I put aside for the whiskey at a fast open tap drip rate. Then ran everything second distill on closed tap slow drip rate to get a Vodka. But unlike the Tomato paste wash, this has a real sweet flavor. Real nice with Dry ginger ale, soda or tonic. Coke is to sweet form me.

Drink the Whisky straight on the rocks.
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby WTDist » Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:28 am

Dejay wrote:Drink the Whisky straight on the rocks.


this is my aim eventually. a whiskey i can drink on its own with some ice and maybe a dash of water. i only say a dash of water after watching a distillery doco and they mentioned 40% numbs senses on the tongue and you cant taste it properly so you need to get it closer to 30%. might have been a whiskey or bourbon doco on youtube.
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby beardrinkshomebrew » Mon Mar 07, 2016 7:37 am

beardrinkshomebrew wrote:
10 - 12 kg sugar
40 weetbix
8 cups All Bran
100g bread yeast
2 teaspoons epsom salts
1.5 teaspoons citric acid
water to the 60lt mark



I will put 10kg sugar in it next time as the SG was 1090 with 12kgs sugar

after a week the SG was 1020 with alco rading 0%

after 2 weeks it was 980 with alco reading 6%

I did not bother with crushing the all-bran, just the weetbix with my hands and after 2 weeks there was stuff all sign of the all-bran on top of the fermenter and what there was were in pieces; so I suggest not to bother crushing the all-bran, it takes up drinking time :obscene-drinkingchug:
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby Sam. » Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:29 am

Alcometer won't work in your wash mate only once it's been through the still.

Stick to your hydrometer for the wash :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby beardrinkshomebrew » Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:52 am

Sam. wrote:Alcometer won't work in your wash mate only once it's been through the still.

Stick to your hydrometer for the wash :handgestures-thumbupleft:


thank you for the heads up Sam :handgestures-thumbupleft:

there is always something to learn :happy-partydance:
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby nambuat » Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:59 am

Hi guys,
With regard to the Easy Weetbix/All Bran Recipe: What is the purpose of the Epsom Salts? Is there a suitable substitute for Epsom Salts? (I don't have any atm) :think: I'm really enjoying the forum with all the hints and tips from you guys.
Cheers nambuat
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby scythe » Sat Mar 12, 2016 12:16 pm

Yeast nutrient?
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby beardrinkshomebrew » Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:11 pm

10kg sugar (I used 12kgs this wash, it gave an SG of 1090)

40 weetbix

8 cups All Bran

100g bread yeast

2 teaspoons epsom salts

1.5 teaspoons citric acid

water to the 60lt mark



I left this for 2 weeks in the fermenter until the SG reached 990, I then removed the heat & left it for 4 days to settle, then I got my long spoon & moved the junk from around the tap & left it for another 3 days to clear. I then took 4 days to do the stripping run (as I have an air still) & only took one day to do the spirit run


stripping run

use the boil enhancers & a capful of conditioner or a drop of olive oil

I got 1200ml when I did the stripping run from 4lts & the alcohol is ~40% ABV



spirit run

no need for boil enhancers or conditioner or olive oil in the spirit run

place 6 x 600ml bottles in the distiller & fill to the full mark with water, this gives ~30%

turn on the distiller & wait an hour

the first 50ml is foreshots, throw away

the next 250ml keep for heads run

collect 1500mls, that is a mixture of hearts & some tails, it will be ~70% ABV

the next 100ml the ABV was 40%, but the smell was going off, so I did not include it



I collected less in the stripping run than when I used TPW, but, I collected more in the spirit run than when I used TPW; and I don’t have to carbon filter this :) so this wash has won me; any wash is better than Turdbo. mix this 50- 50 with water for 40% ABV
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby Professor Green » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:31 pm

Finally got around to a neutral spirit run on some WBAB low wines I ran at the end of last year. Had about 22 litres @ 62% so ran it in two parts watered down to 40% through the MacBoka with an extra 300mm of packing and the T500 boiler switched down to 1200W once it came up to temp. Pulled 95% at a little over 1.5 litres per hour on both runs. Not only does this make a great whisky but I have to say I prefer this over TPW for neutral too. Has a much better mouth feel than TPW and even though it is neutral it has the slightest hint of grain flavour (although I could be imagining that since I know what it was made with!)

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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby WTDist » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:38 pm

yea i agree. on single run its a vodkarish whisky which isnt bad. double runs are obviously better
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby Undertaker » Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:08 pm

$50 per box!
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/31911537/ch ... eal/#page1
I hope this doesnt affect the supply of weetbix here is Oz!

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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby Dig Brinker » Sat Jun 25, 2016 6:03 am

Let's just hope the Chinese don't take a liking to our sugar or Lowan's yeast :scared-eek:
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby warramungas » Sat Jun 25, 2016 6:14 am

Just get the black and gold stuff if they're outa weetbix. Made from eggackery the same stuff.
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby Horn_Bee » Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:40 pm

So I'm planning to throw a batch of WBAB on this weekend. If I scale the original recipe up by 19% to suit a 25L wash I get the following measurements:

3.5 cups of weet bix (~14 weet bix)
3.5 cups of all bran
90g yeast
water up to 25L

going off these ratios it would also give me 6kg of sugar, but that seems like a lot compared to other 25L washes I have done so far? Should I just up-size everything else and leave the 5kg of sugar?

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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby TasSpirits » Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:47 pm

Horn_Bee wrote:So I'm planning to throw a batch of WBAB on this weekend. If I scale the original recipe up by 19% to suit a 25L wash I get the following measurements:

3.5 cups of weet bix (~14 weet bix)
3.5 cups of all bran
90g yeast
water up to 25L

going off these ratios it would also give me 6kg of sugar, but that seems like a lot compared to other 25L washes I have done so far? Should I just up-size everything else and leave the 5kg of sugar?

Mick

Go with 5kg no point in stressing your yeast :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby Horn_Bee » Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:04 pm

TasSpirits wrote:Go with 5kg no point in stressing your yeast :handgestures-thumbupleft:


I suspected as much, cheers Tas! :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion

Postby Horn_Bee » Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:20 pm

Just threw a 25L batch on this morning. If the final spirit tastes half as good as the fresh wash smells I'm sold! Now I have a craving for breakfast...

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