Traditional Appalachian Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey Discussion

[tickle]

I ran it at 85abv, plenty of flavor.

[Vatoe]

Ok thanks. That was I had in mind to aim for mid to late 80's. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[TheMechwarrior]

I just wanted to thank-you for your post ^:)^

I started buying my ingredients today for your shine while I'm in limbo for some parts for my twin column VM still project (arriving mid next week now).
The cracked corn was easy enough, rye in that quantity will be interesting as I've never looked before. As for the ground barley malt we have 9 legal distilleries down here and I know they have no shortage of it so it's clearly available, just need to find the source.

So...my next job will be to get me a 200L fermenter! Anyone got any suggestions for something cheap? I'm in Tassie, a 200L HDPE drum+lid would be ideal if I knew where to source one.

Cheers,

Mech.

EDIT: it turns out I have 2 x 200L HDPE drums...I was using them as legs for a bench!
I'll just need to make some mods as they only have the 2 x openings at the top.

[MtnMoonshiner]

Those are exactly what I was going to recommend. Glad you had a couple laying around! Hope you enjoy the shine

[halfbaked]

Mec take you a 5 gal bucket and cut it down to where the lip is (around 8 inches from top). Cut a hole in your drum and slide bucket down in it and use some food grade silicone to hold it down and then 4 stainless bolts if your bucket allows for it.

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http://www.homefronthomes.com/rain_wate ... system.htm

Glad to see you back Mtn

[saponi]

Great post mtn saponi

[Clubby677]

Great post and an interesting read, not normally a reader but read every word on this one and will get a couple of basic ones under the belt and this is top of the list thanks to all for the comments asking the questions so I don't have to ? :obscene-drinkingchug: Cheers

[Linny]

This is seriously my goto recipe for bourbon ,,,, ive tried , uj, Mtm moon, even different grain bills for different distilleries,,,,, I put forward that EVERYONE needs to make this as a bourbon staple.... you can make EG's southern comfort, add JD smokin pellets to make a JD style, or you can leave it plain ,,,,, this stuff is AWESOME

[Whiskyaugogo]

Me too, have my 3rd gen corn, barley and rye ready to distill tomorrow, extremely smooth and flavoursome!

[benpandaae86]

Im lookin at doin a 100l sweet mash and then a 200l sour mash as per mountain moonshines recipie

But i can get flaked corn from my loacl hbs will this do


The flaked corn comes in a 11.3kg bag for $57.50 so it would be cheaper to buy the 11.3kg bag

Prices per kg 50l ferment

$7 flaked corn 6kg $42
$5 rye 3kg $15
$4.5 distillin grain 2kg $9
Total $66
With 11.kg bag corn total $81.50

100l ferment 200l ferment
11.3kg $57.50 22.6kg $115
6kg $30 11kg $55
3kg $13.50 6kg $27
Total $101 $197

[Sam.]

Try a feed store Ben those prices are ridiculous for flaked/cracked corn/maize or whatever they want to call it ;-)

[benpandaae86]

I tried 2 feed lots and they only have the corn and not the others

[Urrazeb]

No more than $20 for a 30kg bag of cracked or whole maize from my local SF :teasing-neener:

[MacStill]

cracked corn 25kg shouldnt be more than about $1 a kg from the feed joints, but it's unlikely you'll find specialty malts and corn in the same places ;-)

[benpandaae86]

Cheerz ill go and have a look st the one down the road from work

[CyBaThUg]

Wanting to make this but where do I get rye meal from

[bayshine]

Wanting to make this but where do I get rye meal from

I got my rye meal from a speciality bread shop that sells all types of flour to the public :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[benpandaae86]

I got my grain bill yesterday to put down a 100l wash and i just have to turn my rye into meal in the blender also i got cracked corn from the feed lot $1 a kg but does it need refining more or is it good to go the orginal recipie he just uses the cracked corn

[benpandaae86]

Turns out i dont have a blender of all the things wifey has in the kitchen we dont have a blender she told me i can use the nutrabullet thingy i :laughing-rolling: 6kg of rye ha ha ha

So i got one of these grain mills $25 off ebay gonna run it off a drill and me voltage controler to slow it down

[1 2many]

I hope your better half doesn't see that grinder clamped to the table, :))

Could be trouble. :teasing-tease: