Traditional Appalachian Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey Discussion

[benpandaae86]

No she didnt ha ha

[benpandaae86]

Putting this mash down now as per mtn moonshines recipie and steeping process smells fantastic i put the barley in 30min then add some safwhiskey yeast

[1 2many]

Awesome mate keep us informed how you go. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[1 2many]

Jim tom rye whisky :))

[benpandaae86]

The weavels.in my grain arnt very happy

:text-+1: to jim toms rye whisky song

Im doin a 100l mash n after its done ill do a 200l sour mash

[1 2many]

Just sift them out mate then they will be really unhappy, they are a pain in the ass.

[benpandaae86]

Well im 4 hrs into my mash first hr was me turnin my rye into meal i put the corn and rye meal in the boiling water at 5.20
at 7.20 i took some mash out mixed in .5 a kg of barley mixed that back into the mash and added the rest of the barley to the top 8.00 ichecked on it i could here the crackin so i mixed from the bottom up the mash is still quite warm i shall let it sit for a bit and mix some more

[benpandaae86]

Water topped up to the 100l mark and safwhisky rehydrated and added to some mash

Yeasty mash added to fermenter

Macwhisky to celebrate

[rumdidlydum]

You deserve a drink. Klink :clap:

[benpandaae86]

Cheers

[benpandaae86]

I checked on my mash this mornin it was bubbling away nicely

[benpandaae86]

Cant really tell by the pic but plenty of bubbles i stuck my hydrometer in and it only read 1020 should it be more i did add a bit extra water because i wont be removin the grain bed this would affect my sg but how much

[1 2many]

That seems to low ben, did you do an iodine test to see how your conversion went? :-B

[benpandaae86]

No mate sorry dont know how to do one i just did it as per the orginal post

[1 2many]

Have a look through you tube mate there is some vids on how to do it. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[benpandaae86]

Next time ill follow brendans easy method i have it bookmarked on the home screen of my fone

[HillsJester]

200 litres bubbling away. Happy days. The old fermenter looks tiny!

[bluc]

Looks awesome will get some of this run before christmas for sure. Couple of questions traditionally is this drunk straight off the still no oaking or aging ? i know zip except what I have seen on moonshiners about shine.. is all moonshine whiskey/bourbun or is there traditional old time from the woods rum recipes as well ?

[Boardy62]

Hi everyone i also would like to know about the oaking experiences people have had with mtn moonshines brew, i a have had a ball reading through the posts and am about to embark on an all grain mash ASAP.

[nambuat]

Hi,
When you say 2 packages of yeast for the recipe, how much yeast is that? I'd like to give this recipe a run,
Cheers
nambuat