Dominator wrote:There is a goid list of grain bills here. Unfortunatly no CC.
bt1 wrote:start simple would be my advice.
bt1 wrote:Not for mine,
if your going to chase a specific spirit as a clone you need to get as close as you can first time....It takes time, a lot of time to then work that base closer to the taste you want. As example I've 2 years invested in an Irish and can only very recently say with some degree of pride..."it will do me"
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Bushy wrote:bt1 wrote:Not for mine,
if your going to chase a specific spirit as a clone you need to get as close as you can first time....It takes time, a lot of time to then work that base closer to the taste you want. As example I've 2 years invested in an Irish and can only very recently say with some degree of pride..."it will do me"
bt1
Well don't stop there mate. How about an irish thread. I for one would be keen to hear about it.
bt1 wrote:hello catcher,
The commercial distillers would use corn and 6 row malted barely for starch conversion. A AG corn is a beast to make and requires corn to be gelatinised = near boiled, cooled to 65c first then 70 - 71c for ages with the barley malt added to work on starch conversion and corn sure has plenty of that. If your using 2 row malted you'll lack the enzyme grunt to convert all that starch. You really really need to understand what a good malt is about here.
Corn cooks are painful = sticks , hard work and highly dependant on the quality and type of corn used. I've tried em but can not be bothered with the work or cost.
I still cook corn but on smaller scale. 3 - 4kg treated the same way then use 8kg sugar in 60lt fermenter is a quarter of the work about a tenth of the time and don't really taste a whole lot different once aged. Given a corn wash and spirit is only one side of this new Canadian whisky love affair...start simple would be my advice.
A rye well that's a different story and a passion I've been chasing for years. Issue with a good malted rye is it takes a fair time to turn before it's drinkable or in your case blended. The new RC/Doc aeration process is certainly helping but it's a long termer.
Admirable aim a good Canadian... stick with it but you need to have plenty of patience.
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