Easy "Scotch" (with a twist)
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:42 pm
Hi All,
My aim in this hobby was always to make a fantastic Scotch but there is a lot of work (and/or costs) involved, not to mention the ageing process. Since I invested in the bubbler, it has made it so easy to try different things without the need for strip and spirit runs. This recipe may sound a bit crazy but this has to be the best stuff I have tasted with minimal/zero ageing. Not sure if anyone has done something similar but here is the recipe I have done with excellent results:
For a 30L fermenter:
Ingredients:
500g 9 Grain Vita Weats (2 x 250g Packets)
2 Tablespoons Vegemite
4.5Kg Sugar
2 Tablespoons Lowan Baker's Yeast
Method:
Put the Vita Weats and Vegemite into a large pot. Cover with hot water and bring to the boil. Turn heat down to a simmer, stirring occasionally and mashing the biscuits with the back of the spoon. Simmer for about 15 mins. Meanwhile, put a bucket of hot water and the sugar into the fermenter and stir to dissolve. Add the Vita Weat and Vegemite "mash" to the fermenter and top up to 27L with cold water. Sg will be about 1.07. Pitch yeast at 30deg.
When fermented, Fg will be around .995 and wash will clear and settle. Rack and run through a plated column. Make cuts being sure to include late hearts/early tails. Notice that the tails don't smell too off? At this point, you can either age (or drink) or do a second gen.
To do the second gen, add 3 litres of backset to a bucket and dissolve 4.5kg more of sugar. Make another batch of the "mash" and add to a clean fermenter along with the sugar and backset. Top top 27L and pitch 2Tbs of yeast. Distill when ready with feints from first gen. Make cuts and blend with cuts from first gen (this will give a bit more flavour to the first gen). Age or drink.
I found this to have a complex flavour similar to a good scotch blend with a liquorice undertone. I also tried it with some homemade peatreek http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic ... 2&start=20
This turned it into an Islay style whisky instantly for those who enjoy those flavours.
Please give this a go a let me know your results. I have not aged any for more than a week but I can only see it getting better!
s'n's
My aim in this hobby was always to make a fantastic Scotch but there is a lot of work (and/or costs) involved, not to mention the ageing process. Since I invested in the bubbler, it has made it so easy to try different things without the need for strip and spirit runs. This recipe may sound a bit crazy but this has to be the best stuff I have tasted with minimal/zero ageing. Not sure if anyone has done something similar but here is the recipe I have done with excellent results:
For a 30L fermenter:
Ingredients:
500g 9 Grain Vita Weats (2 x 250g Packets)
2 Tablespoons Vegemite
4.5Kg Sugar
2 Tablespoons Lowan Baker's Yeast
Method:
Put the Vita Weats and Vegemite into a large pot. Cover with hot water and bring to the boil. Turn heat down to a simmer, stirring occasionally and mashing the biscuits with the back of the spoon. Simmer for about 15 mins. Meanwhile, put a bucket of hot water and the sugar into the fermenter and stir to dissolve. Add the Vita Weat and Vegemite "mash" to the fermenter and top up to 27L with cold water. Sg will be about 1.07. Pitch yeast at 30deg.
When fermented, Fg will be around .995 and wash will clear and settle. Rack and run through a plated column. Make cuts being sure to include late hearts/early tails. Notice that the tails don't smell too off? At this point, you can either age (or drink) or do a second gen.
To do the second gen, add 3 litres of backset to a bucket and dissolve 4.5kg more of sugar. Make another batch of the "mash" and add to a clean fermenter along with the sugar and backset. Top top 27L and pitch 2Tbs of yeast. Distill when ready with feints from first gen. Make cuts and blend with cuts from first gen (this will give a bit more flavour to the first gen). Age or drink.
I found this to have a complex flavour similar to a good scotch blend with a liquorice undertone. I also tried it with some homemade peatreek http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic ... 2&start=20
This turned it into an Islay style whisky instantly for those who enjoy those flavours.
Please give this a go a let me know your results. I have not aged any for more than a week but I can only see it getting better!
s'n's