Carrot whiskey

[beardrinkshomebrew]

I was given this recipe the other day but I won't make as I am a white spirit drinker :obscene-drinkingdrunk:

6lb carrots (2.7kgs carrots)
4lb sugar (1.8kgs sugar)
1 gallon water (3.8lts water)
12oz raisins (chopped) (340g raisins)
2 oranges
1lb clean wheat (454g clean wheat)
2 lemons
30grams yeast

Method –
Wash the carrots well (do not peel) and boil them in the water till tender.
Slice the oranges and lemons and place in a bowl. Pour on the hot water in which the carrots were boiled. Add the sugar, stir until dissolved, leave to stand until cool, then add the raisins, wheat and previously activated yeast.
Cover and leave to ferment for 12 -15 days, skim, syphon and bottle.

[WTDist]

bottle? or distill?

[Andy]

its bottle and age for 6months - 2 years.
http://forum.downsizer.net/viewtopic.php?t=2645
anyone going to try it?
:puke-huge:

[scythe]

So its carrot beer not whiskey....

[beardrinkshomebrew]

so the person who gave this recipe to me stole it from some1 else :violence-stickwhack: I shall have a talk to her when I see her :violence-smack:

[WalterWhite]

Hmm seems like a carrot wine/mead really...
I am interested in a carrot whisky recipe though as I have that one rellie who tries my stuff but still just goes on and on about this mate he used to have that made carrot whisky and it was amazing etc etc .... :angry-banghead:

[warramungas]

Couldn't you use malt or enzymes to convert the starches in carrots into sugar much the same as you can in potatoes or beets? Not sure of the end results though and don't have access to good enough gear to try myself. Still struggling to get corn whiskey right.
20kg bag of carrots can be had for about $20 in Perth at the local Asian shop.

[Andy]

20kg bag of carrots can be had for about $20 in Perth at the local Asian shop.

spudshed usually has juicing carrots. would be about 10-40c a kj :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Teddysad]

I have successfully made a carrot and ginger brandy - have a few bottles aging now
I found the enzymes helped

[Chief]

What did you do as a recipe for the brandy with ginger. Turn out ok?

[Mr.Roughnutz]

this is going in my empty fermenter this weekend.
incoming

[bluc]

Teddysad did you get the ginger to carry over? I have tried distilling ginger beer with no luck . :crying-blue:

[The Stig]

Teddy doesn’t come here often these days

[Mr.Roughnutz]

i took sum libertys with the recipy
15kg carrots
1kg ginger (tasting this morning another kg in)i like ginger)
20ltr water
5kg honey
6kg sugar
100ml lemon
boiled for an hr or so then blended it left over night
flavores realy blended well iv high hopes for this. i was gunna just pitch sum angel yellow i had left over arfter work but this has turnd out so good im thinking is there a "proper" yeast for this shinanigan

[The Stig]

Being veg based I would be tempted to use EC1118
It’ll take ages to ferment out but it will not mess with the flavors

[Mr.Roughnutz]

had to work a full day insted of just a couple hrs. so didnt get to the brewstore and just whent with 50g of left over angle yellow i had left over. its going realy well temp is low at 16c my kmart heater is only getn 3 over ambiant but the flavores are still strong the ginger is comeing out more now im glade i ran out of time to get the extra kg now it down to 1060 from 1090 grav and is slow and stedy bubblen away happy days