Hey guys, yesterday afternoon I put down 100L of UJ. I used 16L of feed grade cracked maize which looked fine when I poured into clear measuring jug, and deposited into fermenter. I've checked on it this morning and the ferment is going hard, however I have black wevel looking critters bubbling around on the surface which must have been buried deep in the corn. Given that this wash has cost me around $35 to put down, my question is:
Will these bugs have any effect on generational sour mashing, my guess would be yes..
Will it effect the spirit in gen 1? My suspicions is I'll prob get away with it.
My plan is to run this gen 1 through the bubbler and hoping for some light white dog corn whisky to drink, has anyone run gen 1 through and can comment on the amount of flavour, and profile coming through? Gen 2 on would be aged as bourbon.
Cheers guys,
Nathan.