by maheel » Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:10 pm
In other posts i said i was going to try some all grain distilling and as i make AG beer it's not that much difference I will just leave out the hops.
I use the BIAB "brew in a bag" / no-chill method to make the wash using malted home brew shop grain, for these experiments i am adding non-malted adjuncts to lower the cost but hopefully get a good ABV potential wash.
these include, rolled oats, oat bran, boiled mushy rice, cracked corn and maybe Asian "liquid" rice malt
the boiled no chill method is a beer making way of making wort and keeping it in a "cube" for fermenting in the future. The step may no tbe needed but for my 1st few i intend to use my beer methods to ensure a clean ferment.
here's my kit
19L big W SS pot
15L pot
swiss voile used for the "tea bag"
10-12L no chill cubes
temp gauge / hydro / normal brew stuff
todays mash gran bill
1.25kg Pilsner malt
500g oat bran
500g rolled oats
200g boiled rice (left over from dinner)
it may push the limits of the Enzymes in the Malt i have been doing some reading and 60% malt to 40% Adjunts is considered "high" my 50-50 may be pushing the limit but here's to trying :)
method
heat 16-17L strike water to about 72'C this allows the cold grain to pull the temp back to about 65-67'C mashing temps
put voile in pot of water as a big tea bag.
pour in grain
mash it up and stir to get rid of lumps
wrap it up to keep it warm +-65'C
wait and hour and a bit
drain bag and do a sparge
boil to "sterilize" the wort (20mins + heat up time )
drain to "sterilized" no chill cube to "cool" overnight
pour back into fermentor and ferment
distill :)
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