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Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:02 pm
by WTDist
u added malt, and then refluxed once or twice?
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:37 pm
by bluc
Been wondering how a tin of caramalt would go added to this..
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:13 pm
by bugburner
This is one I am going to try. Once my still is completed.
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:16 pm
by Dejay
WTDist wrote:u added malt, and then refluxed once or twice?
Just once for what I put aside for the whiskey at a fast open tap drip rate. Then ran everything second distill on closed tap slow drip rate to get a Vodka. But unlike the Tomato paste wash, this has a real sweet flavor. Real nice with Dry ginger ale, soda or tonic. Coke is to sweet form me.
Drink the Whisky straight on the rocks.
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:28 am
by WTDist
Dejay wrote:Drink the Whisky straight on the rocks.
this is my aim eventually. a whiskey i can drink on its own with some ice and maybe a dash of water. i only say a dash of water after watching a distillery doco and they mentioned 40% numbs senses on the tongue and you cant taste it properly so you need to get it closer to 30%. might have been a whiskey or bourbon doco on youtube.
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 7:37 am
by beardrinkshomebrew
beardrinkshomebrew wrote:
10 - 12 kg sugar
40 weetbix
8 cups All Bran
100g bread yeast
2 teaspoons epsom salts
1.5 teaspoons citric acid
water to the 60lt mark
I will put 10kg sugar in it next time as the SG was 1090 with 12kgs sugar
after a week the SG was 1020 with alco rading 0%
after 2 weeks it was 980 with alco reading 6%
I did not bother with crushing the all-bran, just the weetbix with my hands and after 2 weeks there was stuff all sign of the all-bran on top of the fermenter and what there was were in pieces; so I suggest not to bother crushing the all-bran, it takes up drinking time :obscene-drinkingchug:
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:29 am
by Sam.
Alcometer won't work in your wash mate only once it's been through the still.
Stick to your hydrometer for the wash :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:52 am
by beardrinkshomebrew
Sam. wrote:Alcometer won't work in your wash mate only once it's been through the still.
Stick to your hydrometer for the wash :handgestures-thumbupleft:
thank you for the heads up Sam :handgestures-thumbupleft:
there is always something to learn :happy-partydance:
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:59 am
by nambuat
Hi guys,
With regard to the Easy Weetbix/All Bran Recipe: What is the purpose of the Epsom Salts? Is there a suitable substitute for Epsom Salts? (I don't have any atm) :think: I'm really enjoying the forum with all the hints and tips from you guys.
Cheers nambuat
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Sat Mar 12, 2016 12:16 pm
by scythe
Yeast nutrient?
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:11 pm
by beardrinkshomebrew
10kg sugar (I used 12kgs this wash, it gave an SG of 1090)
40 weetbix
8 cups All Bran
100g bread yeast
2 teaspoons epsom salts
1.5 teaspoons citric acid
water to the 60lt mark
I left this for 2 weeks in the fermenter until the SG reached 990, I then removed the heat & left it for 4 days to settle, then I got my long spoon & moved the junk from around the tap & left it for another 3 days to clear. I then took 4 days to do the stripping run (as I have an air still) & only took one day to do the spirit run
stripping run
use the boil enhancers & a capful of conditioner or a drop of olive oil
I got 1200ml when I did the stripping run from 4lts & the alcohol is ~40% ABV
spirit run
no need for boil enhancers or conditioner or olive oil in the spirit run
place 6 x 600ml bottles in the distiller & fill to the full mark with water, this gives ~30%
turn on the distiller & wait an hour
the first 50ml is foreshots, throw away
the next 250ml keep for heads run
collect 1500mls, that is a mixture of hearts & some tails, it will be ~70% ABV
the next 100ml the ABV was 40%, but the smell was going off, so I did not include it
I collected less in the stripping run than when I used TPW, but, I collected more in the spirit run than when I used TPW; and I don’t have to carbon filter this :) so this wash has won me; any wash is better than Turdbo. mix this 50- 50 with water for 40% ABV
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:31 pm
by Professor Green
Finally got around to a neutral spirit run on some WBAB low wines I ran at the end of last year. Had about 22 litres @ 62% so ran it in two parts watered down to 40% through the MacBoka with an extra 300mm of packing and the T500 boiler switched down to 1200W once it came up to temp. Pulled 95% at a little over 1.5 litres per hour on both runs. Not only does this make a great whisky but I have to say I prefer this over TPW for neutral too. Has a much better mouth feel than TPW and even though it is neutral it has the slightest hint of grain flavour (although I could be imagining that since I know what it was made with!)
Cheers,
Prof. Green
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:38 pm
by WTDist
yea i agree. on single run its a vodkarish whisky which isnt bad. double runs are obviously better
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:08 pm
by Undertaker
$50 per box!
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/31911537/ch ... eal/#page1I hope this doesnt affect the supply of weetbix here is Oz!
Cheers Phil
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Sat Jun 25, 2016 6:03 am
by Dig Brinker
Let's just hope the Chinese don't take a liking to our sugar or Lowan's yeast :scared-eek:
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Sat Jun 25, 2016 6:14 am
by warramungas
Just get the black and gold stuff if they're outa weetbix. Made from eggackery the same stuff.
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:40 pm
by Horn_Bee
So I'm planning to throw a batch of WBAB on this weekend. If I scale the original recipe up by 19% to suit a 25L wash I get the following measurements:
3.5 cups of weet bix (~14 weet bix)
3.5 cups of all bran
90g yeast
water up to 25L
going off these ratios it would also give me 6kg of sugar, but that seems like a lot compared to other 25L washes I have done so far? Should I just up-size everything else and leave the 5kg of sugar?
Mick
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:47 pm
by TasSpirits
Horn_Bee wrote:So I'm planning to throw a batch of WBAB on this weekend. If I scale the original recipe up by 19% to suit a 25L wash I get the following measurements:
3.5 cups of weet bix (~14 weet bix)
3.5 cups of all bran
90g yeast
water up to 25L
going off these ratios it would also give me 6kg of sugar, but that seems like a lot compared to other 25L washes I have done so far? Should I just up-size everything else and leave the 5kg of sugar?
Mick
Go with 5kg no point in stressing your yeast :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:04 pm
by Horn_Bee
TasSpirits wrote:Go with 5kg no point in stressing your yeast :handgestures-thumbupleft:
I suspected as much, cheers Tas! :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Re: Easy Weetbix / All Bran Wash Recipe Discussion
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Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:20 pm
by Horn_Bee
Just threw a 25L batch on this morning. If the final spirit tastes half as good as the fresh wash smells I'm sold! Now I have a craving for breakfast...
Mick