using malt extracts

[williewonker]

A mate of mine gave me some 1.5kg tins of coopers malt extract, two tins of dark (made from 100% two row barley apparently) and one tin of wheat malt (50%wheat 50%barley). As they didn't cost me anything I was thinking I could add some sugar (not sure how much?) to them, ferment and run through the pot, just wondering if I will I get any flavour along a scotch/whiskey line.

[scythe]

You could probably add a few other ingrediants and make a proper wash.
BWKO i think uses malt tins.
Nope its this one:
http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1638

[TasSpirits]

A mate of mine gave me some 1.5kg tins of coopers malt extract, two tins of dark (made from 100% two row barley apparently) and one tin of wheat malt (50%wheat 50%barley). As they didn't cost me anything I was thinking I could add some sugar (not sure how much?) to them, ferment and run through the pot, just wondering if I will I get any flavour along a scotch/whiskey line.

Check out MacWhisky in the tried and proven section, are the tins unhopped?

[williewonker]

A mate of mine gave me some 1.5kg tins of coopers malt extract, two tins of dark (made from 100% two row barley apparently) and one tin of wheat malt (50%wheat 50%barley). As they didn't cost me anything I was thinking I could add some sugar (not sure how much?) to them, ferment and run through the pot, just wondering if I will I get any flavour along a scotch/whiskey line.

Check out MacWhisky in the tried and proven section, are the tins unhopped?

yep tins are just malt extract no hops, I used them in beer before, but they work out too expensive for my basic beer brew.

[TasSpirits]

Any of the cereal washes, CFW, Wheatbix/allbran will benefit from some malt extract. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Zak Griffin]

:text-+1:

I'd use them, one at a time, in place of a kg of sugar in a CFW wash :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[williewonker]

:text-+1:

I'd use them, one at a time, in place of a kg of sugar in a CFW wash :handgestures-thumbupleft:

so not all at once, thought that might work out..

[Zak Griffin]

Both at the same time will work but I'd rather split it over two generations :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[williewonker]

running this today and I'm getting little brown dots/bubbles of something coming through, doesn't seem to affect the taste or the run, probably end up with some type of residue to clean out of the pot though :/

[bluc]

Sounds like a small puke.If you double distill the spirit run will clean it up otherwise drop the heat down..

[holden4th]

I am thinking of using dry malt extract to make my next whisky and have some questions.

Would I add other sugar to this (dextrose)?
What yeast should I use?
I only have a 10L fermenter, how much of all the sugars should I use?
Will the FG be close to 1000?

If there are already recipes for this on this forum could someone point me in the right direction? At the moment I don't want to use grains.

Many thanks

[bluc]

Dextrose does little for flavour if possible $ wise use dme to hit desired gravity..

[holden4th]

Dextrose does little for flavour if possible $ wise use dme to hit desired gravity..

Can you give me more info please?