Good evening all. Ive finally come to running my still and i decided i wanted to do it rite. I originally planned a all grain but due to budgetary restraints its gonna haveta have a bit of white death added ( i fully admit i prob dosent really need sugar but an effort vs cost vs quantity vs quality arguement has arrisin ) now feel free to throw your 2 cents in as you see fit.
My idea
10kg joe white pale malt
10kg steam flaked barley ( its actually sprayed lightly with molasses and the local produce sells it as sweet feed )
10kg cracked corn ( i put it through my mill on 2nd largest setting to break it up more )
6kg white sugar
Lowans yeast hydrated well before hand
150L rain water
My dodgy calcs give it a yeild of 6.5% before sugar and 8.6% after sugar with and efficiency of 85%
I wont be cooking the unmalted grain rather doin a dump plenty boiling water on them and wrap the fermenter up with sleeping bags stiring occasionally and monitoring temp once temp is about 69-71 ill add the malt and wrap it back up. I will be fermenting on the grain.
I hope to pack this away for few months and drink on the ujssm style sugar head that i will use the spent grains for..
Please be honest with your critiques. If you see a hole plug it