Yep I did mine all sanitary like beer. I didn't boost the OG either, I'll test and check what it is tomorrow when it's cooled down and I can pitch the yeast (doing no-chill, but there's no hops so I'm cautious)
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Took the reading. Came in at 1.080. I don't know exactly what my volume is, but it looks like around 12 litres. Might be a tad more. I worked with 12 litres and got an efficiency number of 80%. Not bad considering I didn't really sparge this batch like I usually do.
Oh, and the wort/wash smells...interesting. Like candy muffins.
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Goodness me that whisky wash is running. I pitched the yeast yesterday morning (some kind of white granular stuff mixed with regular yeast), and it's fermenting so fast, the pressure release cap isn't keeping up (the can looks like it's about to pop). It smells pretty awesome though. Can't wait to run it through the still!
EDIT: Oh yes, and unhopped wort at 1.080 with pale malt as the backbone and a strong helping of Goldswaen Brown makes for one hell of a tasty thing to taste when chilled. It tastes VERY close to a slightly watery Milo.Last edited by Toxxyc; 13 August 2020, 11:50.
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Sounds like DAP (nitrogen rich nutrient) - cheap as chips btw. When I run whiskey, I do a strip and a spirit run through the alembic pot. No filtering, you want to preserve your flavor. You could also use some backset/stillage when diluting for the spirit run to push some more flavor, iirc around 30% should do it, just save that amount from the strip in a container.
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Who's brewing this w/end? I'm planning a bitburger pils (my favorite) maybe do a double brewday and do something with williamette and east kent....I've too many empty kegs and my steam beer is near spluttering I can feel it. Enough bottles in reserve so no real hurry.
Will keg that quick and dirty APA I made on Tuesday this weekend, it dropped from 1.048 to 1.01 in less than 24h, yeasties are cleaning up atm, then quick crash, fine, keg and force carb.
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I'm not sure if I'm brewing this weekend. We'll see. I'm starting another one of the new pale ales though, seems there's interest in actual beers as well (a taster here and there).
Regarding the whisky wash, it seems to be done. This morning pressure is WAY down and I think it might have done it's thing. So maybe I'll run it through the still this weekend. I'm going to test the gravity of the whole thing a bit later to see where my ABV clocks in. I'm hoping around 9.5% to 10%. I mashed SUPER low in the hopes it would drive up fermentables.
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Brewing a German Pils today - 25isch litres in the fermentor.
100% Chateau Pilsen malt.
Aiming 1.040 preboil SG - hoping to get 1.048 OG and 1.010 FG = 5% ABV.
90min boil with 20g Magnum hops @60min, 15g Herbruker @30min and 10g Hersbruker @ 5min
About to collect first runnings - will aim from here how many litres I collect and where my preboil gravity stops - 1.040
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