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Whisky with a Sweet Twist
Any recipes to mix up your own sweetfeed if you can’t find any commercial stuff that isn’t pellets and additives?
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…. I wonder what that search tool on the top right of the page does??
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There’s over 700 thousand replies under sweet feed. I can’t figure our how to narrow it down and find a recipe to make sweet feed, rather than a recipe on making moonshine out of sweet feed. How about a link?
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By weight 30% corn, 30% oats. 30% barley, 10% molasses.
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Thank you. What do you think would be best for the types of each:Corn: whole, cracked, flaked, milled, dent, sweet..?Oats: groats, steel cut, rolled?Barley: Crush malted, uncrushed malted, 2-row, 6-row?Molasses: unsluphered?
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Thank you. What do you think would be best for the types of each:Corn: whole, cracked, flaked, milled, dent, sweet..?Oats: groats, steel cut, rolled?Barley: Crush malted, uncrushed malted, 2-row, 6-row?Molasses: unsluphered?Assuming you are more or less following the process in the sweet feed thread see my thought below. None of this applies if you actually plan to create a mash.Corn – I’d go with a bag of cracked or corn for the feed store or TSC. Oats – Oats can be either rolled or steel cut. I usually just get the 10 lb bag from Costco. You can get feed grade oats and mill them if you have the equipment. I generally find that to be more trouble than it is worth. This is a sugar head recipe so you don’t have to worry quite as much about mashing and infection. Barley – again this is a sugar head so you can really use whatever barley you have access to. Because you are not really mashing it you don’t need to worry about diastic power. Malted is not necessary. Molasses – you should pretty much always assume that we will use unsulfured molasses. The sulfur can give you off flavors. Cheap blackstrap molasses will work just fine for this application as well.The idea here is to extract the flavors from the grains but not worry too much about converting the starches into sugars. Use components that are cost effective but that also have some flavor to them.I’ve stopped fighting my inner demons. We are on the same side now.
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Here’s what it boils down to. “Sweetfeed” is sweet because it’s got added molasses. There’s no real set definition, but it’s usually Corn/Oats/Barley, as above. Most of the “sweetfeed” available these days is textured (or pelleted), meaning it’s pretty well useless for what you want to do. So, mix your own in whatever proportions you like and go from there.You could convert the starches, or add sugar or both. Starch conversion is well covered all over the net.You could follow the directions for “Uncle Jesses” in the tried and true, substituting the corn/oat/barley mix for straight corn.Maybe this reply will be at the top of the 700K and save future questions.Good luck with it!
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This should answer a few questions you might have. Mashing AG Sweetfeed Try your Google searches with the word ‘acedistiller’, then whatever topic you seek that particular day. Works a treat in no time. Examples:acedistiller mashing sweetfeedacedistiller DIY sweetfeedacedistiller sweetfeed from scratchhomedstiller all-grain sweetfeedacedistiller sweetfeed pelletsThe ability to search here is a primary skill that sure pays dividends throughout one’s distilling journey. The 30-30-30 is just one approach. There are few limits to the ‘fine tuning’ of any grain bill one wants to customize.“Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore, always carry a small snake.”- W.C. Fields My EZ Solder Shotgun My Steam Rig and Manometer
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Try your Google searches with the word ‘acedistiller’, then whatever topic you seek that particular day. Works a treat in no time. Examples:acedistiller mashing sweetfeedacedistiller DIY sweetfeedacedistiller sweetfeed from scratchhomedstiller all-grain sweetfeedacedistiller sweetfeed pelletsThe ability to search here is a primary skill that sure pays dividends throughout one’s distilling journey. The 30-30-30 is just one approach. There are few limits to the ‘fine tuning’ of any grain bill one wants to customize.Thanks twisted brick gonna mash in my sweet feed from tsc next weekend have all my enzymes and love the search tool I read more than I post
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Good luck! With time you’ll learn what each grain requires to gel and convert and soon be making some badass spirits!“Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore, always carry a small snake.”- W.C. Fields My EZ Solder Shotgun My Steam Rig and Manometer
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As an aside here; this is the second recipe I tried (after Uncle Jesse’s) when I started about a year and a half ago. Compared to the corn whiskey, I didn’t care for the white distilate from the sweetfeed. So I put all of it in the shed on oak cubes. A little over a year later, this stuff is delicious! My friends couldn’t stay out of it, so I find myself guarding the last 1/2 fifth of the 3 I ended up with. I have a feeling I will be making more before long…
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