Bourbon Whiskey Mash Kit for Christmas Presents?

Smaug

This kit will make 10 gallons of a true all grain Bourbon whiskey mash.
This kit contains some of the finest grain available. All grain is food grade and non-GMO.

The corn is a mixture of Hickory Cane & Yellow Corn. They are two old heirloom varieties well known for for making good whiskey. The rye is Southern variety, Winter Magic.

We chose Minoa Barley and floor malted it. It is one of the few barley varieties that is acclimated to the Southern climate.
All grains were finely milled on a stone grist mill.

Included is 7 pounds of corn, 1 pound of wheat, and 2 pounds of malt.

In a 15 gallon stock pot, put in 5 gallons of water. pH should be 5 to 6.
Adjust with citric acid or calcium chloride.

Bring water to a rolling boil. Then turn off. Stir the corn in slowly while mixing with a paddle or paint mixer on a drill motor. When corn is about half added, measure out roughly half the malt and add it to the corn in the pot and mix well. This should thin the mash out.

Add the remaining corn. Then make sure the mash is mixed well. Then allow to stand for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, your temperature of the mash should be around 180°. Adjust with water top about 150°. Then add the rye.
Also add your remaining malt and blend up well.

Allow to stand about 15 minutes. Then add water to get the total amount of mash to around 10 gallons.
Usually your mash temp will be around 100°F. You can pitch yeast now for a warmer ferment which can produce fruity esters. Or drop an immersion chiller in and take the temperature down to 75° or 80° and then pitch. This makes a better product.

Fermentation will start in about an hour and last about 3 days.
It can be distilled on the grain, or if using immersion elements let it settle out.

Enjoy.

Bourbon Whiskey Mash Kit @ StillDragon North America

CothermanDistilling

1000L version? JK, it sounds yummy!

zymurgybob

That does sound nice. Can you really get 10 gallons of whiskey from 15 pounds of grain?

punkin

10 gallons of mash it says in the first sentence?

Smaug

Can do super sacks too.

I guess some hobbyists are using a 1.5 to 2 pound per gallon ratio in order to optimize yeild? But this ratio works off nicely and if you look very closely after the fermentation is completed,,you can see the yeast chappies doing push ups and shadow boxing.....and stuff like that there.

zymurgybob

As @punkin pointed out, I wasn't paying attention.

punkin

Not Bob's fault. He's older than dirt.

zymurgybob

Boy howdy, do I wish I could prove you wrong on that. The evidence, unfortunately, is incontravertable. Or maybe I've just got a bunch of young dirt. 8P (see? I'm speaking in old-timey smileys)

Moonshine

@zymurgybob said: 8P (see? I'm speaking in old-timey smileys)

Because it's ":P" for :P, not "8P". ;)

Fiji_Spirits

I think 8p is for thug life

zymurgybob

@Moonshine said: Because it's ":P" for :P, not "8P". ;)

I reject your colon (always a bad way to open a conversation) in favor of the googly-eyed "8". A stylistic matter. of course, but a strong preference. 8)

Moonshine

@zymurgybob said: A stylistic matter. of course, but a strong preference. 8)

Agreed, I prefer 8 as well, but it's not working that way ;)