you can make your own Barley Malt by putting barley in to a cloth sack and submerging it in water for a few days and letting it sprout then removing it when the shoots are about 1 inch long, dry it then grind it. George Dickel Barrel Select would be a great companion gift to the George Dickel White above. I got the stamp on ebay a few years back but it has a nice pattern to it and a capital N for N1cod3mus my online name and now my Whiskey brand. if you are using JD smoking chips you need to try and put a fair number of charred chips in as well as the uncharred, there is not always enough charred chips so you can char them in the same way as you would normal oak, do not char them too heavy. if you are lucky enough to have a very large pot then you can do it all in one batch. 2 Jugs for collecting the spirit from the still, the hydrometer which is one for spirit so i know what percentage I am getting out.a container for the spirit which I can then put the hydrometer the demi john which I will be putting the spirit in after it has distilled. I am in the UK and being such a small island there isn't really many places we can get away with that here.when thinking about your malts you need to think about the flavour, adding rye will add some spice to it, barley would add a slight creamy taste to it and corn well you have enough of that in it anyway so I would go for the barley my self, its tried and tested out in the mountains for years. Remove the grains from the sieve, put them outside for the birds or something, then put the next jug through, and keep going until you have finished.
I had to dip the bottle a few times, so dip wait a few seconds for that layer to set a little then dip again and keep dipping to build up the layers until its thick enough.
It is then distilled twice and filtered through virgin Tennessee sugar maple charcoal to provide extra smoothness and a perfect balance to the whiskey. Share it with us!
Paint that picture the right way so our heritage live on in them and they can pass tbis art down to there children and so on and so on.. Reply I had 1kg of wax. I would also like to thank the help of the guys over at www.homedistiller.com forums who pointed me in the right direction now and then when I got stuck.
70% Tennessee White Corn25% Tennessee White Cereal Rye5% MaltMellowed Through Charcoal. wait for your charcoal to cool down and then you can break it up in to smaller pieces as pictured, use latex gloves to keep your hands clean. don't be tempted to use candles as the wax on them is brittle and with break up, i choose cheese wax because its pliable and wouldn't snap off.
leave it in place until the wax cools and then remove. Then this is the bottle for that person. Then the juice is mellowed in specially made toasted barrels with deep grooves carved into them, allowing a deeper transference between the wood and liquid as it ages. Make sure there is no bark on your wood, if there is remove it, this will not make good charcoal, also remove any wispy bits as well. You can filter other spirits through charcoal to mellow them out so its still worth knowing. on Introduction, I have just done a batch using this yeast and it is a much better flavor, 2 months ago