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wheat

2011-05-30T14:25:40+00:00

Yes, you can use wheat to make a wash, but not entirely on its own. You will need to:
- crush the wheat

- boil up to gelatinise the starch

- go through a full mashing procedure to convert the starch into sugar; for this you need to add some barley malt. It\'s the same procedure as making all-grain beers.
You then ferment and distil as for a sugar wash.
Wheatgerm is not a substitute -- you would need a very large amount to get enough sugar out of it.
Try the artisan distillers website and look for all-grain washes, or wheat wash, or wheat whisk(e)y.
A free supply of wheat is too good an opportunity!

Statistics: Posted by phlogiston — Mon May 30, 2011 2:25 pm

wheat

2011-05-24T20:10:43+00:00

thanks alan i will have a look

Statistics: Posted by MARBAKER — Tue May 24, 2011 8:10 pm

wheat

2011-05-24T16:38:33+00:00

Hi marbaker your wheat needs to be crushed or rolled so that when you boil the mash it will release the starch. its easier using wheatgerm,Iv got a full mash going at the moment corn,barley, oats, and molasses and 7lb sugar. I got the recipe from home distillers forum its called sweet feed

Statistics: Posted by alan — Tue May 24, 2011 4:38 pm

wheat

2011-05-24T03:28:14+00:00

thanks for that billmcc much appreciated mate

Statistics: Posted by MARBAKER — Tue May 24, 2011 3:28 am

wheat

2011-05-24T02:33:28+00:00

Marbaker as regards your cuts question look here section 4c
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 5#p6798133

cheers billmcc

Statistics: Posted by billmcc — Tue May 24, 2011 2:33 am

wheat

2011-05-23T17:31:12+00:00

hi folks another question for you,i can get hold of an endless surpply of wheat from a farm, can i use it on its own to make a wash if so can you tell me a recipe please,all so when you make your cuts can you recycle the heads im a bit confused on what you can recycle head or tails thank you. regards marbaker

Statistics: Posted by MARBAKER — Mon May 23, 2011 5:31 pm