StillSmart

For £28 for 25kg of crisp peated pot still malt I thought I would give it a go, anyone else tried it?

Yes but only 10% which was not enough. Will try
25% next time. That is a good price, details
please.

Having once tried an un-peated malt for scotch, I now only use Heavily Peated Malt.
But that may just be due to my tastebuds.

Robert.

You still have tastebuds?

I grew up gargling with Laphroig.
My taste buds are uniquely refined.

Robert.

I've just completed a batch, just laid down for ageing.

Back in March I did a test batch using medium peated malt. After all the work I was disappointed with the yield (around 1.5 bottles I think??). Malt Miller's prices for "small" amounts (7Kg) were ridiculous - 24.50 ex vat which looking back is a crazy amount. All in no real saving.

This time around I thought it would make more sense to use heavily peated malt and to cut it 50/50 with a lager malt, and to do it in bulk, so I got 25kg from MaltMiller back in June. This was £40 ex VAT so you got a very good deal.

First three brews at 50% heavy peat and lager malt, I wasn't very happy with the level of peat aroma, I'd had a much better result from the 100% of medium, so for brews 4 and 5 I used 100% heavy peat.

End result is little over a demijohn at 50%, about 7 or 8 bottles, which is in line with the results of the test run. I thought with a full charge I might get more efficiency or something.

Cost wise it's not a great result, but even if I'd got the better deal that you got, I'm not sure that the work involved (5 brew days - albeit quite a bit quicker than brewing beer) plus all the stripping runs and a long spirit run - I'm not sure that it was worth it, other than - of course - the pleasure of doing it myself.

(Ps I'm not in the game to make cheap booze, I realise this post reads a bit like that but I'm looking at it dispassionately. Brew days are a bit of a nightmare in my useless kitchen so I have to include the pain of the mess in the calculation!)

I have to concurr, my own attempts at REAL Malt whisky, after all the work, are not cheap, and only worth it because uniquely mine.
And quite frankly I don't give a shit if others don't like them.

Robert.

And quite frankly I don't give a shit if others don't like them.

Dead right! I don't even offer it to anyone because I'm a mean old git, but there is an intense pleasure to be had from relaxing with your own personal and one-of-a-kind drink!

I use only 100% heavily peated malt.

I am delighted with the finished product and, given the probable retail price for a whisky of equivalent quality I find it an incredibly cheap, to the point where others can't believe how cheap it was to make.

My last run, using four 25kg sacks of malt produced roughly 54 x 75cl bottles of excellent whisky
.
The cost of buying such a quantity of equal quality would be way beyond my meagre pockets.

Heavily peated malt does seem to carry a premium price but, should you care for the flavour, you reap a fantastic reward from your outlay.

There does appear to be roughly three levels of peating available, light, medium and heavy, so I wouldn't bother with blending with unpeated.

If you like a whisky, none will go to waste; if unsure, try 100% medium peat.

For regular whisky production smaller bags of malt seem an expensive waste of time.

The labour involved is, for me, not a cost, I enjoy the whole process from start to finish.

Very impressive results there Toper. A finger in the air calculation suggests you're twice the efficiency than me. I'm not sure where I can improve the process really!

Do you have a regular supplier for your malt?

Guest5234 come on mate spill the beans, where to buy
peated malt at £28 a sack?

ITMA

When preparing for a run I look for what is available in heavily peated and then go for what appears to be the cheapest (including carriage costs) and I order 4 x 25kg bags at a time. It also has to be ready crushed for me as the task of crushing such a quantity, with it concomitant dust is now beyond me.

My last lot was from: http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/min ... -3319.html


I had, previously, had a supply from 'Get 'Er Brewed' at a very good price, but I don't think they do 25kg sacks ready crushed any more.

When I am doing a series of mashes. in preparation for fermenting, before disposing of the first lot of used grain, I give it a final hot water wash and use that as the water for my next mash in turn In that way I feel I get any residual sugars and quite some flavour carried over.

Good luck

Have you tried https://www.brewersselect.co.uk

Good range. Good crowd. Good prices. Quite happy to do single bag sales.

like that Mash will try in the new year.
Am finally going to buy an all in one brewer
probably a Bulldog.

Are you thinking just wash or beer too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Oo7yX ... e=youtu.be

http://www.camurri.it/en/portfolioentry ... -mod-cb-50