StillSmart

I hear you Robert, each to there own and all that. I toast, roast and maybe not
fry my staves to get the ''supposed'' sweetness and colour for a bourbon style
whisky. However i wouldn't do it for a single malt scotch whisky, for example
i'll use clean heartwood from the staves for this project.





I'm going to have a busy couple days ahead.

cheers B_D

As anticipated all went to plan, dividing the feints jar between the 3 wash's
resulted in 21 ltrs @ 35%. 2 or 3 ltrs of filtered water and iv'e got a 24 ltr
charge for the s/run. This will be let down and put on charred b/staves to age.

I'm going to draw a line under this recipe for a while. it was a success for me
anyways.

I think iv'e done enough experiments to conclude.. toasted/charred b/staves for
the a/g. and s/d blocks for the s/head, for short term aging (everyday stuff).


Iv'e only got a limited amount of space and glassware and i need to recycle the
the shop bought chips and the j/d chip stuff i made, as i consider it to be a
failure.

I call this a bourbin-ish whisky, because that's what it is. But with my new
found equipment i'm working on a method to utilise a recipe that i can call a
true bourbon whisky. But that wont happen till the end of the year.

I'm going to crack on with a peated S/malt for a while, i'll prob. continue
to post results in one of the peated whisky threads, seems appropriate.

Meanwhile iv'e got the beer bug back, dusted off some of my old beer gear,
IPA's here we go.

cheers B_D

"I spy with my little eye, someone with a sense of taste"

Excellent mate.
Peated single malts are my personal weakness,and so anyone trying to produce one instantly becomes my best friend
And best of luck with some good beers for the summer.

Robert.

Blue_Duck wrote:
Meanwhile iv'e got the beer bug back, dusted off some of my old beer gear,
IPA's here we go.

cheers B_D

I am with you there. I have dusted off the BM. Just run "old Bernard" and my fave cascade summer ale. I have just weighed out an American IPA with juniper just waiting for some sunshine to run it.