StillSmart

I have run this a couple of times and I am surprised by the difference the base makes. Kale is smooth like an Irish whiskey, WWW wheat makes for a more 'Scotch' finish.

Two completely independent testers have finished a bottle since New Year. So I think that means it's safe to post the recipe.

5 LITRE
5L 50% Wheat Wash spirit
80 g American White oak dominoes
60 g French oak domino's
1 teaspoon of honey
1 fresh vanilla pod (sliced & scraped)
50g crystal malt
10 peppercorns (consider crushing)

Method
Add everything to a jar with a tap at the bottom. Kilner 5l is ideal.
Leave the lid open - and by that I mean on the catch but not nipped up.
After 2 weeks. Raise the jar, so that a demijohn can be under the tap.
Use the bottom tap to gently trickle the spirit through a paper filter.

After you have gently filtered as much as you can, tip the remaining contents into a seive and recover vanilla & oak.

Thoroughly rinse the vanilla and oak in tap water and then return to the clean Kilner jar along with the contents of the DJ.

After 4 weeks (ish) filter again, this time leaving it in the DJ with no oak or vanilla.

Note
THIS IS NOT redistilled. Gravity and coffee filter paper [only] clear it, so it will never be perfectly 'spirit' clear, but it shouldn't be mud either.

Enjoy.

Sounds good Mash. I love my honey dont know if 1 tsp
will make enough difference.
Where do you get your white oak from please.


Gaza

The honey is enhanced by the vanilla, But feel free to add it by the bucket load and report back

I buy all my oak from a friend at a French cooperage - sorry that won't help. I think I get a special deal of one sack.... and thats £eeeek
I think the minimum order is much bigger.

The problem I found buying online was that any nerk with a chainsaw could produce oak chippings, and you were never really sure what you are getting. The dominoes are very expensive IMO , but they do help 100% provenance.

Thanks Mash, vanilla and honey muhhhhmmy !!
Have ordered some dominoes from Still Dragon,
not to painful also bought myself a mini parrot.
Mini staves 500g 16.90 euros(about £11)
mini glass parrot 16 euros .
So I think happy and sorted.

This does indeed sound interesting, although possibly more a liquor than a whiskey with sweet stuff, peppercorns and vanilla added.
The Benedictine monks had to start somewhere....

Robert.

Its not sophisticated, just quick, easy & pleasant. Stole the concept for soaking it from Odin !!

all the best things are simple !!!