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I've always wanted to learn how to make my own barrels. I imagine it is a lot more difficult than meets the eye.

I suggest Novozymes for anyone looking for some enzymes that actually work (Shout out to Mattabv for their recommendation). Myself and a few other distilleries using wheat have had nothing but problems with Specialty Enzymes and very low conversion with their Sebamyl BAL (most of us were using wheat). The BSG enzymes didn't really work all that great either, but the Novozymes work like a champ every single time and they have a lot of data sheets for those who really want to maximise their enzyme's efficiency. One thing about this industry I'm surprised at is how many people don't understand that enzymes are a very precise tool which require some science to work. They are pretty specific tools like a 10mm wrench, that wrench will not fit a 9mm or 11mm bolt so an enzyme will not convert something it's not meant to convert. On top of that, it will probably only work well within a very specific pH and temperature range. I've spoken to a few distilleries that don't test pH and just dump it in an pray for the best. Too high/low pH or temp, or using the wrong enzyme for the process and you might as well just be dumping water into your mash.