Rickysa Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 No, No, No...not asking for your ultra-double-secret-proprietary info . Just wondering if anyone has a source for different grains/amounts/malting/etc. for consideration. We are just trying to organize all of our preliminary plans, and being able to list our ingredients/costs-per would be a nice page in the proposal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickdiculous Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Pick some percentages you like. Maybe prime numbers, or lucky ones. The range of recipes and grain amounts vary in all of this. The only things you have to have solid are the TTB requirements for the labeling of things like Bourbon (51% Corn minimum), Rye (51% Rye minimum), etc. While your percentages will effect flavor they will all make good whiskeys. If you need a jumping off point, here is what woodford publishes on their website for their Bourbon: 72% Corn 18% Rye 10% Barley Malt If you want to go with something easy 100% Corn Bourbon Whiskey 100% Rye (Could be 87% Rye, 13% Rye Malt or 73% Rye, 27% Rye Malt) While many of the people on this board think their numbers are somehow magic, they didn't go to some guru and get them. You need to think, about what you like and what you want to do and come up with a basic recipe. Do you like Bourbon, Rye, or Wheat Whiskeys? This is truly as simple as can be. What makes a great whiskey after that is how you ferment it, distill it, and age it. Good grain is good grain, it can all make good whiskey. I hope this helps. And by the way, I use prime numbers to come up with my recipes. Seriously, Two primes and one even. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickdiculous Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Sorry, I didn't realize this was under vodka as I saw it in the new content section. However the same thing applies. What grain or fruit do you have available to you for distilling to a GNS? What vodkas do you like and do you know what grain they are distilled from? Then go from there. The guys at Dry Fly use Wheat because it is readily available in their area and I believe it wasn't being used by a lot of people. So hopefully my comments on whiskey translated for you. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickysa Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Hey, thanks for the feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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