How To Make A Fruity, Silky Vodka

This vodka turned out great! A subtle brandy-like sweetness, big voluptuous body with a little cerial-like flavour on the back end.

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[hipgnosis]

Glad you like this one brother! It's always done me right!

[Winkleo.x]

On my first try, I followed the recipe as a 40L batch. It took almost 2 weeks for it to dry out, and the wort smelled delicious! I strained it (but did not settle & clarify) and there was *some* scorching. After a rapid stripping run and much slower spirit run using the thumper, I collected about 2L of heads/tails and 1.5L of an exceptionally sweet and subtly raisin bread flavored (albeit hot) 155 proof vodka.
I'm currently fermenting a new 60L batch at a more stable 29C with an additional 2.5kg granulated sugar and 15g fermaidK added at 1.010 for an ABV boost. This batch will be strained, racked, cold-settled, and racked again into the boiler as a translucent liquid to minimize scorched off-flavors. The feints from the first batch will be added to the new stripping run.

[jvergen]

Jesse thank you for all you do, I finally got to making your vodka with oats and bran to then make gin, it by itself is delicious, looking forward to making gin.

[duncan]

Great video!

You've made ouzo before, but would be nice if you could make a video about raki as well. Raki is very popular in turkey and middle east.

[wldtrky]

100 L is almost 4x the amount I ever use. Normally I'm in the 6-7 gallon range, 22 - 26 L +/-. Just right for my 8 gal still. I started my 1st IPA beer yesterday, fermetatiom going great. Wont be running it thru the still, lol. Always enjoy the uploads Jesse 👍

[DarkArtGuitars]

your timing is immaculate! I'm also pretty much out of vodka and the gin keeps disappearing... I'll definitely try this recepie this time around!

[PraetzelProjects]

thoughts on doing a mini mash on those grains before adding them to the bucket? would that be beneficial, purpose defeating or downright unnecessary?

[OldManGardening]

your content, brother! Taking notes and just enjoying your passion. Thanks for keeping it real!

[MauricioFernandes]

Another great video Jesse! Could you please detail in a comment the final volumes of vodka. How many liters of hearts, and how many mls of heads and tails to be cut? Thank you very much!!

[Akerfeldt]

I love this channel. Distilling distracts me from the dystopian hell that is our modern world.

[maradall]

Mmm... this looks yummy!
It's a bit like Ted's Fast Fermenting Vodka recipe, which is my normal go-to recipe for a nice neutral spirit, but with the oats and wheat instead of bran, and the raisins as well. I guess no need for DAP when you have all this actual nutrient...
And double the sugar too... I like the idea of a higher end ABV, so I might pick up some of that Red Label Angel Yeast instead of my usual Saf Instant Bakers' Yeast - which does work pretty well, & gives a good end product, but I wouldn't like to push it that far!

[donmirra]

This is a great idea. I have a T-500 with both the column and the alembic configurations. How would you distill it after the wash has finished?

[frasermaguire]

Have you thought about adding MSG into a brew?
And what's a good yeast when average day time temperature is 30° or more?

[samansaadzadeh]

Hi Jesse, Thanks for video, where can I find the Alan Bishop brandy recepie?

[cjcout]

Nice video. I am always curious has to your yields. How much final product? ABV? What ABV did you cut it off at with the tails. I only run a pot still so would be interesting to have those numbers to compare if I try that recipe. Also, I noticed that you did not use any nutrients with that much sugar. Does Angel yeast provide the needed nutrients with a sugar wash? And how long do you keep that much yeast in the refrigerator. I live in the US and have not found a source for a smaller Angel yeast packet. Sorry, too many questions.

[davidcarr]

I'm not a drinker, but I checked out your video because your appearance reminded me of my son! As I'm watching you from Canada and I live less than 100 kilometers from where they manufacture Crown Royal rye whisky, I'd like to know, have you ever tried to make a Canadian style rye? Have you tried making it maple flavoured? I'd really be interested in your interpretation of these two classic Canadian flavours.
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[nigelwhite]

Great a new vodka recipe will definitely try this out soon with the new reflux column I've made but will need to do a cleaning run first 😢

[Isarico]

The idea is great, I would certainly give it a try, maybe adding wheat flour instead of some of the sugar. and then using angel koji yeast. There's a lot of possibilities!

[the_whiskeyshaman]

People underestimate the amount of neutral spirit you need lying around for cool projects. This one sounds super yum. 🥃🥝

[NamnEfternamn-kmcb]

So how much is the end product after destilation in a 100L batch?