Does LME make for a good Whiskey?

In this video we will be seeing if Liquid Malt Extract makes for a good Whiskey.

We made an All Grain Single Malt Whiskey consisting of 7kgs of Pale Malt Barley.
We also made a Whiskey with only 5kgs of LME, fermented and distilled both Whiskys and tried them side by side.

If you will like to get your hands on some of LME of the Malt please check out the links below.

LME
Base Malt

Thank you Still Tec for the ingredients.

[theironduke]

Hi Beaver.
I've tried this experiment with LME 3 or 4 times and came to the same conclusion.
The LME that I used on each occasion also left a difficult to describe 'chemical' taste in the finished product.
It did the same when I used it to boost the SG of an all grain whisky.
This could be just down to me or the LME product, but just watch out for it.
Enjoying the channel, keep up the good work.
All the best from the UK.

[stephencadwallader]

Do you think that adding enzymes would be helpful to the fermentation?

[BeardedBored]

Solid results. I thought maybe the residual sugars would add some complexity to it, but it came out flat. Great test, broer!

[thealembicdiary]

Love the honesty and your still house!!

[silly]

I like your shirt. Where do I get one?

[fourdeadinohio]

the same thing happened to me when i did LME. i bought it off amazon along with the yeast they recommended. it stopped after a couple of days. i used DADY to save it. i threw in a bunch of sugar and re pitched it. a $60 sugar wash.

[Justin-leip]

I had very similar results when using LME for a Whisky. Imo for the price you pay, I am sticking to All grain!

[ailkenllib]

Great test dude, good to know and appreciate the honest opinion. I always figured that LME and DME were best suited for beers so the residuals would flavor the beer, didn't think it made sense to use it for distillation.

By the way, you seem to have a wild dog running about your property, better get that guard cat trained better, LOL

[danthemann]

Timely video for me. Thanks. I was about to start an LME mash (based on other peoples success reports) but now I am a bit concerned! Wasn't your starting gravity about 70-72? But after diluting it was 40? Sorry but I can't quite figure your numbers. What was the final gravity/aby of the mash? What was your yield? I wonder how you even got a liter of hearts! Might your tasting results be heavily influenced by the lack of ABV in the mash (I'm thinking you basically distilled light beer!)

[liamsh]

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[vtcrafter]

This is like using corn syrup or corn sugar to make corn whiskey. Still get the sugar shine bite to me but maybe because I knew what went into it

[stillworksandbrewing]

thanks for video Beaver as always enjoyable and a lot of great info Cheers!!

[Ansis]

Nice! Thanks' for StillBehindTheBench channel introduction to me! Many good videos! P.S. I made a some changes in my understanding of "how to make methanol free" wine. I think professional stills can distillate everything, but copper column pot stills cant. And we - simple still guys must make grain wines. All my experiments with fruit wines (without buffers) go wrong. Idea about "buffers" is great! I must understand it better, because it is something "new" for me. We all still in "learning process" forever! 🥂

[JohnFerrerAkaEric]

Do you think using a variety of types of LMEs may add greater flavor/nose complexity? I know it wouldn't be a single malt but it may be easier than mashing.

[mauistevebear]

Thank you! You saved me the time and money I was thinking about doing. Tempted by the easy road of not mashing

[nicktaylor]

I’m looking to get started making moonshine ethanol for fuel. Does anyone know of a YouTube channel that gives start up advice?

[ammerudgrenda]

Amylase (beta, in particular) is normally required to make LME fermentable.

[KB-uvxo]

Great video and comments. How about trying a comparison with DME.

[bobgreen]

maybe use lme and dme. could help a bit.

[garrymcgaw]

G'day Beaver, I was wondering what was the yield of hearts cut in both test batches?. Great vid mate always look forward to your input to the hobby. Cheers from Aussie.