■ 🕑 20. 
│  Distilling my "sweet mash" UJSSM whisky now. I was surprised, the top 
│  layer of corn is gray but most of the corn is still good and yellow.
│  It fermented pretty quick and it smells a bit corny but nothing
│  really impressive. 
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│  Once my distillation is done, I'll pour some of the "backset" (the 
│  beer without alcohol left in the boiler) back into my corn yeast sugar
│  bucket and kick off a "sour mash fermentation." 
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│  Right now I'm using cracked corn for flavor, partially because it's
│  so damn cheap, but I've seen people speak very highly of corn flake 
│  whisky. 
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│  Made about 6L more of apple cider this afternoon, too. I am a busy 
│  little bee! 
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└─■ 🕑 21. 
  │  I did the second batch of UJSSM whisky yesterday (aka, a proper sour 
  │  mash bourbon) and ran it with the low wines from the first stripping 
  │  run. After taking decent cuts, I diluted and blended all the jars today
  │  and mixed the better tasting stuff together. Ended up with 4x 700ml 
  │  bottles around 43% each. 
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  │  It's nowhere near as smooth as it could be if I distilled it another
  │  time or carbon filtered it or aged it on charred oak for a few years.
  │  But for what it is, it's pretty good. I've been mixing it with Sprite 
  │  and sipping it on the rocks. The bourbon is sweet, corny, and... creamy,
  │  almost buttery. It's a little hard to drink neat, but it adds some nice
  │  flavor to mixed beverages. 
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  │  My 3rd generation UJSSM is currently fermenting, 20L worth, along with
  │  another 20L of sugar-wine (kilju) that will end up as vodka. There is
  │  no more tomato paste for sale in my town so I tried adding some of the
  │  bourbon backset with some boiled yeast to serve as a nutrient for the
  │  new vodka. 
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  └─■ 🕑 22. 
      I managed to drink 3/4 of a bottle of my bourbon last night (mixed with
      Sprite and Coca-Cola) while the most I've ever been able to drink of
      commercial whisky in a night is 1/4 of a bottle. And that 1/4 a bottle
      of whisky would always give me a terrible headache while I'm feeling
      terrific today. 
      
      Whether that's a statement in favor of or against moonshining depends on
      your point of view... only $2 down the drain on that bottle, at least.