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Homemade alcohol (41 replies)

■ 🕑 36.
│  The early part of the run has smelled very berry-like. Not what I was
│  expecting, though I never eat Trix cereal so I'm a poor judge.
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│  As we approach the end of the run, the corn notes are starting to come
│  through. It's interesting how different smells and tastes come out at
│  different parts.
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└─■ 🕑 37.
  │  I got about ~4 liters out of my 18L 9% ABV Trix experiment.
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  │  700g of smashed and boiled Trix cereal with 3kg of sugar.
  │  Fermented for 1 week, allowed to clear a bit before boiling
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  │  1st jar (1.5L) smells very fruity -- perhaps berries and citrus
  │   ... but also very strong in alcohol
  │  2nd jar (1.5L) is a bit more ambiguous.
  │  3rd jar (~1L) is much more corny, but also weaker in alcohol.
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  │  I will likely incorporate this with my ~10L of "stripped" tomato paste
  │  wash to make some kind of gin. The corn and berry notes should add a
  │  nice complexity to the juniper, coriander, et al.
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  ├─■ 🕑 38.
  │   Sampling jar #2 of the Trix cereal wine (72% ABV), mixing with cola.
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  │   The strongest flavors carrying through are corn with incidental
  │   berry / lemon sweetness. But the heads and tails present hinder the
  │   potential for tastiness. I feel like if it were to be distilled again,
  │   aged hearts on oak would taste as a pretty tasty bourbon ..
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  └─■ 🕑 39.
      Mixed some of jar #1 with milk -- wondered how milk w/ cereal liquor
      would be. I'm not sure if it was the "heads" or what but the cocktail
      was almost completely revolting and not something I would wish upon
      my friends or enemies. 2/10
       

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