For the first time whisky began to be made in the X century in Ireland and Scotland. Now Canada and the USA were added to these leading countries on production of this 40-degree alcoholic drink. However, whisky can be made also in house conditions today.
It is required to you
- 8 kg of corn
- 1 kg of semolina (rye or wheat)
- 100 g of yeast
- 3 buckets of water
- dried barley malt
Instruction
1. To process corn and grain (it is better to take rye or wheat). In a 50-liter pan or the enameled bucket to fill up corn and grain. Fill in it with 3 buckets of boiled water. Boil thoroughly until weight doesn't become kasheobrazny. For this purpose it is necessary to include small fire on a plate and not to switch off it within 4 hours.
2. Cool the received gruel to 60 wasps. Add there dry barley malt. The starch which is contained in grain will turn into malt sugar. Mixed mix within 1, 5 - 2 hours needs to be held at a temperature of 60 wasps. For this purpose capacity can be covered with an old fur coat, a coat or a blanket. Or to place the vessel on a water bath.
3. When mix is cooled to room temperature, to add to it yeast. Leave in the warm room for 5-6 days that mix began to ferment. As a result it will have a bitterish taste.
4. Now it is necessary to connect a distillating still. Overtake through it otbrodivshy mix. Purify the received alcohol by means of the coal filter.
5. Pour alcohol in banks. On their bottom it is necessary to put oak, but not coniferous pieces of wood. Close large bottles. Not open them within a year.
6. The received alcohol turns out with a strength of 65-70%. It needs to be broken the distilled water to the spirit level of 40%.