Snow Bogan (Canadian / Rye Whiskey)

1. Option A – All-in-One or BIAB (with sparge):
   Using 3 litres of water for every kilo of grain, prepare your mash water by heating to 67°C in your mash vessel. If you’re using an all-in-one system such as the Grainfather and also intending to sparge, use approximately 21L mash water and 10L sparge water [single batch]. If you’re using the Brew In A Bag (BIAB) method, you may instead follow a full volume no sparge scheduled…
   Option B – Full Volume BIAB (no sparge):
   If you’re system allows 35L or more, add 31L of water to your kettle and heat to 67°C.Fit your grain bag tightly around the rim of your kettle, allowing enough slack so that it can’t touch the bottom heat element.
2. Add milled grain to the mash water and stir in well for a couple minutes to break up any dough balls. If you’re using rice hulls, stir them in now.
3. Leave to mash for 45 to 60 minutes while maintaining your mash temperature of 65°C – a few degrees above or below is fine but we want to stay between 60°C – 70°C.
4. Optional: Test the pH of your wash. The target pH is 5.4; use LACTIC ACID to adjust it down, or CALCIUM HYDROXIDE to adjust it up.
5. Sparge:
   BIAB: Raise grain bag and tightly squeeze to drain and collect as much wash as possible. Pour water over the grain bag until you’ve collected 25L of wash.
   Grainfather: Raise malt pipe and sparge with 77 °C water until you’ve collected 25L of wash.
6. BOIL: Bring wash to a boil in your boil kettle for up to 15 minutes to sterilise.
7. Cool wash down to fermentation temperature using a chiller or our no-chill method. READ MORE HERE
8. Pitch yeast and leave to ferment between 20-30°C, using your hydrometer to determine whether your wash has finished fermenting. Ferment on the cooler end of this temperature range for a smoother, subtler spirit; ferment at the warmer end for an estery, highly aromatic spirit.
9. Once fermentation has finished, clear the wash following the TURBO CLEAR package instructions (if using) or cold crash your wash in a fermentation fridge.
10. Transfer the wash into your boiler for distillation. Ensure the wash is as clear as possible- you may need to siphon or pour off and discard a small portion of wash initially until it runs clear.
11. Heat the wash to 55°C and add Fermcap over the top of the wash.
12. Safely fit your distillation lid, connect your cooling water, and proceed with distilling your spirit.

New to craft distilling?

Here’s a list of some basic equipment you’ll need before you get started: