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Feb 17, 2020 · But since this is your 1st all grain mash, your efficiency would be (assumed to be) lower. So, increasing the grain ratio to 2-1/2 lb per gallon might be prudent. Your target gravity should be 1.070-1.074, or roughly a 10%ABV potential maximum. A 2-1/2 lb per gallon ratio should get you close, yet safely below 10%ABV.
- The Components of Cost of Goods
- Grain / Liquid Costs
- 50 Shades of Grain
- The Cost of Cooperage
- A Word About Inventory and Supply Chain
To really get a handle on overall product costs, the distiller must understand both the main elements of cost and key cost drivers as well as the individual component costs. Costs generally break down into five items: grain / liquid, packaging, labor and utilities, freight in and out, Federal Excise Tax (FET). The chart below shows the Illustrative...
Liquid cost will vary greatly by product depending on whether the spirit is: Unaged or aged? Unaged spirits includes clear spirits such as vodka, gin and moonshine that generally have little or no aging and finishing. Whether distillers make their own product and age it or source aged liquid from someone else, there is both a cost associated with l...
“Garbage in, garbage out” is a concept common to computer science and mathematics: The quality of output is determined by the quality of the input. This same principle applies to making great spirits. If you want to make the next great American whiskey, it all starts with using quality grains. Like an artist relying on a palette of colors to create...
If a distiller wants to use aged liquid in making spirits, there is either an explicit or implicit cost associated with laying down and storing barrels for the desired period of time for the liquid to mature that must be captured in product cost. Discussions about cooperage with a master distillers generally focus on barrel size (typically 5- to 53...
Your passion may be making great whiskey, but understanding inventory and your supply chain is critical to sustaining and growing a business. The distiller must understand what his or her true product and inventory costs are to more accurately cover and recapture them and to determine if the business is profitable and self-sustaining or not. Purcha...
Jun 16, 2014 · Ive done hundreds of gallons of bourbon mashes with 70% cracked corn content at 2.5-3 lbs per gallon, to give me an easy and consistent 1.065. 28 gallons in 70-80 lbs of grain gives me 2 12 gallon runs after I squeeze it out. Plenty 'water left'.
Sep 14, 2016 · With that concept under our belt, we have three steps to calculate our grain bill: 1. Calculate the total extract needed: Let's say that we are brewing 5 gallons of an IPA with a target gravity of 1.062. The total extract is simply the product of the volume and the GUs of the recipe. 5 gallons x 62 GUs = 310 GUs of total gravity. 2.
Mar 22, 2016 · 0.2 gal/lb is much higher than the typical grain absorption rate. For traditional mash tuns and batch sparging, the typical grain absorption rate is about 0.125 gal/lb. With BIAB the grain absorption rate can range from 0.04 to 0.10 gal/lb depending on the bag draining and/or squeezing protocol.
Often referred to as grain points, or points per gallon (ppg) – This number represents the grains or adjuncts potential specific gravity for 1 lb of grains in one gallon of water. If you know your grains potential SG, you can easily convert that value to PPG simply be grabbing the last 2 numbers of it’s potential specific gravity value.
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Jan 17, 2016 · With our rye mashes we are at roughly 2:1 litres of water to kg grain, and that has always been fine. Recently increased our wheat grist bill to hit 1.5:1 to fit more in our kettle, and the resulting mash hits 12% ABV if it ferments fully. Problem is it isn't fully attenuating.
