"Hello,
New to the whole distillation game, received a small pro series 2 distiller from brewhaus. I have been reading as much as I can about everything. I have a grasp of the process I think, everybody seems to have a different way to do it so I 'm a little confused. I would like to start with making a high quality corn whisky, is their a simple formula of how much grain to water and sugar? Do I need to add enzymes and all the other stuff or just a good yeast? After that what is the best way to distill the wash? I know Im missing a ton of stuff what else would be some critical info? Thanks for any advice you are willing to share.

Thanks"

The best way to distill for whiskey is in the pot still mode, that way you will get some of the flavor from your recipe whatever that may be. As far as recipe's go you can make it complex or simple. Basically the starch in the corn has to be converted to sugar for the yeast to eat. That can be done by letting whole kernels of corn germinate and then using that or by boiling cornmeal and using that or just a simple sugar wash and adding an essence to flavor it. I personally use a barley malt and sugar for my whiskey and it comes out real nice. I wouldn't get into too complex of wash/mash/ recipe's too start with. But if you have lots of free corn then give it a shot :) If you use a recipe with corn or cornmeal you will have solids in your fermenter that you will have to eliminate before you cook it. That is just another step that you have to deal with using that kind of recipe.

Thanks for the info as soon as I get some time I will have to give it a try with something corn whisky or sugar wash. Another quick question what should the temp be at the top of the column?