"Hey All. I wanted to get some opinions on this grain bill. I have run one batch and it has been on oak for a month. Thiefed some off and it is turning out extraordinary. Am I good or just lucky?

Maize: 4 lbs
Rye: 3.8 lbs
Wheat: 1 lb
Malted Barley 1.8 lbs

Mountain water (6.5 gallons), 5.2 ph, added stabilizer, 165 F added base grains.

Added Barley at 152 F

Conversion confirmed with iodine test

Pitched whiskey yeast at room temp and let fermint for 8 days

OG seemed a little low: 1.048
TG after 8 days was close to .999 but not too sure about this reading

Yield on stripping run seemed a little low: 4 quarts from 58% to 20% abv then stopped

Spirit run: 1/3 water added to 4 quarts: yield was 1/2 gallon at 63 %

Very nice smelling and tasting product.

I would really like your opinions on what I did right and wrong. As always I took really good notes and am wanting to move forward with a few more batches to impress whisky-knowledgeable friends..:)

Thanks! BS Dave"