Rye whiskey recipe

West Overton Distilling 2020 Mash recipe.

1. West Overton Distilling

MONONGAHELA RYE WHISKEY MASH  
 
 
Ingredients​: 
 
●100 gal filtered water 
●6.45 oz Five Star 5.2 pH stabilizer 
●80 ml White Labs VISCO-BUSTER 
●50 ml White Labs OPTI-MASH 
●200 lbs finely ground Rye 
●50 lbs finely ground distillers 
malt(barley malt) 
●362.5 ml ULTRA-FERM 
●300 g Red Star DADY Yeast 
 
Tools​: 
 
●Grain Grinder  
●Steam jacketed mash tun 
●Compact brushless drill driver 
●3ft immersion drill attachment 
●Bayou Classic 42" Stainless Stir & 
Mash Paddle 
●Home Depot 5 gal buckets 
●Graduated cylinder 
●Digital Kitchen Scale 
●1 gal water pitcher 
●Towels 
●3, 2” Hoses 
●Gravity Pump 
●Chiller Tube 
●3 Sanitized, 50 gal Fermenting Tanks 
●CO2 Hoses 
●Tri-Clamps and Gaskets 
●Large metal yard stick 
 
Prep:  Cook:  Cool: 
1 hour  5 hours 2 hours 
Directions: 
Switch boiler on. Turn water valves to 
filtered water. Bleed cold water line and fill 
mash tun with 15” water. 
Add pH stabilizer, VISCO-BUSTER, and 
OPTI-MASH to water. When the boiler is up 
to temp, turn the steam valve to open 
position. Allow mash water temp to reach 
110F. With steam valve open, add 50lbs 
Ground Rye to tun. Turn the steam valve off 
and on to keep temp between 120F and 
140F. Add each bag, stirring well with 
immersion drill and paddle until all clumps 
are broken and all 200 lbs have been 
incorporated. Add malt and stir well. No 
clumps should remain. Allow temperature 
to reach 149F. Mash should be a thin 
porridge like consistency. 
For four hours keep the temperature 
between 140F and 150F degrees by heating 
and stirring well every 20 minutes or when 
temp drops to 140F. DO NOT heat over 150F. 
After 4 hours turn off steam and switch the 
boiler to standby. Connect the mash tun 
ball valve to the pump, pump to bottom 
opening of chiller tube, and top opening of 
chiller tube to hose feeding into top of 
mash tun. Turn on chiller water and open 
the valve at the bottom of mash tun. Once 
mash has reached the pump, brace the 
hose feeding into the mash tun and turn on 
the pump. Be careful of splashing hot 
mash, it will come out quick! Add 
ULTRA-FERM and continue cooling until 
mash temp reaches 90F. 
Immediately transfer to Fermenting Tanks, 
mix 100g yeast into the top ⅓ of mash. 
Close tanks, attach CO2 hose to tank top 
valves and place the opposite ends in a 
clean bucket of water.