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| "I have finally made a small batch of acorn spirit. In order to leech them I boiled the whole acorns whith the shells on, changing the water about five times, it was maybe around 3 hours of total boiling. This process also gelatinized them. Then I mashed them in a meat grinder into porridge. When the temperature was 65 C, I added amylase. I used a lot of amylase adding it several times. After processing this way for about one and a half hour, the mash was sweet enough even thoug the iodine showed that starch was still present. I used ca 5 kg acorns and added ca 2 liters of water. It fermented well whith distillers yeast, and I guess some conversion kept going on because the fermentation kept going for two weeks. I got ca. 1,5 liter 50 % spirit out of it. Distilling in a bain marie. The taste is great, acornish and different, but some test tasters did not like it. Closer to a grain spirit than potatoe, but the oils and flavor from the acorns give a bitter and nutty taste as well. I also tried an acorn fake mash, just boiling the acorns in the pressure boiler for an hour to gelatinize, and added spraymalt to reach 7 %. The taste of this was similar, but not as rich and complex as the proper one." ((https:// | "I have finally made a small batch of acorn spirit. In order to leech them I boiled the whole acorns whith the shells on, changing the water about five times, it was maybe around 3 hours of total boiling. This process also gelatinized them. Then I mashed them in a meat grinder into porridge. When the temperature was 65 C, I added amylase. I used a lot of amylase adding it several times. After processing this way for about one and a half hour, the mash was sweet enough even thoug the iodine showed that starch was still present. I used ca 5 kg acorns and added ca 2 liters of water. It fermented well whith distillers yeast, and I guess some conversion kept going on because the fermentation kept going for two weeks. I got ca. 1,5 liter 50 % spirit out of it. Distilling in a bain marie. The taste is great, acornish and different, but some test tasters did not like it. Closer to a grain spirit than potatoe, but the oils and flavor from the acorns give a bitter and nutty taste as well. I also tried an acorn fake mash, just boiling the acorns in the pressure boiler for an hour to gelatinize, and added spraymalt to reach 7 %. The taste of this was similar, but not as rich and complex as the proper one." ((https:// | ||
| + | Chestnuts which are closely related to acorns and have similar protein and starch contents have been reported as smelling sulfurous when fermented, which can be corrected with " | ||
| ===Beer=== | ===Beer=== | ||
| - | Several people have worked with acorns to make beers, both using it as a flavoring agent and as a fermentable starch | + | Several people have worked with acorns to make beers, both using it as a flavoring agent and as a fermentable starch. In the below example the acorns are first processed and allowed to undergo enzyme fermentation before being added to the mash for a beer. |
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| ===Sake=== | ===Sake=== | ||
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| ==Acorns for Flavor only== | ==Acorns for Flavor only== | ||
| - | (()) | + | An existing alcohol is mixed with sugars and processed acorns. In most processes the bitter tannins are leached out of the acorns first and then the acorns are either added directly to the alcohol or further processed by roasting. In almost all versions the acorns are allowed to steep in the alcohol solution for weeks to months before being strained the the drink finalized. |
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| ==Acorns for bitterness== | ==Acorns for bitterness== | ||
| The bitterness and astringency of the tannins in acorns can be used as a bitterning agent in amaros. | The bitterness and astringency of the tannins in acorns can be used as a bitterning agent in amaros. | ||
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