Braga on wheat: 3 recipes at home
It has long been no secret that wheat is an excellent ingredient for making homemade moonshine, and store-bought vodka, too.
Preparation of brew from wheat grain is not particularly different from many other variants of brew. The main thing is to strictly observe the time, proportions and terms. This is especially true for recipes that do not use pressed yeast, and the fermentation process will be started by wild strains.
Braga on wheat without yeast recipe
This recipe does not use artificial yeast, which allows you to make brag with almost no specific unpleasant odor.
Sugar increases the yield of the finished product, but does not affect its taste and flavor.
Ingredients
Wheat - 4 kg
Granulated sugar - 4 kg
Water - 30 liters
The method of preparation
First, we need to prepare the so-called cereal malt, which can fully replace the pressed yeast. To do this: pour one kilogram of wheat in an even layer into a wide container and fill it with water 1-2 cm above the main product.
Cover the container with a lid and leave for 1-2 days in a dark but cool place.
After the grain has germinated, add 500 g of granulated sugar and mix well with your hands. If the mass is too thick, you can add a little more water.
Transfer the resulting mass to a jar, cover the neck with gauze and leave it in a warm room for 10 days.
When the starter is ready, transfer it to a bottle of appropriate volume, add the remaining sugar and wheat.
Then pour in the water, which was previously heated to 30 degrees and mix everything thoroughly.
Now install the water seal or you can use a rubber glove with a small hole in one of the fingers. Transfer the container to a dark place with a temperature of 18-24 degrees for 7-20 days.
Once the fermentation is completely over, strain the finished brew through cheesecloth and you can start distilling.
You don't have to throw away the wheat, but make another 2-3 servings of brew. To do this, add 4 kg of granulated sugar and the amount of water indicated in the recipe each time.
Braga on sprouted wheat recipe
Ingredients
Wheat - 2.2 kg
Water - 17 liters
Granulated sugar - 5 kg
Pressed baker's yeast - 100 g
The method of preparation
Sift the wheat to get rid of excess debris.
Then pour it with 2 liters of water at room temperature.
Cover the container with a lid and transfer it to a dark, warm place for 2-3 days.
After the wheat has sprouted, it is necessary to heat the water to 50 degrees and completely dissolve all the granulated sugar in it.
As soon as the syrup has cooled to 35-40 degrees, add yeast and germinated grain to it.
Mix the resulting mass well and pour it into a glass container for fermentation.
Install a water seal or glove and leave for 15 days in a dark, warm room.
After fermentation, the wheat mash is filtered through a cheesecloth filter and can be distilled to make homemade moonshine.
Brew from wheat flour recipe
Ingredients
Flour - 4 kg
Water - 16 liters
Dry yeast - 20 g
Enzymes amylosubtilin and glucavamorin, 10 grams each.
The method of preparation
Boil water, add flour to the warm solution. At the same time, you need to do everything so that no lumps form.
Each of the prepared enzymes should be added strictly at a certain temperature. First, amylosubtilin is added at 80 degrees, then glucavamorin at 65 degrees. The composition reaches this temperature in about an hour. Neglecting this rule can lead to the fact that the raw material is very poorly saccharified!
After completing the process of preparing the brew on enzymes, you need to introduce diluted yeast. It is advisable to do this as soon as possible, since the required fermentation mode will quickly pass and you will not get a tasty drink.
Then the whole composition is poured into the fermentation container, and this should be done while it is warm, about 25-30 degrees.
Now the brew can be distilled.
Update: 06.04.2018
Category: Vodka an Moonshine