Making Vodka From Potatoes 

If you dont have enough malted barley to convert potato starch to sugar, try using sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes have all the amylase needed to convert themselves. They make a great vodka

I love when you said "atleast 2 tablespoons of yeast" then you just pour it in with no measurements😂😂. Thank you for the content, I look forward to getting round to making vodka

You guys are the best, I love the profanity and complete walk-through sass from grain to drink. Awesome guys!!!

When I was very young my grampa used to make his own vodka. He was Polish and loved his vodka and he was VERY particular about it. I remember he and my father talking and he told my father that you NEVER left the peels in the mash because it made the vodka taste dirty. Years later when I was talking with my father about this he told me that my grampa ONLY ever used russet potatoes because the russets, being a starchy potato vs a mealy potato, gave a better yield and the vodka was slightly sweet with almost no flavour. Seeing this video and remembering my grampa makes me think that maybe next summer I should try a run like he did it 40 odd years ago.

I literally subscribed just cause these guys are hilarious and informative!! Keep up the good work.

"Add two tablespoons of yeast" *Adds three shovels worth*

Great hands on video! As a chemist I really like your transparant column which creates a sharp separations. I know you don't use a 'simple column', but could you please inform the people watching to discard the first portion of the destillate to prevent methanol poisoning.

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Now when the kids ask for real mashed potatoes with dinner I'll have something to really impress them with.

These guys really aren't sure what their doing, love it!

Excellent. I've been wondering if one can actually make vodka at home using potatoes. It is my understanding that starch conents vary widely amongst potato varieties. You guys apparently didn't research this but instead adopted the "kitchen sink" approach. You also didn't use the malted barley syrup but instead went from scratch. Have you guys ever tried using the syrup? I found some organic malted barley syrup out of Oregon. Finally, looking forward to your gin video. I love gin (and I'm not even British!) Have your wife try Bulldog Gin. It is my favorite.

My old lady went hell yeah to seeing this video. Keep up the great work

the potatoes are nothing but carbohydrates, the barley is a seed that's partially germinated, this germination creates an enzyme. This enzyme interacts with the carbohydrates converting the carbohydrates into sugar. In the old days, they didn't used extra sugar, they just used the converted carbohydrates from the malted barley, or better known and early stage of barley germination they dried. Adding the barley has to be below 150 degrees not to kill the enyzyme. Now you have the carbohydrates converted to sugar by the barley. So this is nothing but sweet sugar. Now you can add additional sugar for higher alchohol content after adding the yeast. Must cool down from 150 degrees to like 95 degrees when adding yeast. This needs yeast to eat the sugar, and the yeast waste is the alcohol, it's urine and fesces. The yeast waste based on type of potato it eats gives a certain twist to it's waste taste. Just like your fesces have a certain smell based on what you ate and drank night before. Now the alcohol, is at a low alcohol content, like 12%. You then distil the mash, wich also keeps the orginal potato taste, unlike just using sugar cain. Voila, Potato Vodka. Highed the Vokda alcohol more pure, but you lose the potato taste.

Not a bad yield men... I'm gonna try this recipe. Cheers from Aussie.

Two scientists and a bucket of potatoes legendary

Great fun video. I use grain mesh bags. 600 down to 300 mesh. Make it go so much faster. Great job again guys.

I've always been interested in distilling. I made wine and beer for years, but never made the jump. As far as equipment cost, looks like you had the boiler pot, 10 gallon. Looked like a keg you put the liquid in to distill, and the bubble distillation lense. Propane burner, of course. Did I miss anything, other than ingredients?

At least 2 Tbsp of Dady, but you could do 2 cups. Awesome vid guys. What temp are you pitching?

Ok...now I want to see you guys make potatoes out of the vodka....just fer shits and giggles.

good video, been thinking of running the potatoes! Got a grapa on the rip. I hear that 4 row has more amalaize, ever try it?

Nice guys! Being South African and going way back my boss had a mate on a farm cultivating all sort of fruit. Also had an ancient still on the farm. Each year my boss got a case from his mate and gave me a bottle. Apparently pushed through the distillation kettle a few times if it makes sense from a potency viewpoint? Well, rocket fuel had NOTHING on this lot. 😆I did a test and tried to see if it would freeze into ice cubes. Not a chance. I can remember "over indulging" on it. Bloody hell, the next day I needed a tyre lever.....to put my cap on with. No kidding. Great fun!

Awesome video guys and great info. Just subscribed. By chance what is the hose that’s connected at the end of the condenser? I’m at beginner to this and just ordered my first bubble plate. Want to make sure I’m not missing anything. Thanks

Another great video guy's, keep them rolling, waiting patiently for you too distil rice wine.

So barely malt breaks down potatoe starch? I work at a potatoe warehouse we get as many potatoes as we want! I'm going to try to get everything I need to make it, just don't exactly know everything supplies wise.

I am trying to find a video using a technique I think should work great with the potatoes. Why not use a vegetable juicer and extract the liquid from the raw potatoes, use a cheese cloth to ring the juiced potatoes dry, then discard the rest? Maybe you might have to use some extra potatoes just to balance the flavor but I believe in theory that should work well and make filtering much easier.

I know this adds a step in the beginning but removes one later down the line ,minus the barley. I am diabetic and trying things I can still eat without getting the bad (unhealthy for diabetics) out of it. Been experimenting with potatoes by juicing them in a juicer to remove the starch (which turns to sugar in the body) to make eating potatoes not so negative. You can fry the mash into potato pancakes which still taste like potato's but wanted to come up with something to do with the juice and making potato vodka sounds like a idea. I figure a juicer removes about 95-98% of the starch/juice from the potato's. Have you ever thought about trying this when making potato vodka and do you think it would change the taste a lot good or bad?

I'm new here. I love vodka. Do you have a video where you guys get drunk? Any remedies for a hangover? LOL Yes I'm new.

Irish poiten (pocheen) moonshine is also made with potatoes

I do it just using sugar water yeast and tomato paste. My last lot was 91% abv on 2nd run and made damn good gin. I don’t care whether it’s called vodka or alcohol btw for all the purists out there. As long as it makes nice gin afterwards

Awesome . Dat stuff gonna kick your ass by the looks of things. Good video 👍🇺🇸🎻

Great video guys...I love your bar towards the end of the video!!

Also, how long do you ferment the mash? When I do beer and wine, it's usually several weeks to a couple of months.

Do you have to use the bubble plate condensor? I only have a regular Vevor still (which I have never used YET). :) Can I use the grain bag to help with the filtering process?

"get you one of these lil trashcans theyre nice as FUCK" lmao you guys are awesome.

Am I the only one who caught that obscure Chris Rock joke @3:31 🤣

Thanks. Nice numbers on that 👏

Try using a peristaltic pump next time. It wont agitate the mixture much

The enzyme in the (malted barley converts the starches into sugar) but u put sugar in it anyway, i would of just left the barley out instead of wasting it or just used unmalted barly if u just wanted the flavor but vodkas supposed to be neutral

Hi fats. I am Russian. We do not use potatoes for vodka. Because Russians met with potatoes after several hundred years later from times of borning vodka - "bread's wine", "polugar" ( halfburned). Only grain!

Most potatos wash in the boil , great presentation

Hey how can I commercialize this far vodka.. I need this !!!

What I understand, adding Barley-Amslese was for the purpose of NOT having to use Sugar?

"lol stir that tussin in, let it get to the bone" chris rock lol

How long you have to leave it .b4 separate stuff ....plus how long till you able drink.........you guys funny with ya big arse mixer ....I only got a little mixer lol.😅

hell yeah i want to see you take shots of everything on your shelf

Do you drain the water from the potatoes or do you mash them in the water

What about a grain bag for the potatoes? Wonder if that would work?

Try some paint bags or brew bags.

"How much fucking water is in there"😂😂😂😂😂 @02:02 ..and thats just the beginning..

How long was it in the bucket before transfer 🤔

هل قمت بستخراج الكحول الضار في اول عمليات التقطير

very helpful video, i love my potäter vodka

How much does a machine like that run?

You’d need a lot more, but do you think you could use those purple potatoes to make vodka as well?

Would corn work just as well?

you got some chemists right here.

Great video!!!

The stuff I watch at 3 am.

Could it be possible to give an Inventory of everything that has been used ?

Cool video Guys. Tnks. Subscribed

Just Like in the War Movie "Great Escape". Cheers'.(smile)

Thank you, cheer :)

thank youuuuu😍😍

I like this but is it technically potato vodka at this point? Why didn't you guys just use a combo of alpha and gluco and avoid the sugar? It's super cheap in bulk.

How many days does that take?

Plz do write the method of make step by step...plz do make a video of this...and days of fermentation is also needed...plz explain step by step...

what kind of barrel did you use to destill

Is it a good as Smirnoff

Where did you get your bubble plate from

How long does the mash sit?

Do you have a recipe for Whipped cream vodka

"See you in a half an hour bitches" LOL subbed

potato is the cleanest tasting vodka

How come you don’t use a pre condenser on top of your bubble plates?

Is it flammable

how did you separate mithanol

You should get a reflux section for that bubble plate column.

can you use tap water to do this distilled water cost alot in australia

Love your video how long did you let it burp and fart 💨??

Cop sirens in the background lol

Good God thanks Great looking vodka kick ass

I am from NC where ya,ll boys from?

Can I make ethanol from potato

Lost me at “great vodka flavor” 🤣🤣 but I can’t wait to see you build a gin

What is your yields?

You me 50 tbsp of yeast?

intentionally clicked off the british man that came up first to watch this.

You guys need a deflagnator you should of been able to hit 190 proof. As for straining your shit you need to get a fruit press and some brew bags. Press you mash through a brew bag in the press. After pressing everything out hit it with a package of quik kleer . If you do these things you will really step your game up. I would of also done an iodine test to see if you converted the starch to sugar before add all that sugar. I'd also consider getting a gravity ready before adding your yeast. Yall have a garbage can full of mash you should of had more of a yield.

What about metanole

Damn y'all's commentary is fantastic.. love me some country boys.. lmao

you can make it from milk too

this pretty much a sugar shine with all that damn sugar

Hate vodka. Makes me Dangerous at life lols. But Great video content xo

For those of us keeping track.. he used 24 grams of yeast

Is this legal, as I typed this I could hear the faint sound of a police siren in the background, quite fitting LOL ?

Pretty awesome video But wish it had more step by step footage-longer scenes

I brew mead. This looks quite complicated!

I love u guys ❤

2 tablespoons of yeast. Then add a cup instead 😂

Sound like Mr Anderson from Beavis & Butthead