Can A Beer Recipe Make A Tasty Whiskey?

Lets brew a Belgian dark strong and see what happens when I distill it. Spoiler alert, it turns into a pretty tasty whiskey.

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The full recipe that was used :
18 kg / 39.7 lb Pilsner Malt
1.5 kg / 3.3 lb Flaked Oats
1.5 kg / 3.3 lb Flaked Wheat
1.5 kg / 3.3 lb Melanoidin Malt
1.5 kg / 3.3 lb Caramel Aromatic
0.45 kg / Special B
6kg Dark Candi Syrup

It will take 3 mashes to get through all the grain above. Use 1/3rd of each grain in each mash.

32L / 8.45 gal strike water
Mash at 65 c / 149 f for 1 hour
Raise temp to mash out 70 c / 158
Sparge with roughly 30L / 7.9 gal or down to around 1.015 gravity

Recipe For Candi Syrup
6 kg / 13.2 lb Sugar
2L / 0.5 gal of the wash
2L / 0.5 of hot water
Extra water until the sugar totally dissolves
Heat up until you hit 260 f / 126 c
Boil for 30-45 min
Add baking soda until the syrup starts to taste basic instead of acidic
It's HOT be careful and cool with water before tasting!
Continue boiling do not let the temp rise above 148 c / 300 f cool with small amounts of water
Continue boiling until desired flavors are reached

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