I need a simple moonsine recipe. step by step instructions, how much of each ingredient, etc. also, im completely new at brewing, i dont know what mash or any of that means. break this down completely for me. thanks, also how do i make a still?
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Depends on what recipe you use. Here are a few sites: http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/make/howtomake.html http://www.pentagramz.com/thickos/moonshine.htm http://www.pastracks.com/mcf/recipe.htm One contains the legal obligations thing, ya know different areas have different laws. However as with home beer brewing and wind making its relatively easy to get the right paper work to make your own moonshine. There will be limits to how much you make and you will be subject to surprise visits. An alternative to this would be Alcohol Fuel-grade recipes. Basically the same thing with just a little extra distilling to reduce the amount of water content lower. of course for use as fuel you need far much more. I believe the USA insists that you add wood alcohol (which is not drinkable) to the mixture allowing one to make their own fuel grade alcohol in amounts far surpassing drinkable alcohol.
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You need a still only for hard liquor. For beer and wine it is not used. There is many sites that sale ready made stills,and instructions on how to make a still.Many different recipes exist depending on what type of liquor you are making.The strength is dependent on the amount of times you distill the alcohol.It is said the the beginning of the alcohol that drips out of the still is the part that should be thrown out for that is the part that is unsafe to drink.I friend of mind will be lending his still to me to learn how to distill and I am new to it myself.
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This is what I tried for my first time and it turned out great! 2 pounds of brown sugar per gallon of water 5 gallons of fresh spring water got mine form the mountain guess tap will work. 1 packet of wine yeast. Yes you will need a still! You can build your own small still out of a pressure cooker, copper line, hot plate and a 5 gallon bucket! Take the weight of the top of the pressure cooker lid. You should have like a little nipple there remove it! tap the hole for a 3/8" coupling. Put the coupling in now for the copper you can get it from Lowe's or Home Depot. I would get 20 feet 3/8". Wrap the copper VERY CAREFULLY around a baseball bat leave plent of room to run from bucket to cooker! Now on to the bucket- take a 5 gallon bucket at the bottom drill a hole a little bigger than the copper line! insert you copper line with enough sticking out. Now silicone around the copper and bucket. Connect the copper line to the cooker. Fill the bucket with Ice and the cooker with "wine" thats what I call it. and have fun with the rest!
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