Moonshine

[Dr_T]

I made some moonshine.

Anybody interested in a write up?
Is that an allowable topic for this site (it kinda verges on synthesis)?

And what topic would it go under? Resist and Rebel?


Thanks all!

[SantiagoDomingo]

I would be interested in how you went about making it.

[TVCasualty]

Sure, a how-to sounds good to me. Love the stuff myself. How else are we going to make the best alcohol extracts of our fungi if we can't make the best alcohol, and that means doing it ourselves...

I'd put it under Botanicals and Misc. Entheogens (moonshine can be very visionary, after all). Or General Discussions until a consensus is reached about where it falls.

[livewire420]

id love to see a write up

[Irishlion]

Yeah man that would be cool as hell bro

[Shroomette]

I'd be very interested in the write up.

[Ben Dover]

I'm with TV! What better way then to distill our own

I've always wanted to but I've never been to sure on how to mill the corn after it sprouts, among other steps

[NEPHROSIS]

I vote for a write up as well.

I recently distilled some mash and the alcohol left catches on fire

[M&M420]

Yeah Ill be looking forward to your write up.I would love to have a small set up of some kind to produce just a couple of jars worth.

[dice]

Even though I dont drink Id still be interested myself
to hear your process. Im sure you know but be careful.
When it comes to me and moonshine I never know im drunk
till i fall over or pass out. Goes down like water so its easy to get smashed fast.

[jmtx]

not the best guide but o well
1
Collect the ingredients necessary for making moonshine. You will need 25 pounds of cornmeal, 100 pounds of sugar, 100 gallons of water and 6 ounces of yeast. You'll also need charcoal for the final filter stage.

Step2
Gather the necessary equipment. You will need a few large pots, a large pressure cooker and a coiled copper pipe.


Step3
Boil water on the stove until it reaches a rolling boil.


Step4
Add this water to cornmeal. This mixture is known as the mash.


Step5
Cool down the mash until it is warm to the touch.


Step6
Add sugar and yeast to the warm mash.


Step7
Set the mash aside and allow it to ferment for 4 to 5 days. The mash is ready when it stops bubbling. At this stage, the mash is known as sour mash or beer.


Step8
Put the sour mash into the pressure cooker and carefully bring it up 173 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature at which the alcohol content of the mixture rises to the surface.


Step9
Use a coiled copper pipe, passed through cold water, to trap vaporized alcohol in a separate vessel. As the vapors pass through the cold copper tubing, they condense into a liquid called moonshine.


Step10
Filter the moonshine through charcoal to make it fit for consumption.

[Dr_T]

Step 8 there isn't quite right- close, but not quite.

Here's the first part of my writeup:
http://forums.mycotopia.net/botanica...-mooshine.html