The Smoothest Moonshine Mash Recipe You Will Ever Need – Still'n The Clear (2024)

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How do you make sweet feed moonshine mash? ›

At-Home Easy Sweet Feed Moonshine Mash Recipe – Small Batch

Put enough feed to cover bottom of 5 gallon bucket a good 4 inches deep, then add five pounds of sugar. Fill half full with boiling water. Mix until sugar is dissolved. Let sit for ninety minutes and then finish filling with cool water.

For a 5 gallon mash: (201)

If using bird feed, make sure it is perishable, or in other words is free of preservatives. 7 lbs (3.2kg) of granulated sugar. 1 tbsp yeast (distillers yeast if available.)

You can generally assume that your alcohol still will produce a final batch that is about 20% of the size of your copper still's pot. For example, the average run in a 5 gallon still can be expected to produce about a gallon or a gallon and a half of moonshine.

Glycerine is used to smooth and mellow spirits and add some modest body. If you think your distillate is a little sharp or has a bit too much of that 'alcohol burn,' adding a few drops of glycerine can reduce the harshness, add mellowness and improve mouthfeel.

If you want to get more of the earthy taste of moonshine in your co*cktail, try pairing it with ginger ale (not ginger beer). Sweet ginger ale can make moonshine go down smoother and is a good starting point for those new to drinking moonshine.

Adding too much yeast can cause your brew to spoil, resulting in a nasty-tasting drink that no one will want to drink. Too much yeast can be problematic when brewing beer.

Ingredients: 5 gallons spring water 5 pounds honey 2 packets dry yeast (4 ½ teaspoons using bulk yeast) Directions: 1.

However, overloading the must with sugar can overwhelm the yeast and make it difficult for fermentation to begin. With small batches (1-gallon recipes), the amount of sugar is small enough that it won't bother the yeast. In these cases, you can add the sugar all at once at the beginning of primary fermentation.

The foreshots are the first part of the distillate (usually 50-200 mL depending on what is being distilled) which are discarded as these can contain harmful compounds and off-flavours.

If the sugar concentration level of the must becomes too high at any given point--either at the beginning or during the fermentation--it starts to have an inhibiting effect on the yeast's ability to produce alcohol.

At what proof are tails? ›

Tails are the last part of your distillate, constituting anything that comes out once your vapor temp reaches 203°F (95°C) - 207°F/208°F (97°C/98°C).

He said, "Here boy...just lick the glass, then tell me if ya want some more." Moonshine is clear because when your mash or wash is distilled, the first thing to evaporate and exit the still is ethanol, or ethyl alcohol (same thing).

The sixth step is to age the moonshine.

To age the moonshine, you can store it in a barrel. This will give it a smooth, mellow flavor.

The experienced, old school moonshiners are able to tell the proof of their moonshine by simply shaking the mason jar and observing the bubbles. If the moonshine has large bubbles that dissolve quickly it indicates the moonshine has a high alcohol content.

Sweet mash is the distilling process in which each batch of whiskey begins with entirely fresh ingredients. Mash bill one features 94 percent rye and 6 percent malted barley.

Assuming you add enough grains to craft a 6.3% ABV beer, according to the chart, you'll need to add at least 1lb of sugar to hit a potential alcohol of 7.5%, because adding 1lb of sugar will increase the potential alcohol by 1.2% for a 5 gallon batch. 1 lb.

A sweet feed, or a textured feed, is a grain mixture (oats, corn, barley, bran, etc.) with molasses, protein, and vitamin-mineral pellets added to it. Sometimes, additional fat, fiber, or yeast are added to a sweet feed.

This should happen within approximately 7 days (providing the temperature has been 20°C (68°F) or above throughout).