O'Donnell Moonshine -"Tough Nut" | 700ml | 25% ABV | 50 proof

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Distilling refers to the process that separates different chemicals from one another by taking advantage of different evaporation temperatures between the chemicals. Similarly, the choice of bread yeast could result in variations in both yield and flavor, compared to specialized distillers’ yeast. As a word of warning, check the laws in your country to find out whether it is legal to make alcohol at home. By doing this, you can use a formula to figure out how much ABV (alcohol by volume) your fermentation has produced, or an ABV calculator like this.

If it gets too cold, boiling temperature, the fermentation can stop because the yeast will go dormant. The basic ingredients for making corn moonshine are water, flaked corn maize, crushed malted barley, bread yeast, and optionally, sugar.We highly recommend taking down notes throughout your distilling and moonshine-making process so you know what to improve on whenever you start a new batch. This is critical, especially if you are using copper stills that are showing some salt buildup already. So, purists opt for a corn whiskey mash, which will give you the classic, smooth, full-flavored moonshine. On a speculative note, future advances in fermentation technology, such as engineered yeast strains or enzymatic treatments, could potentially optimize yields.

Now, you just need to distill your mash water and separate all the alcohol content into a purified form. The term moonshine came from its illegality, which forced people to make it at night or under the light (or shine) of the moon.

Just like the foreshots, the heads contain volatile alcohols that you should try to avoid consuming. Avoid letting your moonshine drip into a plastic container, because this can lace your drink with BPA and may cause other issues. Note that the ingredients we mentioned above will differ, depending on the recipe you follow if you are making something other than the classic corn-barley-yeast moonshine recipe. Remember that you always want to reduce the amount of sediment in your corn mash water as much as possible.