Moonshine???

[sdalton]

Any of you out there ever make moonshine??

Any of you ever make it for a living??

If you make it for fun, or just know how, what would be a simple stovetop method for doing it? I had some real good stuff supplied by a sheriff about 15 years ago. This was in Tennessee.



P. S. I would rather keep my eyesight.

 

[rrausch]

The guys who used an old radiator to condense the "steam" were the ones who ended up poisoning themselves, because of the Ethlene Glycol, also I guess if they accidently happened to make wood alcohol instead of drinkin' alcohol. My Uncle used to make it, when I was a little tyke, so I don't remember much except they called it "White Mule" cause of it's kick!



I made beer a few times back in the 1970's. I bottled very little of it because I just couldn't keep my hands off it while it was fermenting.

 

[Alan Reagan]

We used to make it. By we, I'm talking my grandaddy. All I did was keep the fire going. Stuff smelled terrible because it was mainly either corn or wheat/rye that was fermented. The best stuff was the sour mash. We would cook it off in a big stainless pot with a cover like you would find in a large cooking facility like a prison or aircraft carrier. The problem with doing it stovetop is that you will only get a small amount that way. Even with the large vat we had we could only get about a gallon per cookoff. It will make your house smell really bad (the mash) and the fumes can be dangerous. They are highly flammable you know. Do it outside.

 

[Alan Reagan]

Oh, yeah, don't bring it to a boil. Otherwise you get a lot of water vapor in your condensate. All you want is the alcohol.

 

[Cummins4Life]

Ahhh I'm Blind! hehe.

 

[sdalton]

I want recepies. Preferably in brail. I am going blind just thinking about it.

 

[E7mack96]

As teenagers, we'd get some cheap stuff (40 proof or less) and slowly cook it off in the garage. It would produce about a cupfull of stuff that would knock you on your a**.

 

[rrausch]

Alky starts to boil off at 170 degrees. As the Alky boils off, the temp will rise. So use a thermometer and keep the boil below (I'm guessing) about 200 degrees, and you'll get some good stuff.

 

[Champane Flight]

Grappa.

My cousin used to make Grappa. It was distilled from the bottoms of the wine crocks. Man, this stuff would curl your toes. I used to drink anything. And didn't go blind, just did it till I needed glasses?