moonshine recipe using sweet feed

by george
(dinwiddie va)

Here is a moonshine recipe using sweet feed.

In a 5 gallon bucket fill with sweet feed about 4 inches from the bottom. Add warm water just enough to cover feed. Add 7lbs sugar and stir to dissolve adding very warm water enough to fill bucket about 3/4 full.

Now dissolve 2 packages of dry yeast in a little jar and pour into bucket still well to mix.

Now fill bucket to about two inches from the top, cover with lid but not too tight. It must be able to breathe. Let set for about 4 or five days.

Note, if the temperature gets into 90s or higher mash will be ready in 3 days maybe 4 at most.

This moonshine recipe will yield about 1/2 gallon of shine.

If you try this let me know what ya think good and bad thanks.

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Mar 26, 2013
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wash color for moonshine
by: Anonymous

After it ferments, my wash is a darker color then beer. Is that normal when making moonshine?

Mar 12, 2013
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moonshine recipe using a sweet feed
by: bhooch

I used the moonshine recipe with 4" sweet feed, 5# sugar and turbo yeast and it only yielded 1 1/2 pints of shine at 100 proof.

But had to run right at 194 degrees to get that and stopped the process when temps rose to 198. I couldn't get anything at lower temps.

I was able to run a different batch from simple 18% port wine at lower temps with higher yield.

I'm looking for a sweet feed recipe that will give me a higher % in my wash. Maybe I'll try this one and see how flavor and proof come out.

I'm also looking for a cracked corn recipe as I have a 50# bag of cracked corn to use up.

Feb 14, 2013
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Letting Moonshine Breathe
by: fuzzy

I am wondering why you have to let moonshine breathe for any amount of time.

Jan 21, 2013
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Cloudiness in the Shine
by: Anonymous

Either settle it to remove the milkiness of your mash and / or don't put so much in the pot that is the main two reasons for cloudiness.

Jan 19, 2013
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All Grain Sweet feed
by: LLedslinger

Make sure it is all grain Sweet feed. The first time I did it years ago I used the feed with pellets of feed mixed in. The clean up was a mess and the product was worse.

Jan 11, 2013
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low and slow for making moonshine
by: Anonymous

I've been running this moonshine recipe for about 6 months.

In a 5 gallon batch I use 5 pounds of sugar because the sweetfeed has molasses in it. I use about 2 inches of the feed and add 2 inches of cracked corn and I get 170-190 proof every time.

Now if you are getting cloudy shine you could be boiling over into the worm. Low and slow is the best way and I get a good hard 1/2 gallon most of the time. Remember every batch is different.

I put 2-3 coffee filters over the jar and put the band on to hold in place and this will give you a very clean run. Low and Slow.

Jan 05, 2013
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shine and too high a temperature
by: Anonymous

Yeah, your heat is too high and it's pushing the steam through the worm too fast. You have to regulate the temperature depending on how you are cooking.

Dec 18, 2012
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cloudy moonshine
by: Anonymous

I ran this batch of shine using sweet feed and I got 1 pint of clear shine and the others were cloudy. Any suggestions?

Nov 23, 2012
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Homemade Moonshine Recipe was Okay
by: Chuck

I used your recipe accordingly.
I could only get 120 proof which is 60% the first run. It yielded about 3/4 gallon.

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