i love the tube idea. i didnt want to wait to get an airlock so i used the tube idea. it is burping like crazy, in fact if i put too much water in the tube it blows the water out like a lil cannon lol. any more attempts recently?
@cableguy2006 I bought 3 home depot buckets and made some moonshine a couple of weeks ago. I bought a still column from milehidistilling. Got the packing and column for $200 and it clamps right on a beer keg. I made about 500 ml of high proof whiskey and gave it to some friends. They said it was pretty good compared to some other shine they had tried. Right now I'm making some homemade wine. I'm looking for some bigger barrels with open tops to make more whiskey. Thanks for commenting
You need to be carefull when you use things that have more starches than sugars. Nomatter what you ferment there will be some methanol being made. Be sure to dump your first cup to two cups of alcohol distilled at 40% alcohol from a 5 gallon container of mash. This contains mostly the methanol and other bad things produced from the yeast. Don't drink stuff made from wood or grass because it is mostly methanol. Be safe out there.
anyone know about "jailhouse juice", "trash can to'killa'ya" or "jailhouse jack" i guess you can use prison techniques to make alcohol fairly easy without the yeasts and sugars if your ever in a survival situation requiring alcohol. i believe brew skills could pose well in an economic disaster for various uses. fuels, antiseptics, disinfectants, drinky drinks, etc... research it yall
Dude i have a setup right here, i took a 1.5 coke bottle dissolved 30 sugar cubes of 6,25 grams, i took a package of bread dough flour - 70 percent wheat there is also rye in it and yeast powder and some grape sugar, just put about 5 full tablespoons in it so the coke bottle legs are under, shake it, seal the tube with cellphane, wedge it in and and divert the tube to a smaller bottle, 0,5L with extra hole in the cap. I got a steady flow of 1 bubble every 5 seconds, keep bottle warm on your pc
@Lynium interesting fact mountain dew is another word for shine AND mountain dew (the pop) used that as a promotional for a while ''in the throwback version it has the little cartoon they used back then.''
interesting fact: another name for moonshine (not that i am saying this is moonshine or any other alcohol, just basing it on the fact it's not made in a giant distillery) is mountain dew for the fact that they would make it in the mountains where they could hide it in the oldy days
Turbo Yeast Works better than bread yeast, and you should prime any type of yeast in warm water to kickstart it first. Use a two stage charcoal filter to get rid of the yeast taste and smell. You should subscribe to member "craigtube" and email the guy for advice.
@blkcola Thanks. I made this vid a long time ago. I've learned a lot since then. I'm more interested in the efficiency of the distillation process right now. I just research the homedistiller site or alcohol fuel manual when I have questions.
when this is distilled does it have a taste? ive heard that moonshine (distilled alcohol) tastes like dough. i wish to make it but not if it tastes like dough. also can i use any yeast? or does it HAVE to be distilling yeast?
@panzuman not nutritional yeast. that is a cooked yeast for fake vegan cheese. other than that its a living organism that converts sugar to alcohol. probably distilling yeast is sold at a greater scale than baking yeast.
Have you looked into using some enzyme additives to turn the starch into sugars? After making your mash stir in the enzymes and let them set overnight before adding in your yeast.
What I have done so far is used about 10lbs of sugar (make sure to use sugar cane, beet sugar dose not ferment well) to about 5gal of water, and I throw in a whole 4oz jar of bread-machine yeast. In about 2-3 weeks it is ready to run through the still.
I know this about rice from Making Sake. Sake uses a culture of Kome-Koji ( a type of mold ) which converts the rice starch into sugar. Then of course the sugar is converted by the yeast into alcohol.
I would think that there are other ways to use rice. But myself I haven't done any distilling as of yet. I think it might be illegal her in Cali. I make Ales and Whit beers tho. Thanks for the video.
@jasonmathias Yeah, I have read about koji. There is another called taka-therm, I believe. I may be experimenting with ridx for some nonconsumable alcohol. It contains several enzymes.
@skimenneske Just research it. Google the alcohol fuel manual, or homedistillerdotorg. I dont like telling people what they can or cant do. The problem with not distilling it is there are fusels like methanol butanol propanol etc in the mash. Thats why you have to throw out the first part of the distillate, it contains the majority of the fusels. The concentration of fusels probably isnt high enough do more than give you a bad hangover. You can build a still out of a crock pot.
@skimenneske Most of the stories of people getting sick or poisoned are from people drinking hooch that was distilled with unsanitary equipment. Back in the day, some people would use old car parts to build their stills (like old radiators). Those chemicals leach out of the metal and into the distillate.
@skimenneske If he drinks it before distilling it, it would be wine. The process of distilling will give you a smaller amount of liquid, but it will be pure alcohol.
after you distill the liquer you can take some in a cap and set it on fire if it burns with a blue flam you all good after that Im from the hiss of Arkansas and have seen it done from genertations so this is not my first rodeo lol anyways enjoy
I can't tell you how to do this because of the laws look around youtube on stills to give you some ideas on how to build one place liquad in and distill it cooling the steam and keeping it at a low temp be carefull enjoy the spirits leave me a message let me know how it turns out.
I have seen it done with frute water yest and suger this will not happen overnight it takes a few months depending on the yest and suger you use. once your mesh is fermented you can use a balloon over the bottle with a pin hole in it to let the co2 out. place in a warm place and this will happn much faster. once that is done drain and remove mesh panyhose is good for this or pillow case. squeez out remaining liquid from mesh and now your ready to distill it.
i found one way that works great... 10 lbs sugar, with a half a mason jar of corn meal in 1.5 gal boilling water.. after its disolved dump that in a 5 gal bucket.. then fill full with cold water.. once the temp is below 80 cover the top with yeast and place on it a lid equiped with the same airlock as show in this video... let sit for 2-3 weeks, or until it slows in th bobbles in the airlock..if you do it right it will make about a gal. of roughly 85+ proof... cook it till it stops burning blue!
did you wash your rice? removing the excess starch will help make it not foam up too much. also when you ferment rice, you should add koji mold. this will turn the starch into sugar, which is what is fermenting.
yeah i did thanks alot man!!!! thats been my biggist problem, but you helped me out thanks buddy, im starting my first batch in 2 years tomarow morning. im making it with red star yeast and pineapple/orange juice and lots of sugar, in a 2gal gas can w/ airlock hopefully itll work out good for me
dude, if you want to build an incredible still and have the proses broke down great i got a web site that has some incredible still designs in detail its at docstoc.
com and search moonshine still and check out the pdf
You will get a small amount of Methanol in every fermentation process. But it is a small amount and most likely not enough to poison you. But to be safe you should discard the first 50ml of any run.
Also, the reason the air goes into the bottle first before CO2 is pushed out may be that your mass is warm, as it cools it condenses, thus takes up less space and creates a vacume, sucking in air.
Methanol evaporates at a lower temperature than ethanol so can be fractioned off if the distiller knows what he/she is doing, if not, then it can be extremily dangerous.
As for the 'which is more dangerous, weed or alcohol' debate... In the short term you just have to look at emergency room statistics, over 50% of people admited to A&E in the UK are there for an alcohol related incident.
How many people do you see in A&E for 'weed related incidents'?
moonshine isn't dangerous and it's pretty simple to make. on the other hand growing weed is a felony + smoking it = carcinogens. i think ill stick with makin good ol' country moonshine.
youre an idiot. explain to me exactly how one can "distill it wrong." distilling is an extremely simple process and people have been doing it for thousands of years. methanol comes from wood, not from yeast. learn some basic chemistry before making retarded unfounded assertions.
A reputable moonshiner will discard the first few ounces to come through the still. The less reputable ones bottle it. If you dont throw out the first bit, youre getting methanol
oh and u need to ferment it for at least 10 days but 17-20 days will give you the strongest drink after you cook it. however make sure u know your math when removing the heads and tails, they contain methanol and will make u blind if not removed properly
u have a better turn out if u stick to distilled water instead of tap, purifiers in tap water have a tendency to kill off yeast after longer bouts of exposer. that could be the reason you are having problems fermenting. you also may be over doing it on the yeast. too much can lead to it being to inactive. 5 gal of water with 5lb of corn and 5lb of sugar only needs .5 gram. so in a 5 gal bucket u only need 1 of those little packets. and u dont see more vids of it cause its illegal, those of us
i just used a condom electrical taped to my bottle with a little bitty pin hole in the tip it closes its self up when the pressure decreases so CO2 gets out and no O2 gets in if the airlock method it not a possibility
what i do every year is get 4 gallons fresh apple cider without any preservative. in a old glass 5 gallon water bottle,add a pound of sugar per gallon and the same airlock, about3monthe later i get cider about 10 to 12% alcohol but i find it to be a little sour but drink it all & enjoy it. any ideas?
What ratio do you use for the corn meal mash? I have 10 lbs of sugar, 10 lbs of corn meal, and 6 packs of yeast. how much water should I use if I want to use this all in 1 batch?
I usually use 2 cups corn meal, 1 cup sugar, and 1-1.5 liters of water. Heat the water to just about boiling, stir in the sugar until completely dissolved. Add the corn meal and stir. I like the resulting product to be a little thicker than whole milk, so you may have to add water to get the right consistency. And I use 2 packs of hodgson mill yeast from the local kroger. So, only use half the sugar you have. Add water until you get the milky consistency. You probably want to add more yeast:)
The problems your having with the rice is because unlike barleys etc, rice wont rott itself to turn its own starch to sugar. it needs an outside enzyme.
At a grocery store simply buy KOJI
That will do the trick, very little is enough.
Rice makes SAKE, and its a way more involved process i would avoid untill you have more experiance.
Hey, I just started my method a couple days ago. It IS normal for the ingredients to sit at the bottom of the bucket, right? I used corn meal, yeast and sugar. I just wanna make sure I don't have to mix it around again, or something.
This was just a small scale experiment. I'm getting a 300 gallon container for fermenting large batches of probably rice husk. Sugar works better than anything but probably wouldnt be economical for making car fuel.
I believe traditional moonshine is made from corn, sugar, and yeast. The amounts may vary for the mash, but after you ferment it and run it through your still, the renants can be fermented again.
if you intend to drink anything you make please remember to discard the first part of your distillation as it can contain methanol(strong poison).Also never use any still constucted of aluminum.Alcohol will eat into it and end up in you product..bad stuff. Stainless steel or copper is the way to go. Careful and have fun
methanol evaporates at a lower temperature than ethanol. The first part you get from distillation is methylated alcohols. To know how much to throw away you take the mL of mash times .0025
If mash is made of rice simply boiled or blended, the long starch chains will not break into simple glucose, sucrose, or maltose groups. It is also unlikely that corn meal will be proper for yeast to grow optimally. Use plain sugar, molasses, honey or maybe a combination of these. That will ensure fermantable sugars are present. For a vodka wash use the table sugar and water, for the rum or whiskey use molasses and some honey.message me if you have any questions, i have done a few years research
I have used plain sugar, and it worked very well compared to the starches. I have read that to get the starches to transfer into simple sugarss you need to use an enzyme such as taka-therm. I havent found what enzymes are recommended for what starch. And where do you get the enzymes?
well, if you are using enzymes to revert the starch into simple sugars why not just start off with simple sugars to begin with and avoid enzymes altogether?
If you intend to have some of the flavor of the complex starches then shoot, make a recipe! I would add more simple sugars than starches and trying to make a fermented batch off of just starches and enzymes seems too risky to me. in other words, dont be shy with the plain white sugar cane
I'm not looking for flavor. I want maximum alcohol content. I want to eventually make a larger still out of a hot water heater. These experiments were to get a feel for the fermentation process.
Also Uncle Jesse has some great recipes.. My mash runs are done in 95 gallon... sterilized never used recycling bin with a spiggot... sealed with food grade RTV each time I load it... Your assumptions to start a fermentation are correct.. but the night before.. do a mini batch and if you can leave it out at room temp. That allows the yeast to wake up and start eating...
Its a piece of vinyl tubing held in a loop with zipties. One end is wedged through a hole in the cap. There is a little water in the bottom of the loop.
You are actually making corn wine and rice wine o_O, or are you going to distill it?
And wow, isnt the plastic tube too small to let the CO2 out? doesnt the water spits out of it?
I used the same tube like you but i just lead it into a galss off water. Now im using plastic casks and other pre made stuff i don kno the ebnglish words for them ^^
Ive made one from an old pressure cooker and some copper tubing!, i just soldered (With bunsen burner, because of the aluminium) the Tube in the Top, wich i bent to a spiral before. Around the copper tubing, i made a rubbe tube, through wich i lead water from the crane. It works perfect i can easyly let it run on our stove, at around 80°C.
Maybe ill find some pics of it ill send ya, or i may make new ones ^^
i made a still out of a stainless steel fire extinguisher that contained water
work well on stove for the lid i use a cork
withe a hole i cut out for the pipe 1 1/4 tail piece reduced to 3/8 copper about 10ft long coiled in a bucket poke a hole in the bottom side seal put mash in fire up the stove in twenty minutes ya got shine total cost 20 bucks you cand find the corks at michaels
ive made some with corn meal but had bad results. Ive had very good results with frozen apple juice 2,2/3gallon of warm water, pound of sugar, and a tablespoon or more of yeast.
if you run it through 3 or more times you will yield 1/2 gallon of pure alcohol that is hangover free stay between 180 and 204 f degrees 3rd and 4th time run it each time for 30 0r 40 minutes discard whats left in the still dont go any higher than 204 unless you want the other bi products in your alchohol
soy is better for fuel. corn generates methanol, so it's kinda harder and very expensive to transform it to ethanol.
now, if u wanna brew a nice sake:
leave the rice fermentating for ONE MONTH.
u'll have to figure out the measures for yeast and sugar. after the koji (fermentated rice) is ready just make a destillation process...and pasteurization...
A better air lock can be made useing a balloon with a small pin hole in it. Just poke a hole in the tip with a pin then place the balloon over the mouth of the bottel. The baloon will inflate some and will stand up on the bottel. When the balloon relaxes after 10 or 20 days the mash is ready for the still.
I had heard of doing something similar, but I saw something like this for sale on ebay, so I just rigged this up. Workin on a better still right now....any suggestions? PM if you do. Thanks
for the condenser i was thinkin take a 5gl bucket drill a hole in the bottom of it. coyle up the tubing a couple times and run it out the bottom and put silicone around it
Hey Pat. I started growing grapes. I also have an old 8gal aluminum milk bottle and 1/4 inch soft copper pipe for a cooker. I need to know how to make mash and a tip or two on stilling my grape juice. asap! can you help? I will film my stuff and get it to you.
5 minute waste of my life.
5stringofFernandoSor 1 month ago in playlist HomeBrew Stuff
Thumbs up if you stopped the video to check on your cat.
bonsai108 2 months ago
i love the tube idea. i didnt want to wait to get an airlock so i used the tube idea. it is burping like crazy, in fact if i put too much water in the tube it blows the water out like a lil cannon lol. any more attempts recently?
cableguy2006 2 months ago
@cableguy2006 I bought 3 home depot buckets and made some moonshine a couple of weeks ago. I bought a still column from milehidistilling. Got the packing and column for $200 and it clamps right on a beer keg. I made about 500 ml of high proof whiskey and gave it to some friends. They said it was pretty good compared to some other shine they had tried. Right now I'm making some homemade wine. I'm looking for some bigger barrels with open tops to make more whiskey. Thanks for commenting
pat1huey 2 months ago
You need to be carefull when you use things that have more starches than sugars. Nomatter what you ferment there will be some methanol being made. Be sure to dump your first cup to two cups of alcohol distilled at 40% alcohol from a 5 gallon container of mash. This contains mostly the methanol and other bad things produced from the yeast. Don't drink stuff made from wood or grass because it is mostly methanol. Be safe out there.
JeremiahsHair 2 months ago in playlist HomeBrew Stuff
Do you have to put the tube in and whAt do you use to seal the hole with?
MILLYNWILL 5 months ago
@MILLYNWILL You just stick the tube through the hole about 1/2 an inch. If you make the hole slightly smaller than the tube then it seals it self.
pat1huey 5 months ago
You've got a tiny kitten in the background mewling.
XxLeurxX 5 months ago
anyone know about "jailhouse juice", "trash can to'killa'ya" or "jailhouse jack" i guess you can use prison techniques to make alcohol fairly easy without the yeasts and sugars if your ever in a survival situation requiring alcohol. i believe brew skills could pose well in an economic disaster for various uses. fuels, antiseptics, disinfectants, drinky drinks, etc... research it yall
PrimeTargetSecurity 5 months ago
you ever try to use grass clippings or even wood chips
jeff420swinger 6 months ago
@jeff420swinger Not yet. I want to do more experimenting with rice husks.
pat1huey 6 months ago
i really wanna but i know people are just gonna wanna drink it
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xcutekatie18x 8 months ago
fill it right above the sticker with water.
WUYTS5 8 months ago
Dude i have a setup right here, i took a 1.5 coke bottle dissolved 30 sugar cubes of 6,25 grams, i took a package of bread dough flour - 70 percent wheat there is also rye in it and yeast powder and some grape sugar, just put about 5 full tablespoons in it so the coke bottle legs are under, shake it, seal the tube with cellphane, wedge it in and and divert the tube to a smaller bottle, 0,5L with extra hole in the cap. I got a steady flow of 1 bubble every 5 seconds, keep bottle warm on your pc
WUYTS5 8 months ago
@WUYTS5
Yep, thats why i wana put all mine into mountain dew bottles for storage..
Just cuz no one makes a pop called White Lightening.. lmao
Lynium 7 months ago
@Lynium interesting fact mountain dew is another word for shine AND mountain dew (the pop) used that as a promotional for a while ''in the throwback version it has the little cartoon they used back then.''
gunny426plymouth 7 months ago
@Lynium There is a soda called Mountain Lightning
DESERTHAWKIN 7 months ago
interesting fact: another name for moonshine (not that i am saying this is moonshine or any other alcohol, just basing it on the fact it's not made in a giant distillery) is mountain dew for the fact that they would make it in the mountains where they could hide it in the oldy days
Vlaxerman343 9 months ago
How long do I have to let sugar mash stay until it became ethanol?
Ubojica6661 10 months ago
@Ubojica6661 About a week, or until the airlock stops bubbling.
pat1huey 10 months ago
@pat1huey I assumed. Thanx!
Ubojica6661 10 months ago
check out "bathroom whisky"
bwalkus 11 months ago
fuck rice use wheaties and un sugar corn flakes!
c0ldelement 11 months ago
Watch out for the ATF
SteveUllom 1 year ago
When Making mash, is there a certain kind of yeast that is used in the process?
kyguyluke 1 year ago
@kyguyluke I used bakers yeast. You can buy turbo yeast on ebay. It would work better
pat1huey 1 year ago
@pat1huey
pat you should put the mash in the dark while fermenting the yeast works better
bradh43085 5 months ago
i hear kittens in the background , did you have a litter in your house at the time
TheBrewHowTo 1 year ago
@TheBrewHowTo Yep. We got them new homes now.
pat1huey 1 year ago
How many yeast for 1l of sugar?
hexamine2012 1 year ago
@hexamine2012 have the same weight of suger and yeast in the mash
MrDEADCELL1 11 months ago
Turbo Yeast Works better than bread yeast, and you should prime any type of yeast in warm water to kickstart it first. Use a two stage charcoal filter to get rid of the yeast taste and smell. You should subscribe to member "craigtube" and email the guy for advice.
blkcola 1 year ago
@blkcola Thanks. I made this vid a long time ago. I've learned a lot since then. I'm more interested in the efficiency of the distillation process right now. I just research the homedistiller site or alcohol fuel manual when I have questions.
pat1huey 1 year ago
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kze77 1 year ago
Im serious when I say you can also spit in it for the enzymes..
KCTattooist101 1 year ago
you have to heat the mash for a week between 50-70 degrees to get the water out and then that will drip ancohol
jayguy173 1 year ago
when this is distilled does it have a taste? ive heard that moonshine (distilled alcohol) tastes like dough. i wish to make it but not if it tastes like dough. also can i use any yeast? or does it HAVE to be distilling yeast?
panzuman 1 year ago
@panzuman not nutritional yeast. that is a cooked yeast for fake vegan cheese. other than that its a living organism that converts sugar to alcohol. probably distilling yeast is sold at a greater scale than baking yeast.
shidoink 1 year ago
would cornmeal mix work? thats all i have
tekniikzX420 1 year ago
Have you looked into using some enzyme additives to turn the starch into sugars? After making your mash stir in the enzymes and let them set overnight before adding in your yeast.
What I have done so far is used about 10lbs of sugar (make sure to use sugar cane, beet sugar dose not ferment well) to about 5gal of water, and I throw in a whole 4oz jar of bread-machine yeast. In about 2-3 weeks it is ready to run through the still.
LordNova2 1 year ago
@LordNova2 I have been looking into using septic tank treatment (ridx) for enzymes. Probably wouldnt be good for consumable alcohol, tho.
pat1huey 1 year ago
i love your tube idea
guitarlord247 1 year ago
@guitarlord247 Everybody does, lol.
pat1huey 1 year ago
I know this about rice from Making Sake. Sake uses a culture of Kome-Koji ( a type of mold ) which converts the rice starch into sugar. Then of course the sugar is converted by the yeast into alcohol.
I would think that there are other ways to use rice. But myself I haven't done any distilling as of yet. I think it might be illegal her in Cali. I make Ales and Whit beers tho. Thanks for the video.
jasonmathias 1 year ago
@jasonmathias Yeah, I have read about koji. There is another called taka-therm, I believe. I may be experimenting with ridx for some nonconsumable alcohol. It contains several enzymes.
pat1huey 1 year ago
do you distill that?
or can one drink the mash without distilling?
skimenneske 1 year ago
@skimenneske You may be able to drink it after just filtering it, but it would taste rancid.
pat1huey 1 year ago
@pat1huey i MAY be able?
so you think there might be a risk by drinking it before distilling?
im not taking any chances since i´ve heard some have been poisoned
on bad brew. if theres a risk it could cost me my life you know.
skimenneske 1 year ago
@skimenneske Just research it. Google the alcohol fuel manual, or homedistillerdotorg. I dont like telling people what they can or cant do. The problem with not distilling it is there are fusels like methanol butanol propanol etc in the mash. Thats why you have to throw out the first part of the distillate, it contains the majority of the fusels. The concentration of fusels probably isnt high enough do more than give you a bad hangover. You can build a still out of a crock pot.
pat1huey 1 year ago
@skimenneske Most of the stories of people getting sick or poisoned are from people drinking hooch that was distilled with unsanitary equipment. Back in the day, some people would use old car parts to build their stills (like old radiators). Those chemicals leach out of the metal and into the distillate.
pat1huey 1 year ago
@skimenneske If he drinks it before distilling it, it would be wine. The process of distilling will give you a smaller amount of liquid, but it will be pure alcohol.
1goodfello 1 year ago
hiss?? hills
ravepokertour 1 year ago
after you distill the liquer you can take some in a cap and set it on fire if it burns with a blue flam you all good after that Im from the hiss of Arkansas and have seen it done from genertations so this is not my first rodeo lol anyways enjoy
ravepokertour 1 year ago
@ravepokertour I'm from Arkansas too. Small world...
pat1huey 1 year ago
I can't tell you how to do this because of the laws look around youtube on stills to give you some ideas on how to build one place liquad in and distill it cooling the steam and keeping it at a low temp be carefull enjoy the spirits leave me a message let me know how it turns out.
ravepokertour 1 year ago
I have seen it done with frute water yest and suger this will not happen overnight it takes a few months depending on the yest and suger you use. once your mesh is fermented you can use a balloon over the bottle with a pin hole in it to let the co2 out. place in a warm place and this will happn much faster. once that is done drain and remove mesh panyhose is good for this or pillow case. squeez out remaining liquid from mesh and now your ready to distill it.
ravepokertour 1 year ago
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ravepokertour 1 year ago
can you plz tell me how much of the amount of greedients u put in
kb382 1 year ago
wats mash
lilohman1228 1 year ago
will cornmeal that says butter milk work,,and how far should you put the hose in the bottle?
32countryboytellem32 1 year ago
@32countryboytellem32 Dont know about that type cornmeal. Hose sticks through the lid about a quarter inch.
pat1huey 1 year ago
How do you keep the pressure inside the bottle from blowing out the water??
ACE2CATTACLIZZM 1 year ago
@ACE2CATTACLIZZM Its not really building much pressure, so it just bubbles through.
pat1huey 1 year ago
i found one way that works great... 10 lbs sugar, with a half a mason jar of corn meal in 1.5 gal boilling water.. after its disolved dump that in a 5 gal bucket.. then fill full with cold water.. once the temp is below 80 cover the top with yeast and place on it a lid equiped with the same airlock as show in this video... let sit for 2-3 weeks, or until it slows in th bobbles in the airlock..if you do it right it will make about a gal. of roughly 85+ proof... cook it till it stops burning blue!
q3r014 1 year ago
did you wash your rice? removing the excess starch will help make it not foam up too much. also when you ferment rice, you should add koji mold. this will turn the starch into sugar, which is what is fermenting.
niertap 1 year ago
@niertap No I didnt wash the rice, thanks for the tip. I have heard of koji, but where do you get it?
pat1huey 1 year ago
yeah i did thanks alot man!!!! thats been my biggist problem, but you helped me out thanks buddy, im starting my first batch in 2 years tomarow morning. im making it with red star yeast and pineapple/orange juice and lots of sugar, in a 2gal gas can w/ airlock hopefully itll work out good for me
manure31 1 year ago
can you please tell me how you made that airlock??
manure31 1 year ago
@manure31 look at the video responses, there should be a how to video there.
pat1huey 1 year ago
you need to get an air lock it will force the air out faster
crackerzack13 1 year ago
Seems like yur makin meth,the old still is the best way to make wisky,stop the short cuts,make sum fukn moonshine
pigpen7852 1 year ago
dude, if you want to build an incredible still and have the proses broke down great i got a web site that has some incredible still designs in detail its at docstoc.
com and search moonshine still and check out the pdf
chekers420 1 year ago
how did u make ur setup
michaelmungai076 1 year ago
Try using just yeast sugar and water let it ferment for a couple of weeks.
Then distill it.
gravengorilla 1 year ago
@gravengorilla I've done that. Works great, and burns very clear.
pat1huey 1 year ago
You will get a small amount of Methanol in every fermentation process. But it is a small amount and most likely not enough to poison you. But to be safe you should discard the first 50ml of any run.
backcountryme 2 years ago
Why make video on your mistakes?
scryerofold 2 years ago
so he can learn from them i guess
darcyryan99 2 years ago
Also, the reason the air goes into the bottle first before CO2 is pushed out may be that your mass is warm, as it cools it condenses, thus takes up less space and creates a vacume, sucking in air.
alanmacleod50 2 years ago
Methanol evaporates at a lower temperature than ethanol so can be fractioned off if the distiller knows what he/she is doing, if not, then it can be extremily dangerous.
As for the 'which is more dangerous, weed or alcohol' debate... In the short term you just have to look at emergency room statistics, over 50% of people admited to A&E in the UK are there for an alcohol related incident.
How many people do you see in A&E for 'weed related incidents'?
alanmacleod50 2 years ago
i would not touch this shit , if the guy does not know what he is doing this shit can kill you . grow marijuana dude its not dangerous .
bockydo 2 years ago
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fightingnate 2 years ago
moonshine isn't dangerous and it's pretty simple to make. on the other hand growing weed is a felony + smoking it = carcinogens. i think ill stick with makin good ol' country moonshine.
fightingnate 2 years ago
dude alcohol is way worse for you in the long run compared to weed
or88bronco 2 years ago
All things in recreation and moderation.
pat1huey 2 years ago
moonsine is dangerous as hell. if you fuck it up and get a methanol build up while distilling, you can go blind
jarshale 2 years ago
sure, if you're running woodshavings along with your mash.
fightingnate 2 years ago
no. just a normal recipe for moonshine. if you distill it wrong, your will almost definitely get methanol in your alcohol.
jarshale 2 years ago
youre an idiot. explain to me exactly how one can "distill it wrong." distilling is an extremely simple process and people have been doing it for thousands of years. methanol comes from wood, not from yeast. learn some basic chemistry before making retarded unfounded assertions.
fightingnate 2 years ago
A reputable moonshiner will discard the first few ounces to come through the still. The less reputable ones bottle it. If you dont throw out the first bit, youre getting methanol
jarshale 2 years ago
.. that's also a felony.
q3r014 2 years ago
true, i guess theyre both retarded laws anyway.
fightingnate 2 years ago
drug lab !!!!!!!!! shut it down !!!!!! lol
bockydo 2 years ago
oh and u need to ferment it for at least 10 days but 17-20 days will give you the strongest drink after you cook it. however make sure u know your math when removing the heads and tails, they contain methanol and will make u blind if not removed properly
jokawild19 2 years ago
doing it are not really public about it
jokawild19 2 years ago
u have a better turn out if u stick to distilled water instead of tap, purifiers in tap water have a tendency to kill off yeast after longer bouts of exposer. that could be the reason you are having problems fermenting. you also may be over doing it on the yeast. too much can lead to it being to inactive. 5 gal of water with 5lb of corn and 5lb of sugar only needs .5 gram. so in a 5 gal bucket u only need 1 of those little packets. and u dont see more vids of it cause its illegal, those of us
jokawild19 2 years ago
You can buy one way air valves from the pet store (fish tank air line valve)
They are very cheap, like 1 buck or less.
I really like what you have here, and will look into it more.
thanks
phantomcharger 2 years ago
i just used a condom electrical taped to my bottle with a little bitty pin hole in the tip it closes its self up when the pressure decreases so CO2 gets out and no O2 gets in if the airlock method it not a possibility
silaslee420 2 years ago
can u show me how to make those fermenting bottles or a link to build my own thanks
D13maldo 2 years ago
Look at the video responses. There is a video showing how to build the airlock.
pat1huey 2 years ago
what i do every year is get 4 gallons fresh apple cider without any preservative. in a old glass 5 gallon water bottle,add a pound of sugar per gallon and the same airlock, about3monthe later i get cider about 10 to 12% alcohol but i find it to be a little sour but drink it all & enjoy it. any ideas?
MntypythonHolygrail 2 years ago
can i use bakers yeast for this?
SlurpeePerson 2 years ago
yep.
pat1huey 2 years ago
that's a brilliant design for airlocks
HappyThePirate 2 years ago
Thanks!
pat1huey 2 years ago
when you get the grinded up corn and boil it, How long do you have to boil it
arrowmaker789 2 years ago
I'll do a video soon showing exactly how I make it.
pat1huey 2 years ago
I'm still confused. All I'm hearing is baby kitties meowing in the background. Are they OK?
allayna82 2 years ago
The kittens are fine :)
pat1huey 2 years ago
What ratio do you use for the corn meal mash? I have 10 lbs of sugar, 10 lbs of corn meal, and 6 packs of yeast. how much water should I use if I want to use this all in 1 batch?
strantor 2 years ago
I usually use 2 cups corn meal, 1 cup sugar, and 1-1.5 liters of water. Heat the water to just about boiling, stir in the sugar until completely dissolved. Add the corn meal and stir. I like the resulting product to be a little thicker than whole milk, so you may have to add water to get the right consistency. And I use 2 packs of hodgson mill yeast from the local kroger. So, only use half the sugar you have. Add water until you get the milky consistency. You probably want to add more yeast:)
pat1huey 2 years ago
The problems your having with the rice is because unlike barleys etc, rice wont rott itself to turn its own starch to sugar. it needs an outside enzyme.
At a grocery store simply buy KOJI
That will do the trick, very little is enough.
Rice makes SAKE, and its a way more involved process i would avoid untill you have more experiance.
samljer 2 years ago
Ahh, thanks for the info. I have been looking for an enzyme called taka-therm with little luck. I'll give rice another shot later.
pat1huey 2 years ago
Hey, nice use of tubes to make air locks.
I generally cover it over with plastic wrap. and put a pin hole. as long as air flows out, hole is too small to let air in.
samljer 2 years ago
interesting! Thanks for sharing
a2zhandi 2 years ago
Thanks for watching. I should have a vid up soon showing a still made from a crock pot.
pat1huey 2 years ago
How long does it take, on average, for 10 gallons of mash at a temperature of about 70 to begin fermenting?
ursword 2 years ago
It should start fermenting within an hour. The amount of mash shouldnt make any difference.
pat1huey 2 years ago
With outside yeast the process should start
from 1hr to no more then 12hours
samljer 2 years ago
Hey, I just started my method a couple days ago. It IS normal for the ingredients to sit at the bottom of the bucket, right? I used corn meal, yeast and sugar. I just wanna make sure I don't have to mix it around again, or something.
JHelmet 2 years ago
Yeah, it will settle. You can shake it up if you want, I dont think it matters.
pat1huey 2 years ago
why not use pure sugar? If you are not looking for flavor then you don't have to have the corn. Only the sugars are converted into ethanol anyway.
johndreid 2 years ago
This was just a small scale experiment. I'm getting a 300 gallon container for fermenting large batches of probably rice husk. Sugar works better than anything but probably wouldnt be economical for making car fuel.
pat1huey 2 years ago
so you mean I can just put sugar and yeast in the mash and it will do the same thing? (i am trying to make ethanol fuel)
strantor 2 years ago
If your making basic eth fuel for E85 or straight up 100%.
sugar+ water will do the trick.
actually thats how the world makes it
except the USA uses corn+water which is weird.
samljer 2 years ago
after the yeast and sugar ferment...you have to distill it
KatatonicKrazyFace 2 years ago
Everyone seems to have a different reciepe for the mash, what did the old moonshiners use traditionaly?
neptown 3 years ago
I believe traditional moonshine is made from corn, sugar, and yeast. The amounts may vary for the mash, but after you ferment it and run it through your still, the renants can be fermented again.
pat1huey 3 years ago
can you use a balloon with a whole poked in it?
unclesonnyonutube 3 years ago
Yes, but I have never tried it.
pat1huey 3 years ago
hey thank you for the air lock info
dipshitbaker 3 years ago
if you intend to drink anything you make please remember to discard the first part of your distillation as it can contain methanol(strong poison).Also never use any still constucted of aluminum.Alcohol will eat into it and end up in you product..bad stuff. Stainless steel or copper is the way to go. Careful and have fun
siscotree 3 years ago
What do you mean the first part of distillation? I'm not being a smart ass or anything i swear. i'm just now getting interested in this
sjhamilton2 3 years ago
methanol evaporates at a lower temperature than ethanol. The first part you get from distillation is methylated alcohols. To know how much to throw away you take the mL of mash times .0025
rodneyword4 3 years ago
great bubbler idea, a looped tube :)
adimeshort 3 years ago
corn meal
sugar
water
yeast
malt
thoughs are the basic ingredients for a mash that i found on a website.
bigchris6969 3 years ago
If mash is made of rice simply boiled or blended, the long starch chains will not break into simple glucose, sucrose, or maltose groups. It is also unlikely that corn meal will be proper for yeast to grow optimally. Use plain sugar, molasses, honey or maybe a combination of these. That will ensure fermantable sugars are present. For a vodka wash use the table sugar and water, for the rum or whiskey use molasses and some honey.message me if you have any questions, i have done a few years research
Blsoe 3 years ago
I have used plain sugar, and it worked very well compared to the starches. I have read that to get the starches to transfer into simple sugarss you need to use an enzyme such as taka-therm. I havent found what enzymes are recommended for what starch. And where do you get the enzymes?
pat1huey 3 years ago
well, if you are using enzymes to revert the starch into simple sugars why not just start off with simple sugars to begin with and avoid enzymes altogether?
If you intend to have some of the flavor of the complex starches then shoot, make a recipe! I would add more simple sugars than starches and trying to make a fermented batch off of just starches and enzymes seems too risky to me. in other words, dont be shy with the plain white sugar cane
Blsoe 3 years ago
I'm not looking for flavor. I want maximum alcohol content. I want to eventually make a larger still out of a hot water heater. These experiments were to get a feel for the fermentation process.
pat1huey 3 years ago
they make mini whiskey stills on ebay for 50.00
poon4 3 years ago
is there any good sites that would give me good tips on mash and stills hope your mash is going well
martyisnuts 3 years ago
google "alcohol fuel manual" good info there.
pat1huey 3 years ago
thanks bro
martyisnuts 3 years ago
Also Uncle Jesse has some great recipes.. My mash runs are done in 95 gallon... sterilized never used recycling bin with a spiggot... sealed with food grade RTV each time I load it... Your assumptions to start a fermentation are correct.. but the night before.. do a mini batch and if you can leave it out at room temp. That allows the yeast to wake up and start eating...
madcyborg 3 years ago
you should try cooking the rice before you use it. i think you are having a problem with the starch in the rice.
sublimecrovian 3 years ago
It only foams if I cook it first.
pat1huey 3 years ago
Can you explain in detail the way you made your airlock?
dudenamedseth 3 years ago
Its a piece of vinyl tubing held in a loop with zipties. One end is wedged through a hole in the cap. There is a little water in the bottom of the loop.
pat1huey 3 years ago
See the video response.
pat1huey 3 years ago
You are actually making corn wine and rice wine o_O, or are you going to distill it?
And wow, isnt the plastic tube too small to let the CO2 out? doesnt the water spits out of it?
I used the same tube like you but i just lead it into a galss off water. Now im using plastic casks and other pre made stuff i don kno the ebnglish words for them ^^
boatoflol 3 years ago
I am looking for materials to bild a new still, my last one broke and had some other issues with it.
Plastic tube works fine, but rice tends to foam, not sure why.
pat1huey 3 years ago
Ive made one from an old pressure cooker and some copper tubing!, i just soldered (With bunsen burner, because of the aluminium) the Tube in the Top, wich i bent to a spiral before. Around the copper tubing, i made a rubbe tube, through wich i lead water from the crane. It works perfect i can easyly let it run on our stove, at around 80°C.
Maybe ill find some pics of it ill send ya, or i may make new ones ^^
boatoflol 3 years ago
Awesome. I'm thinking about getting a turkey frier after thanksgiving (on sale), and modify it.
pat1huey 3 years ago
Ah yea, they look quite usefull for this task!
boatoflol 3 years ago
i made a still out of a stainless steel fire extinguisher that contained water
work well on stove for the lid i use a cork
withe a hole i cut out for the pipe 1 1/4 tail piece reduced to 3/8 copper about 10ft long coiled in a bucket poke a hole in the bottom side seal put mash in fire up the stove in twenty minutes ya got shine total cost 20 bucks you cand find the corks at michaels
downtimeny 3 years ago
ive made some with corn meal but had bad results. Ive had very good results with frozen apple juice 2,2/3gallon of warm water, pound of sugar, and a tablespoon or more of yeast.
einnor85r 3 years ago
The corn meal worked for me.....
pat1huey 3 years ago
if you run it through 3 or more times you will yield 1/2 gallon of pure alcohol that is hangover free stay between 180 and 204 f degrees 3rd and 4th time run it each time for 30 0r 40 minutes discard whats left in the still dont go any higher than 204 unless you want the other bi products in your alchohol
methanol 64 celcius
ethanol 78 c
proponol 82 c
h20 100 c
butanol 116 c
downtimeny 3 years ago
how much corn yeaat and sugar do you use
jtoddf 3 years ago
10lbs sugar 1 cup yeast and a bag of cornmeal
five gallons water
downtimeny 3 years ago
soy is better for fuel. corn generates methanol, so it's kinda harder and very expensive to transform it to ethanol.
now, if u wanna brew a nice sake:
leave the rice fermentating for ONE MONTH.
u'll have to figure out the measures for yeast and sugar. after the koji (fermentated rice) is ready just make a destillation process...and pasteurization...
anyway...nice job dude!...sorry for my english
gcarmeni 3 years ago
Weird thing about the rice was all the damn foam. I still dont know what was causing that.
pat1huey 3 years ago
I love the kitten in the backround... Just can't wait for its fix...
jbenson21 3 years ago
He is actually more of a sugar freak. He loves honey buns....
pat1huey 3 years ago
A better air lock can be made useing a balloon with a small pin hole in it. Just poke a hole in the tip with a pin then place the balloon over the mouth of the bottel. The baloon will inflate some and will stand up on the bottel. When the balloon relaxes after 10 or 20 days the mash is ready for the still.
crazzieg 3 years ago
I had heard of doing something similar, but I saw something like this for sale on ebay, so I just rigged this up. Workin on a better still right now....any suggestions? PM if you do. Thanks
pat1huey 3 years ago
for the condenser i was thinkin take a 5gl bucket drill a hole in the bottom of it. coyle up the tubing a couple times and run it out the bottom and put silicone around it
cocainecowboy104 3 years ago
I was planning on car fuel.
pat1huey 3 years ago
how do you know when its safe to drink?
cocainecowboy104 3 years ago
Depends mostly on what you distill it with.
pat1huey 3 years ago
Hey Pat. I started growing grapes. I also have an old 8gal aluminum milk bottle and 1/4 inch soft copper pipe for a cooker. I need to know how to make mash and a tip or two on stilling my grape juice. asap! can you help? I will film my stuff and get it to you.
nickpiperata 3 years ago