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takes about 4 days). It then is placed in new, charred American oak
barrels where it ages for 5 years, 6 months before it is bottled. But instead
of aging in oak barrels, you can fish out a piece of half burned white oak
from the fire place, crush it up and place this in the container with your
product. Shake it up once a day for about 3 months and then filter it
through a coffee filter for a beautiful amber color. Cut it back to 80 or 90
proof for a smooth taste. The premium brand called Gentlemen J is aged
in the same way, with the same grain bill, but it is filtered through maple
charcoal again after aging.
Sweetened with a dash of REAL maple syrup (the kind that has a slight
Smokey flavor) - this will taste JUST like the store bought spirit- but will be
a LOT smoother. The spirit should be aged at less than 65%abv, to
prevent vanillins from clouding up the Smokey sweetness from the maple
syrup.
WATERMELON-ELDERBERRY MOONSHINE BRANDY
32 Lb watermelon
1 1/4 Lb dried elder-berries Water to 5 gallon
Juice and zest of 10 lemons 36 cups granulated sugar Wine or distillers
yeast
Cut the rind off of melon, cut melon into one-inch cubes, remove loose
seeds, and put melon and any free juice in primary (crock, plastic pail,
etc.). Grate the yellow thinly off ten lemons, then juice the lemons and add
the juice and zest (gratings) to primary. Add dried elderberries. Add water
to make up 5 gallons. Stir in sugar and stir well to dissolve. Cover primary
with cloth, wait 12 hours and add yeast.
Cover and ferment 3 days, stirring daily. Strain juice into secondary
(demijohn) and fit airlock. Ferment 30 days.
MOUNTAIN DEW
In making "Mountain Dew" or "White lightning" the first step is to convert
the starch of the grain into sugar. (Commercial distillers use malt.) This is
done by "sprouting" the corn. Shelled, whole corn is covered with warm
water in a container with a hole in the bottom. Place a hot cloth over it.
Add warm water from time to time as it drains. Keep in a warm place for
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