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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 about 3 days or until corn has 2 inch sprouts. Dry it and grind it into meal. Make
mush (or mash) with boiling water. Add rye mash that has been made the same way, if
you have it. Yeast (1/2 pound per 50 gallons of mash) may be added to speed up the
fermentation if you have it. Without it, 10 or more days will be required instead of about
4. In either case, it must be kept warm. When the mash gets through "working" or
bubbling up and settles down, it is then ready to run. At this stage, the mash has been
converted into carbonic acid and alcohol. It is called "wash" or beer and it is sour.
SWEET FEED MOONSHINE
# 5 gallon bucket of sweet feed (Sweet feed has several different grains and molasses
making it a great tasting whiskey). One package of yeast (using distillers yeast will