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Deep in the hollows of the Lost Mountain, the moonshiners spend their nights hunched over copper pot stills and barrels of mash, evading the law and distilling by the light of the moon. First off you will need a still to turn the low level of alcohol in to spirit, traditionally vodka is done in a pot still and is processed multiple times. A quick aside, Patrick… it’s worth noting that the “oak barrel” requirement is a phenomenon unique to American and Scottish law.You can run them through a carbon or charcoal filter after that to take out a little more of the oils and stuff. Pressure built up and the lid popped open spilling a foamy mix of potatoes all over the work area and all over my air-con unit. As pertains to the first question, it seems the difference between vodka and white whiskey boils down to three things: ingredients, oak, and proof. if you have a big fermenter and there is a lot of room at the top you wont have to split it, if you are using a 25L fermenter like mine then I would advise you split it in to 2 fermenters. When it comes to commercial sellers, examine whether the “moonshine” label is proclaiming a whiskey or a vodka.

there are various recipes out there for potato vodka, some say to use sugar some don't even some of the really old Russian recipes say to use sugar. Sweet Potato Pink Marshmallow Moonshine won a Great Taste Award in 2020 and Gold at the World Spirit Awards 2017. Check the % ABV of the final run with a spirit hydrometer, using this you can water it down to drinking % around 40% (80 proof) should be about right. Under this conception, “moonshine” is just a whiskey that hasn’t been taxed… and the saga of colonial America’s refusal to pay taxes on its distilling operations is a critical part of our nation’s history that we’ll detail in future posts.Distilleries bring two materials into close proximity – alcohol vapor and heat sources – that can cause disastrous explosions when not managed correctly. And there isn’t much of a difference at all between unaged whiskey and moonshine; they largely have the same production process. In the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations merely defines vodka as “neutral spirits so distilled, or so treated after distillation with charcoal or other materials, as to be without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color”. so thats the first run, now all you have to do is run it 2 more times, Put water in your still enough to cover the element then put in your spirit and do the same again, take cuts, each time the hearts will be smoother. You can keep the heads and foreshots from each run you do and when you have enough you can run them again, I collected around 1.