Title: Basic Moonshine Mash Recipe - Whiskey Still Pro Shop
Headings: Making Moonshine Mash in 3 Steps
Basic Moonshine Mash Recipe
Making Moonshine Mash in 3 Steps
Tips for Moonshine Mashes:
Step 1: Research and Purchase Ingredients
Basic Moonshine Mash Recipe
Step 2: Prepare Mash
Step 3: Wait for Fermentation
Jim Thomas

Content: Add water, and you have a mixture that is called a “mash.” Mashes are used for other alcohols as well, such as whiskey. You’ll leave your mash in the chamber for a limited amount of time, to allow the sugars in the grains to turn into alcohol. Before distilling, you can filter the solid husks and plant matter out of the mash. If you remove these solid materials, the liquid that is left is often called the moonshine or whiskey “wash.” Either a mash or a wash can be distilled, so that the alcohol is separated from the water, and you can enjoy your own fine homemade whiskey. Tips for Moonshine Mashes: Corn meal does not filter well out of a wash, and a cornmeal mash may burn the bottom of a copper still
The first product in a distilling batch has the highest alcohol proof
Measure your yeast fermentation and the mash’s alcohol content using a hydrometer
Step 1: Research and Purchase Ingredients
Basic Moonshine Mash Recipe
5 gallons of malt grains (rye, barley, or a combination of grains)
1 package of bread yeast
10 pounds sugar (any kind)
5 gallons warm water
Because moonshine has often been made in secret, there are no standardized measurements for the different ingredients in moonshine - it can be a process of trial and error to find a recipe that you like and that works well in your moonshine still. Most people have used 5-gallon grain buckets to measure grains over the years, and that is often still a typical measurement given, because stills are also measured in gallons
Some recipes call for yeast, while others call for sugar.