To make this mash, you’ll need 10 lbs of grain (I prefer corn, but you can use rye or wheat), 5 gallons of water, 1 package of yeast, and 1 cup of sugar. There are a few things you need to know before we get started.
To make this mash, you’ll need 10 lbs of grain (I prefer corn, but you can use rye or wheat), 5 gallons of water, 1 package of yeast, and 1 cup of sugar. There are a few things you need to know before we get started. First, this is a 5-gallon moonshine mash recipe, which means it will produce approximately 5 gallons of moonshine.
Bring the 5 gallons of water to a boil in a large pot. Once the water is boiling, slowly add in the 10lbs of cornmeal while stirring. Once all cornmeal has been added, stir in 1 cup of sugar. Let the mixture boil for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Corn Mash Ingredients. While you let the corn mash rest the enzymes in the malted barley are converting the starches in the corn into simple sugars. These sugars will later be converted to alcohol during fermentation. The reason we need to do this is because yeast can’t convert starch into alcohol.