Not sure how to make moonshine? Generally speaking, moonshine is made through the fermentation and distillation processes, by which the sugars that make up the base ingredients (popularly called “mash”) of moonshine into alcohol and then are distilled through the boiling process into high-proof spirits.
Base Moonshine Ingredients and Materials: 5 Gallons of Water 8.5 Pounds of Flaked Corn Maize 1.5 Pounds of Crushed Malted Barley
This recipe is split up into two steps in order to avoid heating high-proof alcohol on the stovetop, which can cause a fire and reduce the alcohol content of the finished product. It’s an easy recipe as long as you follow the directions carefully, and the moonshine that it makes can’t be beat.
The art of moonshine distillation involves extracting and purifying alcohol from corn (or rye, barley, etc.) mash. The mash is first heated to extract the alcohol in the form of vapor. This vapor, once removed, is then cooled back to liquid, forming clear alcohol.