Double distillation of moonshine

Double distillation of moonshine at home.

People, far from domestic production of alcoholic beverages, moonshine are often cloudy whitish liquid with a disgusting smell, a kind of surrogate herbs.

But apart from unsightly organoleptic properties of low-quality moonshine – drink high in harmful fusel oil, are toxic to the human body (the nervous and reproductive systems, liver, kidneys and other internal organs).

Also as part of the national strong drink there methanol (This substance is damaging to the cardiovascular and nervous systems, optic) and acetaldehyde (This organic compound destroys the liver cells are human).

All these unwanted and invisible to the eye poorly purified components moonshine, accumulate in the body, causing gradual intoxication (provided, that strong drink often used).

in addition, contaminants affect the state drinker. So, man, drank vodka that bad, suffers severe hangover.

In order to not only improve the taste of home beverage, but also to protect themselves, it is recommended not to neglect the double fractional distillation.

Then home brew will not only be transparent, not having an unpleasant scent, but soft enough to taste.

And most importantly – it will be much less harmful impurities. But although re-distillation and ennobles drink, not recommended greedy: saving on raw materials for the production of Braga, Hootch use the device with questionable material, harvest distillate from the first to the last drop (not separating the "heads" and "tails", in which the content is particularly high bad substances).

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How to produce a double distillation of moonshine?

Moonshine, which was subjected to re-distillation, called "double". Clean this way you can drink, made from sugar, vegetables, cereal (moonshine, made from fruit or berries theoretically also possible to distill twice, true, taste and smell will not be different, example, of sugar moonshine). so, before driving to re, need:

Dilute the resulting distillate water. It is worth considering, that it is the "body" of distillate – most valuable and harmless of strong drink. First, measure the strength of moonshine, to dilute it with cool water (close 10 C) to 18-20%.

If we neglect the cultivation of moonshine, Driving can be a fire apparatus due to the high concentration of alcohol vapor.

in addition, even if Hootch apparatus and not suffer, drink clean with great strength of impurities would be ineffective because of the strong molecular bonds of fusel oils;

Cleaning moonshine. The diluted moonshine before secondary distillation must be cleaned every way possible. Example, good as absorbent birch charcoal.

On 1 liter of vodka requires only 50 grams of crushed coal. Bottle of moonshine and coal securely sealed and left for a week, shaking daily 1 time. Then drink through a tube drained from the sediment, and then filtered through a clean cloth or cotton wool.

Another option moonshine clean from harmful substances – filters ash freed. Small roll of filter paper inserts, put a plastic funnel, and then slowly passed through her moonshine. By the way, through a filter to be missed and drink, which has already passed clean activated carbon.

Another accessible way disposal moonshine of fusel substances – infusion of strong drink water and soda solution. First, determine the right amount of baking soda and water (based on the number of moonshine). On 1 liter moonshine need 10 soda and g 10 ml of water.

Water and soda solution is poured into bottles of moonshine, shake, repeat the procedure after an hour, and then put in a dark place at 12 hours. After the infusion fluid is drained from the sediment and filter, example, through cotton wool or filter paper above;

The second distillation of moonshine. When the brew is cleared by any of the following methods (and deprive drink from impurities using, example, manganese, bread crumb, milk, freezing, eggs and other protein.), secondary distillation time comes to vodka.

properly, This process is no different from the first receiving strong drink distilled from Braga.

It is important to separate the first 8-12% fluid, which are called "heads". These are the first milliliters acetone, methyl alcohol, alidyegіdi, which can harm health.

They can not pour, but use only recommended for domestic use (to a fire or clean contaminated surfaces).

The smell of "heads" moonshine very sharp, unpleasant. If vodka is made on sugar, then separated by 50 ml each 1 kg of sugar (a first distillation, and the second).

The people, by the way, still appreciate the first drops of distillate, call them "Pervak", respect for the strength. But to save on health should not, so "Pervak", or better utilize, or spend on business goals.

"Body" moonshine get long, while alcohol by volume not fall to 40% (sometimes gathering exercise, while strength is reduced to 30%). In order not to miss the moment, it is desirable to occasionally pour a little distillate in a cup, Alcoholmeters to measure its strength.

"Tail" is not so bad moonshine, as head, but they are in the finished drinks should be abandoned because of fusel oil. in addition, recent strong milliliters of fluid capable of spoil ready to drink (make it cloudy, unpleasant odor, tasteless).

The final product will only be diluted with water to 40-45%. true, You can store drinks and great strength, diluting it with water immediately before use. The best containers for, in order to moonshine maintained its quality – glass cylinder (bank, Butel) with a tight cover.

After cleaning and other distilled drinks will dull white, substances that give fusel. If desired, you can improve the flavor and taste of the finished beverage, and change its color.

Example, added orange peel (mandarin) vodka give a bright orange color and a characteristic smell of citrus. From an ordinary sheet of tea or partitions walnuts in moonshine is brown.

And from light green to yellow is the color of the drink annexed mint leaves or lemon balm.

in addition, it is possible leave hooch strawberries (cranberries, blueberries, raspberries and others.), this change and its shade, and the taste will be much softer. Spice lovers will be advisable to add strong liquor cloves, vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom.