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Missouri, for example, allows residents to distill up to gallons of spirits a year. One way to interpret the State laws is to say that if Federal laws allowed one to distill and produce whiskey at home, a resident of Missouri would be free to do so without additional licensing, whereas a resident of Illinois, say, or Colorado still could not distill whisky without a state license. However, a second way has emerged as craft brewing of moonshine has taken on a renewed life in recent times — and that is local enforcement of Federal or state statutes.
Since it is often unlikely that TTB agents would move against a small home brewery, it is often the states who will be in charge of enforcement. Here there is a certain bit of leeway. For example, some believe that if you get charged with home brewing whiskey in Colorado, you will be let off with a small fine and a cease and desist warning.
Unfortunately or maybe fortunately, depending on your viewpoint , the US position regarding home brewing alcohol is consistent with laws over most of the developed world, with very few exceptions — such as South Africa, Peru and parts of Russia. Interviews with sellers of stills and barrels, such as Moonshine Still Pro , in Missouri, and Hillbilly Stills , in Barlow, Kentucky, have reported how interest in buying ethanol stills have spiked up over the past years.
Some of it may be attributed to popularization of the craft through TV shows e. Similarly, the sales of Sherry and Bourbon kegs tend to go up. There is no hard evidence that the stills and kegs are being used to make moonshine, but anecdotal evidence seems to point towards a rejuvenation of such trends. Laws regulating the distillation of alcohol exist at the Federal, State and sometimes local level in the US.
Federal Law prohibits the making of moonshine without a proper license and that trumps regulations at the state level. If you decide to make moonshine without a permit, do so at your own risk.
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Use a thermometer to test the temperature. You want the mash to cool down but still be considerably warm for the yeast to do its job. Pitch the yeast. Add the yeast to the top of the mash and close the lid on the fermenter.
For about four to five minutes, carefully pitch the fermenter at an angle, slowly moving back and forth, to agitate the yeast. Vent your fermenter with an airlock. An airlock is an essential tool for fermentation. It allows the CO 2 to escape but no air to get into the mash. Air getting into mash would minimize the effect that yeast otherwise has. You can make an airlock yourself quite easily, but buying one is cheap.
It's possible to get one for under a couple of bucks. Allow the mash to ferment in a relatively warm environment. The fermentation process will take anywhere from 5 to 10 days, depending on the yeast, the temperature, and how much grain you're using. Use a hydrometer to tell when the primary fermentation is complete. If the reading on the hydrometer is the same for two to three consecutive days, you're ready to begin distillation.
Again, you need enough heat for the yeast to activate and consume the starch. When the mash is finished fermenting, strain or siphon the mash into a still. If choosing to strain the mash, use a clean pillowcase. Try to keep as much of the solids as possible away from the still when transferring the mash. Part 3. Heat the wash in the still slowly, until it just reaches a boil.
With whiskeys, you don't want to rush the distillation; heat up the still on medium heat over the course of 30 minutes to an hour until it just begins to boil.
Heating the wash too quickly will result in burnt wash and off flavors. Why this temperature? Alcohol and water have different evaporation points. The condensing tube takes the evaporated alcohol and cools it quickly, turning it back into liquid form.
Slowly, the condensing tube should begin to spit out liquid. Throw out the heads. The heads are a mixture of volatile compounds that evaporate from the wash and should not be consumed. They include methanol, which is lethal in large quantities. Luckily, the heads come out of the wash first. For a 5 gallon Collect the body in mL batches. After the heads is collected and dumped, you're ready to collect the good stuff. This is also referred to as the "body" of the distillate.
Throw out the tails. At this point, the evaporated liquids you start distilling are fusel oils, which should be thrown away. Turn off the heat source and let the pot still cool down completely. Allow your distilled moonshine to cool off as well. Part 4. Use a proof and tralle hydrometer to test the ABV alcohol by volume of your moonshine. You want to know how strong your moonshine is, both for aging and as an indication of how well your distillation went.
Be sure not to confuse the proof and tralle readings on the hydrometer. Your proof will always be two times the amount of the tralle. Age the whiskey. Aging will make the whiskey smoother and give it its distinctive taste. Whiskey will only age in barrels. When it is bottled, whiskey will stop aging.
Whiskey is generally aged in oak barrels. The barrels can be carefully charred or toasted first, or can be sourced from another distiller that's kept another spirit in the barrel for added flavor. If you want to distill spirits at home to consume yourself or share with others, you must first apply for a Federal Distilled Spirits Permit.
The permit requires a hefty fee, in addition to regulated inspections of your distillation equipment and facility. If you want to bottle, sell, and market your spirits, you should make sure to read all the preparations you need to consider about your consumer product.
Each state has its own legislation about at-home distillation. Some states like Missouri allow citizens over age 21 to distill alcohol at home without any permits or licenses at all, and other states like Florida do not even allow citizens to own distilling equipment unless they have obtained the proper state permit. Federal law takes precedence and overrides any state law that does not agree with it.
For example, Missouri citizens still need to obtain a federal permit in order to distill spirits, but they do not need to obtain additional permits from the state.
On the other hand, a Florida citizen who wants to own a still for decoration but not to distill any alcohol does not need to obtain a federal permit, but would need to obtain the proper license from the state of Florida.
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