Probably, there are few people who at least once in their lives have not tried moonshine. This drink has a high strength and specific taste. And, most importantly, you can always be sure of the quality of a homemade drink. Ingredients can be very diverse. The classic option - sugar, water and yeast. Also used are grains, different berry mixtures. Quality yeast for braga almost always guarantees an excellent result. Moonshine can be the basis for the preparation of a variety of strong drinks, liqueurs, as well as medicinal herbs on herbs.
How to Make Bread
The ingredients that are needed for the simplest recipe: water (preferably purified, from a spring or simply passed through a household filter), sugar (about once every 5 times less than liquids) and yeast. Brag on dry yeast can also be prepared . In water, dissolve the sugar, add the yeast. It should be ensured that the liquid is not too hot, otherwise the yeast mushrooms may die. However, a temperature below 18 ° is undesirable, since the fermentation process can be significantly slowed down. In such conditions, the infusion is recommended to be slightly heated. The resulting mixture is poured into a special container and sent to roam. In order for the process to accelerate, you can add fruit (or dried fruit). Sometimes for fast fermentation, yeast feeding is added. These are special minerals that have phosphorus and nitrogen in their composition. They are not required if fruits, berries, cereals are used. As a result of the fermentation process, ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide are obtained. Now distillation is necessary.
Readiness №1
So, how to cook a barge, we have already figured out. The resulting mixture should be in a warm place (the temperature should not fall below 18 °) for about 2 weeks. Regular mixing will speed up the fermentation process. Now the main question is how to determine the willingness of the brave. The easiest way is to bring a lit match. If it continues to burn, then carbon dioxide ceased to stand out and fermentation ceased. You can also visually assess the condition. If the brew on dry yeast or usual has stopped foaming, then it is ready. You can try it and taste. Homemade bregs remain sweet when yeast has not processed all the sugar. This infusion still requires additional time for the necessary chemical reactions to take place. The completely finished product for distillation has a slightly bitter taste. In this case, you can feel the presence of alcohol. The longer the brag stands, the more extraneous (not really useful) substances it absorbs. Usually the maturation period is from three days to two weeks.
We brighten up the brag
In order for the quality of the finished product to be at a high level, the brag on dry yeast (or pressed) needs separation from the sediment. The drink will be much better, if there is no yeast left in the brew. It is necessary that they precipitate. For this purpose, you can use the temperature difference and place the vessel with the mixture in a cold place. A day later a dense sediment forms on the bottom. You can also lighten the drink with bentonite (natural clay). It is bred with water, leading to a state of thick sour cream. Then put directly into the braga. It should only be room temperature. The time of clarification in this case ranges from half an hour to one day. As a result, the most transparent liquid is obtained, which does not have a pronounced smell of yeast.
Distillation process
A special distillation apparatus is required for this process. He has a huge number of constructions, each of them builds it in his own way. However, the principle of action is the same in all. The main elements are the tank where the distillation liquid, the coil, and the cooling component of the device are poured. The whole process looks like this: the breg is heated, with the formation of vapors that contain alcohol. Upon contact with cold water, condensation forms - moonshine. It is collected in a separate container. In the process of distillation, it is important to observe a special temperature regime. Do not continue distillation if the temperature is above 83 °. Gradually the fortress at the exit will decrease. If it's difficult to ignite the drink, it means that the amount of ethyl alcohol is not enough, but the content of fusel oils grows. Distillation came to an end. It is important to know that the first batch of moonshine can contain a lot of toxic substances. It is better to use it for other purposes.
Secondary distillation
Of course, the drink, which is obtained as a result of the first distillation, is completely ready for use. However, if the goal is a good, high-quality and tasty product, then secondary distillation is necessary. It, in addition, increases the strength of the drink. To do this, the resulting moonshine is diluted with water to 25-30 °. For filtering, you can use special paper. There are other ways, for example, the use of activated carbon. For 1 liter take about 50 grams of coal, crushed and mixed with liquid. Leave for a week, not forgetting to stir regularly. Then the drink must be filtered. Another option for cleaning is the use of refined sunflower oil. It has a good ability to absorb unnecessary impurities, not dissolving in ethyl alcohol. The vessel with oil and moonshine should be intensively and regularly shaken throughout the day, then leave it to settle for 3 days. When the distillation is repeated, the fortress will be about 70 °.
Yeast for a strong drink
That the quality of the moonshine was at the height, it is necessary to choose the right yeast for braga. This is one of the main components. Mushrooms process sugar so that the output is ethyl alcohol and a certain amount of carbon dioxide. For the preparation of this drink is best suitable alcoholic yeast. Most importantly, they must be fresh. Brag on dry yeast also turns out good. Initially, they need to be diluted with warm water. Capacity is needed quite large, since a huge amount of foam will be allocated. To prepare does not need some special recipe, braga on dry yeast is being cooked, as well as on conventional ones. The resulting mass is poured into a container of water and sugar, and the necessary amount of liquid is added. How to determine the willingness of the barge, was described above. The dry yeast of the French manufacturer has proved good. They do not leave an unpleasant smell, perfectly support the process of fermentation. The only thing to remember is that the proportions of dry yeast for brags will not be the same as for pressed ones. If conventional for 5 liters will need about 100 grams, then the dry will go no more than 18 grams.
Moonshine from cereals
Grain is often used for making strong drinks at home. The technology will be somewhat more complicated. So, how to cook burger from cereals? First you need to boil it. This is the process of saccharification of starch, which is contained in the grain. It turns out a fairly thick, sticky mixture. It has the smell of fresh bread. It must be diluted with cold water to a more liquid state, and kept at room temperature for several days. Then add the yeast and leave to wander. Another option is to soak the rump in warm water and then sprout it. The dried sprouted grain is ground and the wort is prepared on its basis. Widely known is the bread brew. For its preparation use spring wheat and sugar. The process of fermentation with the use of such ingredients occurs quite intensively.
Sweet Homebrew
No worse than a sugar brew on dry yeast, and a tincture on caramel. To prepare it for 20 liters of water you need about 5 kilograms of chocolates. Caramels need to be ground (you can use a blender for this purpose). Then pour warm water and add the yeast. The fermentation time is about 10 days. The taste will turn out to be quite unusual and pleasant. The main rule is to choose such candies that contain a minimum of unnatural components. Some use halva instead of caramel. In this case, it will be superfluous to add a little mint to break the smell of sunflower oil. Dry ingredients are also a good ingredient. Previously, they need to be steamed in boiling water.
Strong drinks from vegetables
Folk craftsmen use a wide variety of ingredients for making moonshine. One of them is beet. It must be cleaned, grated and boiled. Alternatively, the vegetable can be baked. Then, water and diluted yeast are added to the warm broth. When the beet has settled (after about a week), the broom needs to be stirred and allowed to stand for a few more days. For a good taste, the distillation process is performed twice. There is also a recipe for cooking from zucchini, ginger, lemon. Ginger needs to be cleaned, zucchini cut. All this is poured with boiling water and insists for a week. Then juice from lemons, yeast, sugar, water is added. You can also make a moonshine from carrots, pumpkins, potatoes. Using the latter, it must be taken into account that the fermentation process will be quite long-at least two weeks.
Fruits for vodka
For a good flavor and taste, use various berries, fruits. They are ground, add sugar and yeast, then sent to ferment in a warm place. As ingredients you can take even watermelon, bananas, apricots, cherries. Large fruits are ground in a meat grinder, blender. Of bananas need to make a mashed potatoes, since squeezing juice from them is not easy. The resulting fruit or berry mixture is placed in a vessel, added sugar, water, sometimes yeast, if the fermentation process is not sufficiently intensive. When preparing strong drinks from fruit, it is very important to strain the infusion carefully. This is done so that the fragments do not remain in the bra, as during the distillation they can burn. If there is no possibility to use a large amount of fruit, then you can use them a little as additives. Even so, the drink will have a pleasant smell and taste.