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what an abhorrent post

>>11089304
not trying to fiddle with your wieners, just wondering if any brewers here will lend some sweet words to help guide me in the dark.

The difference is that moonshine is a product which is distilled from what they call a 'mash'.
Brandy is simply distilled wine.

>>11089332
If distilling just transports the chemicals, then shouldn't there be as much methanol in the mash (fermented grape water) as in the distilled product (if the first few ounces are not thrown away)?

>>11089324
just buy a $12 bottle of Korbel if you aren't underage which it sounds like you are

>>11089345
It is not the presence of methanol, but the concentration.
It is present in wine in very small quantities, but when distilled, it will be in a far greater, and much more dangerous, percentage of the finished product.
It is not something to sorry about with wine.

>>11089299
>I heard that only moonshine produces enough methanol to blind or kill, but
But you're wrong it doesn't produce that much and the what first 20 to 50 ml you throw anyway.

>>11089299
make grape kombucha

>>11089299
It's not the methanol that causes moonshine blindness. It's the heavy metals in the old car radiators that are used in moonshine distilling sometimes. Want to know how to make sure your moonshine is safe to drink? Pour a bit into the lid of it's mason jar and light it on fire. If it burns blue you're good but if it burns any other color, dump it. That's got heavy metals in it.
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>>11089324
Please fiddle with my wiener

The danger comes from distillation, you’ll be fine making sparkling wine

>>11089299
I make muscadine wine every year in at size mason jars. Fill jar 1/2 way with slightly crushed muscadine, add 3/4 c sugar, top off with water and put on the lid. I make about 12 jars, store them all inside an old ice chest incase 1 or 2 decide to bust. Store at room temp for 6-8 weeks. Lightly shake every week. After time has passed Carefully remove lid, strain, enjoy. Pro tip -- wear gloves when dealing with muscadine. They will make you itch like crazy. Very irritating to the skin.

I've made it many times with the balloons on larger bottles but this works just as good and I find it easier.

>>11089612
Shit anon that's breddy good info. Thanks babe

>>11089345
Yes but since the methanol has a lower billing point and comes out first, you’re taking the same volume of methanol and concentrating it into the first jar. The mash is much larger than the distilled product.

>>11089299
Try your best to remove all cellulose, such as grape stems and skins. The cellulose is what produces the majority of the methanol.

Moonshine is distilled. Wine is fermented.

Get champagne yeast, and add it in your grape-water-sugar mash. I doubt you'll need to add sugar. Grapes are around 15% sugar already.

Fizziness is a byproduct of fermentation.

>>11091286
>champagne yeast
Ease up there, Jamal, this isn't prison. You might get a little more alcohol with Champagne yeast but there are many alternatives with much better flavor.

>>11089299
What the fuck are grape berries?

>>11091989
Grape vines often have little berries all over them, I would assume those are the berries he's talking about.

>>11089299
Can’t you just get a soda stream or something?