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In this episode Guillermo visits Kings County Distillery, New York City’s oldest distillery after prohibition (opened 2010). While Head Distiller and co-owner Colin Spoelman gives a tour of the 119-year-old facility, they talk about the illegal origins of the spirit, bringing Kentucky moonshine to Brooklyn, and how to make it in a DIY distiller set up.

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how to make moonshine:

Ingredients:

4.5 gallons water
4 quarts cracked corn or cornmeal
1 quart ground malted barley
3 tablespoons distiller's yeast

Equipment
5-gallon lobster pot with lid
long metal spoon
meat thermometer
Still
Hotplate
proof hydrometer
3 gallon glass carboy
12 half-pint mason jars
glass gallon jug

Process

Mashing
Heat water to a boil, stir in cracked corn. Remove from heat and stir until thick and even.
Cool to 158 degrees fahrenheit, add malted barley, stirring occasionally.

Fermenting
When fully cool, add yeast and cover loosely and keep in a cool, dry place for 4 days.

1st Distillation
When bubbling has stopped, transfer to still and begin distillation.
Collect 1-2 gallons low wines in a glass carboy, until proof is less than 5% abv.

2nd Distillation
Transfer low wines to still and redistill.
Discard first cup of distillate as "foreshots."
Collect distillate in half pint jars and measure proof of distillate.
Run tails into gallon jug until proof is less than 5% abv.
Separate hearts cut by smell (and taste, if necessary).
Combine hearts into glass gallon jug.
Mix tails with any rejected whiskey from heads/tails cut.
Dilute hearts to 40% with distilled water or as desired.

Precautions
Never distill with open flame.
Always discard the first 50-100ml of distillate from 2nd run.
Never use plastic containers or equipment in distillation, unless ethanol tolerant.

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