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u/sapientquanta · 2 pointsr/educationalgifs

If you want a guide to the history, theory and practice of Moonshine I recommend the following:
[Moonshine!: Recipes Tall Tales Drinking Songs Historical Stuff Knee-Slappers How to Make It How to Drink It Pleasin' the Law Recoverin' the Next Day]
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579906486/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687462&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0760345848&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=16J3VAJ5NC7K14P31S7N)

u/miketr2009 · 2 pointsr/bourbon

I would not normally mention this, but because your title could be interpreted as meaning that you are considering distilling whiskey, an expensive licensing and approval process is needed to legally distill it, which would make it cheaper to just buy it at a store.

That being said, if you are interested in information on the specifics of how alcohols can be distilled, there are some excellent books out on the subject. They have detailed plans for different kinds of stills, many specific recipes for whiskeys and other distilled spirits.

Search Amazon with the keywords alcohol distillation, for example.

I got a great book on this for Christmas a few years back called "Moonshine". It's about $8. Here's an Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Moonshine-Drinking-Historical-Knee-Slappers-Recoverin/dp/1579906486/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303878234&sr=1-1

I think it is a great, fun introduction, and I really enjoyed it, but reading it, it sounds like distillation is a lot of trouble, cost, would take up a whole lot of time, will require a decent amount of space set aside to do it in, and has a certain amount of health danger to it as well, so you need to be aware of all those things going into it and be OK with them.

I also want to quote one sentence from it for you. "Without inspection and proper approvals, you are not permitted to make any amount for personal use. Not one drop."

Starting with making beer or wine from scratch might be a good place to start. No licensing required, either.

Edit: I've only read this one book on the subject, so if I've got any of it wrong, please feel free to correct me and elaborate.

u/bigbadfox · 1 pointr/firewater

I've ordered this book:http: //www.amazon.com/Moonshine-Drinking-Historical-Knee-Slappers-Recoverin/dp/1579906486 (i have yet to figure out how to shorten links)

I don't mean to impose at all, but would it be any imposition if i kept in contact through PM to get some info from someone who knows how this works?

u/whiskeysnowcone · 1 pointr/bourbon

check out some documentaries while you're at it. Modern Marvels did 2 episodes about distilling, and also did an episode about whiskey where they visited the Jim Beam distillery, it was very interesting. You might as well watch the one about beer too. Here's a link to the MM episode guide

Also check out Three Sheets on Hulu. it's more of a drinking culture show but Zane visits other countries and explores not only the culture but the national drinks as well. I spent a few weeks watching all the episodes and they are really good. I learned quite a bit from this guy. He's a bit goofy and can be hard to watch at times but i thoroughly enjoyed the show.

If you're interesting in Moonshine at all check out this book: Moonshine! i used it for a project i did for college about moonshine and it was a good read into the history of the drink as well as how to make it and how to make a still. very cool book. There are also some good documentaries that the history channel did about moonshine culture and backwoods brewing as well.