HOW TO MAKE MOONSHINE AT HOME - from grapes

[@stevet8121]

I'm not a alcohol drinker either but this was outstanding Vlada and very interesting. You're a can do lady! Very well done.

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you.

[@ThaliaHome]

How back you returned me ...my grandparents used to do all these in their wine yards 🌼🙏

[@CookingandKids]

Glad to bring you good memories. :)

[@robertcope2465]

Great content, beautiful family and community! ❤

[@CookingandKids]

Thanks so much

[@qawsedrftgyh1234123]

Great Job Vlada you are an excellent teacher God Bless

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you very much. :) Cheers!

[@Adapt2030]

thanks for the ideas, we have muscadine grapes wild here, was looking for ideas how to distill them. do you use the skins for chicken feed ? lastly, do you strain skins out to prevent burning on the bottom of the pot still?

[@CookingandKids]

Hello and thank you for reaching out. I don't strain the skins before distilling. Once done, leftovers are disposed around fruit trees in our yard.

[@SisyphusTwo]

I use an electric meat 🍖 mincer to squash the grapes... works amazing !

[@CookingandKids]

Great idea!!

[@Mex-Si-Can-Sueno-Chica]

I used a blender, it worked great too!

[@short-hand4312]

I made grape moonshine last summer with the wild grapes growing all over my back lot. people who sampled it said it was the best they had ever drunk.

[@CookingandKids]

Oh that's awesome. I can imagine how good it must taste. :)

[@ericenos1097]

you did a very good job I ran a good run of apple brandy fruit always imparts excellent flavor qualities

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you.

[@emilkermendy4595]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful video. We run a family owned and operated vineyard and started a few years ago to make wine. Now we are running into distillation. We wonder if you could tell us how much of total distillation batch is discarded (heads)? (if any). To what ABV do you distill? And lastly, would it be bad if we collect tails and pore them into the next batch?

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you for reaching out. I know for sure my mom would collect tails and redistill them. As for how much is discarded from 'heads' - I don't have specific amount. Normally I would make that decision based on fragrance and aroma of the liquid same goes for ABV. Since I am not a professional, I would suggest researching web for more info. :) All the best to you and your family.

[@emilkermendy4595]

@@CookingandKids Thank you very much for your opinions. This is what I would do. By the way, I do not know about your family background, but VLADA in sebian-croatian means GOVERNMENT !!!!!! UUUAAAAUUUUU........ (I never meant to be not respectful, excuse me for my comment about your name)

[@CookingandKids]

@@emilkermendy4595 you are correct about my name, it means one who governs. :)

[@phillipkauffman2078]

Thank you did you add any extra sugar? Sorry to bother you but I have a bunch of grapes that if I don't pick them and do something they will go to waste. Great video and I love the chair idea! Thanks again

[@CookingandKids]

No sugar added Philip. If grapes are ripe they will have enough sugar on their own.

[@aliasgp]

Great video. Do you add water while fermented? Also does it have to be air locked?

[@CookingandKids]

I did not add water or sugar and I did not keep it air locked last year. However, this year I am trying it keeping air locked. I am curious to see if there is any difference.

[@midgiefranz]

Is this only possible with seedless grapes? I have grapes that have a lot of seeds. Do I need to extract the seeds first? Thanks for your video!

[@CookingandKids]

You can use any grapes, seeds or no seeds...:) Best of luck!

[@phillipschris2274]

Do you have to discard any of the first few ounces that are produced?. Great video

[@CookingandKids]

Correct Phillips.

[@strongspear7315]

Fantastic...

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@chrislewis9345]

At the 8:10 time stamp there's a mop bucket/ringer in the background... looks like a handy dandy grape smasher to me!lol

[@CookingandKids]

Ha, ha....you got me thinking now, I may try it the next time.

[@asaturhovhannisyan1025]

You did an amazing job Vlada:)🥃🥃

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you very much. Cheers, V.

[@adams13f]

Beautiful...😉

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@stephenhill6143]

Well done.

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you. Cheers.

[@TL50-r9f]

Brandy shine , made from fermented grapes and is used to fortify grape wine to make Port Wine.

[@CookingandKids]

I just learned something, thank you for sharing.

[@welshspencer]

how much did you discard whe. it first starts to drip is there a set amount

[@CookingandKids]

I went by taste, which is hard to do. I am sure there is another way to do this. :)

[@andrerodrigues8942]

I've heard that in making moonshine from corn, you want the drip rate of 1-2 seconds with your condenser. I saw in your video it was coming out so quickly! So obviously I am now intrigued as to if you know anything about the speed at which the moonshine comes out affects making moonshine from grapes? Or only with corn

[@andrerodrigues8942]

And do you keep the distiller at a certain tempurature?

[@CookingandKids]

Good questions. I was not aware there should be a particular drip rate but will look into this bit more. Thank you

[@larry0323]

Drip rate varies. Just watch your temp and don't go over 172°F. You don't wanna burn it.

[@danielanthony1054]

@@larry0323 you can use a brew bag and a grill mesh to keep the fruit from the bottom so that it doesn't burn.

[@POLARBAER-gf7zj]

Some good thinking with the chair 😂

[@CookingandKids]

Yes, thank you.

[@lorenrenee1]

I tried to use my potato masher and that did not work at all apparently most of grapes available in the supermarket have a fairly tough skin and so I ended up just throwing it into the blender pulsing a couple of times and dumping the resulting sludge into the primary fermentation vessel

[@CookingandKids]

Good thinking, that should work. Keep us posted on your progress please. Cheers, Vlada

[@ssdettrt2773]

Ten kilos of raisins and thirty liters of water.It is like the fermentation of grapes🥰🥰

[@CookingandKids]

Great idea, that should work too. Thank you.

[@zlatanadjurkovic7360]

Bravo! 👏

[@CookingandKids]

Hvala na posjeti.

[@davidbodjanac7566]

Vlada - gde je slanena, paradise, gebeitse?

[@CookingandKids]

Ha, ha, ha.....slazem se, falilo je.

[@deangolden4854]

Nice

[@CookingandKids]

Thanks

[@MZ8UEZ]

Спасибо за видео очень полезная информация

[@CookingandKids]

Thank you and all the best, Vlada

[@phillipkauffman2078]

Did you add yeast?

[@CookingandKids]

No additional yeast...:)

[@bartoszna8797]

Brawo

[@CookingandKids]

thank you

[@SisyphusTwo]

I think we must become neighbours...

[@CookingandKids]

Greetings from California...:)

[@ssdettrt2773]

Distilling raisins is much better and easier🥰

[@CookingandKids]

Must try.

[@sergiomontellano376]

Do you throw the heads out

[@CookingandKids]

I am not sure what do you mean by 'heads'?

[@sergiomontellano376]

@@CookingandKids then you ain't no moonshiner

[@mlbaileyguitars]

heads is the first few ounces that comes out. it is toxic. loved your video. im fixin to run muscadines@@CookingandKids

[@welshspencer]

how much heads do you throw out

[@patzijlstra6676]

did you remove the bad part? it is called methanol and that is not what you should drink (causes blindness...).....

[@CookingandKids]

Yes, it is important to remove methanol.

[@motog4-75]

What? You don't know how to make wine? That's exactly what you did before you distilled it. Maybe a little bit primitive method here & there, but it's definitely wine from grapes you made if they fermented.

[@CookingandKids]

Yes, you are right Moto G4, initial fermentation is similar to making wine, but I never made wine before. Perhaps I will try to do so next year. All the best, V.

[@motog4-75]

@@CookingandKids what I'm saying is before you put it in the still it is actually wine. So yes 👉you did make wine first, then instead of drinking or bottling it you distilled it & made brandy. If you put your brandy in an oak barrel for an amount of time it will attain the colour of brandy too. Or use oak chips. Clearly you did not realize but the process of fermentation of fruit from a juice to an alcoholic state is the process of wine making.

[@CookingandKids]

@@motog4-75 You are right, this is the first step in wine making but what I don't know how to do is regulating temperature and aging wine properly. As for making brandy, that is exactly what my mom does...:)

[@ivotheg2397]

Why don't you call it rakia instead of moonshine?

[@CookingandKids]

Hello and thank you for reaching out. Few people know what rakija is so I used more familiar term. :) I hope that makes sense.

[@-_-hi8964]

Well technically you mas grappa not moonshine.

[@CookingandKids]

I guess you are correct. :)

[@Lfs1891]

Ur not a backwoods hillbilly, quit calling it moonshine. It's spirits or vodka, gin , not moonshine.

[@CookingandKids]

Ok! I think it's actually brandy. :) Thanks for watching.

[@Lfs1891]

@@CookingandKids not to bust ur hmm hmm . It's moon shine cause it was made under the cover of the moon when it would shine, at night. Ur to classy and beautiful for that. ;)

[@CookingandKids]

@@Lfs1891 All is good and thank again for taking time to watch and comment. :)

[@coloradolivin1626]

I bet that tastes like shat but was neat to watch

[@CookingandKids]

Thanks for watching.