Distillers Handy Kitchen Guide - How to Make Moonshine, Vodka, Whiskey and Other Liquors Like A Southern Pro Kindle Edition

I highly recommend this book if you want learn How to Make Moonshine the right and easy way. This book would have been very handy when I was in my party day's, I would have been the pro in making moonshine. I just had to check this book out as it took me to my party memory land.And it was worth it, this book is informative, entertaining and easy to read, that's why I give this book 5 stars as a must buy for those who want to make a killer Tasty Moonshines without killing anybody, cause if it's done incorrectly it can be both highly dangerous to the health and even blow up in the process while making Moonshines.

Besides the lack of any good editing or proofreading and aside from the apparent lack of any grammatical skill this was still the absolute worst work on distilling I have ever read. Its author obviously has zero experience actually distilling or brewing, and he writes like a ten-year-old--actually, I have taught ten-year-olds who were better writers. If you want to learn how to make whiskey, you would be better advised to watch an episode of Moonshiners, or ANY of the current vogue TV shows devoted to the subject of distillation. On top of all that, this child-author has no comprehension of history whatsoever. Here are some of the more technical gripes about the book: - Claim: "The federal government has made moonshine illegal, mostly because it is highly unstable during the distillation process." Absolutely not true. Moonshine was made illegal for many reasons, the LEAST of which was a dangerous process. - Claim: "Anything can be distilled...potatoes, grapes, yeast or anything else." Ahem...yeast? Yeast cannot be distilled without a starch, preferably a fructose. - Claim: "[Russian vodka]...is made from potatoes." Actually, the standard and most preferred vodkas from Russia are grain-based. Potato vodkas are considered vastly inferior. - Claim: "[to make moonshine] the sugar and water is [sic] distilled together for an extended period of time...but oxygen is not able to enter and come in contact with the fermentation." This author does not know what the difference is between mashing, fermenting, and distillation. In fact, the terms are so jumbled throughout that it is hard to decipher what he means. - Claim: moonshine is made from malted grain and cornmeal, whiskey is made from malted corn, vodka is made from sugar. I'll let the critics talk about that. - Misusage: the author has mash as mush, or wash, distillation as fermentation in places, as mash in others.Again, this book MUST be a joke, for that is the only possible explanation. DON'T BUY IT!

I come from a long line of moonshiners. Grandpa was the last of them and he didn't make the stuff, he only delivered it from the still to the city when he was a young man. However, Great-grandad and numerous great-uncles made the stuff and our family was supposedly well known for the quality of their 'shine back in Kentucky.And so, when I stumbled upon this book, I simply had to buy it and read it.The author has gone to great effort to give us a bit of the history of moonshine and other illegal spirits. He doesn't glorify this illegal activity but neither does he villify it.All in all, this was an enjoyable book to read and it brought back a lot of memories from my own childhood, sitting at Grandpa's knee and listening to his tales of adventure when he was being chased by "those dang revenuers".For an entertaining read about an old-fashioned way of life, I highly recommend this book. I only gave it 4 stars, though, because even though he came mighty close, the author stopped short of giving any specifics that would let me try this myself.

I bought this book as a gift for a family member who has recently become interested in distilling. It provides more than just recipes but is not a kitchen guide as you need a lot of expensive equipment to complete them. Some of the directions and entails for the distilling was also incorrect. Overall it was a decent gift for someone learning about the history and process but I would not purchase this book again.

I must have read a different book than the other reviewers. This is quick read and very,very basic overview of the subject and would have been improved on by someone proof reading it, especially someone who actually knew about distilling. The history channel show narrated by Billy ray was more informative than this is. Definitely do not use this as a reference if you are wanting to try making your own. This book is a delete. Amazon has many other books on the subject, Youtube has info and many other internet sites for research.

This guidebook not only includes a number of very useful (and potentially life saving tips) but it is includes a number of detailed recipes for creating moonshine, vodka, whiskey and a few other liquors.These aren't just brief recipes, but detailed set of instructions that are broken down step by step to make it easier to follow (and that you will be less likely to make a mistake).Many of the descriptions were also quite amusing to read. If you are looking start making your own alcohol, this is the place to start.

I was buying home brewing ingredients and equipment and Amazon recommended this book. I bought it for some recipes and thought it would help me figure out how to mash-in and understand how to correctly create the mash. You can learn more from watching a few episodes of "MoonShiners". I should have read the reviews because this book is garbage! Not worth it even with Amazon Prime.The author knows nothing about distilling! The book is riddled with misinformation and assumptions drawn on little-to-no experience on the subject matter. The recipes are nothing more than add corn to some water and cook. CRAP!!! More information can be obtained on about or wikihow

I should have read the reviews~It s not worth a free brochure~

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I got this book as it was a quick read. I'm glad i got it on kindle unlimited. If you seriously want to read and learn about moonshine then I'd find a different book. There is a lot of misinformation in this book. Many inaccuracies and errors. I was hoping to at least find some recipes and ideas. But left empty handed.

okay but haven't put it to use yet

As a novice brewer, I was hoping to get a bit more information on how to set up the brewing systems with images and maybe some diagrams. I will be referring back to this book once I have completed a primer and got the basics out of the way.The author has a lot of information and offers a range of different brewing and distilling options, so I'll be looking forward to trying them out when I'm ready.