What is the easiest way to make homemade whisky, brandy or other liquor?

Question

Any ideas for easy procedures using grocery store items, without fancy stills or alcoholic products as ingredients? Thanks.

murduk...am i retarded you ask? there is a way without a still you dumbass. my grandpa makes moonshine on the stove by distilling wine..i was wondering if anyone had a specific procedure for this without wine. thanks for nothing loser.

Answer 1

You're out of luck...making homemade spirits requires alcoholic products. Distilling is just concentrating alcohol, not actually making it.

You start by making beer (sort of) or wine...basically any fermented brew (that's where the alcohol comes from) and then distill it (you guessed it, with a still) to concentrate that alcohol.

Whiskey is simply beer that's made without hops that's been distilled.
Brandy is wine that's been distilled.
Rum is essentially sugar/molasses beer that's been distilled.
Vodka can start with anything. It's just distilled multiple times and carbon filtered to make neutral spirit and then diluted to drinking strength (40% plus or minus).
...and the list goes on.

You don't need a "fancy" still, but you do require some kind of distilling apparatus to make liquor. You need to make some kind of alcoholic brew in order to have some alcohol to distill.

Here's everything you need to know http://homedistiller.org

Just bear in mind two things:
1) In the US and most other countries (New Zealand, Italy, and Greece are a few exceptions) home distilling is illegal. You can get a license but not for your home.
2) No matter what, you will spend more money and time doing it yourself than if you just go out and buy cheap liquor at the store. You can't compete with their prices due to the sheer volume that is produced for the cheap stuff. However, if you do a good job, you can make a comparable spirit to the expensive brands.

Answer 2

for beer or whiskey you need certain ingredients that are not simple, and the procedures are hard ,but wine can be done fairly easy.just buy any kind of 100 percent fruit juice.100 percent is important.i like grape best.pour some out till theres about a 3 inch space between juice and top of bottle,add 1 pakage of fresh bread yeast, available at the grocery store,mix well,but gently,place a clean ballon over top of the bottle. then poke a needle size hole at top of balloon.put in warm dry, dark place,closet is good.after awhile the balloon will expand and let the gases out the pin hole,this is caused by the yeast,eating the juices sugars, converting them to alcohaul.when the baloon goes down ,about 3 to 4 days,the wine is done,you then carefully pour the wine into plastic ,or glass corked bottles, that have been cleaned very good, u can use plasic pop bottles and lids just sterilize them in your dishwasher.when pouring try not too disturb the yeast that has settled to the bottom of the juice bottle it wont hurt u, but it clouds the wine.leave about an inch. in the bottom with the yeast so u dont disturb it. after u pour in sterilized pop bottles ,oh ,leave an inch between wine and top of pop bottle for exspantion. take the bottles and store again in a cool dark place like a basemet.after about a month the wine is done ,the longer it sits the better it tastes. for all the procedures put the wine in a place where it wont hurt anything in case it explodes, that has happend, but rarely, just keep an eye on it, also use a 2 quart bottle of juice for this recipie,i make multiple bottles at 1 time,for making different kind of wines, like cranberry white grape,ect ect,just make sure its 100 percent

Answer 3

Simple, you go to the liquor store buy some whiskey and brandy, rebottle them and claim you made them.

Then you hope the ATF or TTB don't have questions for you as home distilling without a license (whether using a fancy still, stove, or even freezing) is illegal and carries some harsh fines for something you can buy at the store.

Answer 4

yes there is but you would need to brew a mash (beer) first.or even mead works well.for mead you would only need lots of honey,water,and yeast.search for a few recipies till you get a basic understanding.basicly yeast will be killed by the alcohol content at about 16-17%(unless you are jim cook from samual adams)
after that is done fermenting or yeast dies (depeanding on origanal sugar content) sipon off liquid to sanitary containers.
then freeze finished product but keep an eye on it.the water molicules will freeze before alcohol molicules so you pour off your liquor and slowly remove as much water as you can.
it will take several trys because it doesn't take long for entire thing freezes up(untill you have a high enough alcohol content.
but don't despare just let it defrost and try again.
good luck

Answer 5

brewing beer and making wine are pretty easy and safe at home. But distilling spirits(whiskey, moonshine) are against the law.

Answer 6

i will in basic terms communicate for adult men. counting on the guy a sprint whiskey makes one frisky. although, there's a factor the place the frisky feeling ends and not one of the muscle groups do what you want them to do.