Can moonshine be 190 proof?
What is the Proof of Moonshine? – Moonshine has a minimum alcohol content of 150 proof (75 percent ABV) and the maximum alcohol content is 190 proof (95 percent ABV). In this way it is very similar to Everclear and the same warnings should be considered in regard to its consumption.
How do you make 190 proof ethanol?
Ethanol can be made by a dry mill process or a wet mill process. – Most of the fuel ethanol in the U.S. is made using the dry mill method. The major steps in this process are: The process of producing ethanol, whether it’s beer, wine, whiskey, or fuel ethanol, is dependent on yeast, a single cell organism.
- Yeast consume sugar and produce heat, carbon dioxide, and ethanol when in an oxygen free environment.
- An ethanol plant converts the starch of the corn kernel back into sugar, adds yeast, and then separates out what’s left.
- At Pennsylvania Grain Processing, we grind over 100,000 bushels of corn a day.
- Half of the corn arrives on trucks, purchased from farmers and grain elevators in western Pennsylvania and northeast Ohio.
The other half arrives by rail. Trains are loaded in western Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. To begin the process, hammer mills grind the corn into a flour. Water and enzymes are mixed with the corn flour. One of the enzymes is alfa-amylase. On a side note, humans produce alfa-amylase in their saliva.
The mixture, called slurry, is heated to speed up the enzymes’ work of breaking the starch into sugars. After the enzymes have completed their work, the mixture is pasteurized to kill any harmful bacteria. Yes, just like milk. This is a biological process and we don’t want our fermentation vats to get an infection! Next, the slurry goes into the fermentation vat and yeast are added.
Our vats are 800,000 gallons. For approximately, two days the yeast work their magic. Each vat has an agitator and a heat exchanger. The agitator mixes the mash, so all of the sugar is available to the yeast. Since the yeast produce heat, the heat exchanger cools the mash to the ideal temperature.
If the mash get too hot, the yeast will stop working. Periodically, the mash is checked for pH, alcohol content, and yeast cell counts. This helps us ensure a good yield and identifies any potential problems, so corrective action can be taken. Once fermentation is complete the mash is now called “beer” and is about 14% alcohol.
During fermentation, the carbon dioxide is captured. Once fermentation is complete, a 56 pound bushel of corn will produce about 2.8 gallons of pure alcohol, 18 pounds of dried distillers grains, and 18 pounds of carbon dioxide. Roughly, it is one-third alcohol, one-third distillers grain, and one-third carbon dioxide.
First, we distill off the alcohol from the beer – water, corn solids, and yeast. Since alcohol boils at a lower temperature than water, it boils first. Our distillation process produces 95% pure alcohol or 190 proof. To produce pure, 200 proof alcohol, we use a molecular sieve, so extract the last 5% of the water.
The pure alcohol is transferred to storage tanks and ready to be shipped. After the alcohol is removed, the water and corn solids is called stillage. The stillage goes through a corn oil separator, which is similar to a cream separator. About three-quarters of a pound of corn oil is removed per bushel of corn.
Next the stillage goes through a centrifuge to remove the water from the corn solids. The water is condensed into a syrup. The syrup is added to the corn solids and dried to produce Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles or DDGS. In about three days, corn is processed into pure ethanol, corn oil, dried distillers grain and carbon dioxide.
The ethanol is sold to gasoline blenders and retailers and is shipped to gasoline blending facilities in Pennsylvania. Ethanol is added to gasoline to boost the octane and reduce the emissions. The corn oil is feed-grade. It is used to add energy to poultry diets.
- A secondary market for corn oil is biodiesel production.
- DDGS is a high protein, high fiber animal feed.
- At PGP poultry, is the largest consumer of our DDGS.
- It is also fed to swine, dairy cattle, beef cattle, and horses.
- The corn oil and DDGS is shipped to farmers and feed mills in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic States.
The carbon dioxide is piped to Continental Carbonic Products, Inc., which built a plant beside PGP in 2017. They refrigerate the CO2 gas into a liquid. By using a vacuum, the liquid is converted into a snow, which is pressed into a solid block of dry ice.
Can you have 200 proof alcohol?
Is there a 200 proof alcohol? – Pure alcohol, also known as ethanol, is extremely volatile and dissipates even more easily than water. While it is possible to buy 200 proof alcohol, it isn’t sold for consumption. Ethanol has an affinity for water and, when exposed to air, will draw out any moisture from the atmosphere and suck it up.
This makes it impossible to pour yourself a glass of 200 proof alcohol because even if it was 200 proof when you began pouring it, it would no longer be 200 proof by the time you brought the glass to your lips. Makers of liquor have found that the trick to distilling alcohol is to heat a mixture of ethanol and water to the point where only the alcohol boils, then collect the ethanol steam.
Because ethanol is an azeotrope, its vapor forms a certain proportion instead of boiling purely. Due to the moisture in the air that ethanol draws in, steam from ethanol is only 96 percent ethanol, making that the highest concentration of alcohol that can be distilled in liquor.
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Is 190 proof 95% ethanol?
Decon’s Pure Ethanol 190 Proof Ethanol is 95% undenatured Ethyl Alcohol and 5 % water that meets USP and multi-compendial specs including EP, BP, JP. Used as a cleaner, solvent, or as a reagent. Our Ethyl Alcohol is packaged in convenient plastic, glass, and metal containers including pint, gallon, 5 gallon, and drum sizes.
- Pure Ethanol is a federally regulated product so applicable laws must be followed.
- Our Ethanol products are available tax-free to customers who hold a valid, TTB issued “Industrial Alcohol User Permit.” Also available tax-paid which has the federal excise tax included in the price, this version normally does not require a federal permit.
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Who makes 190 proof alcohol?
Everclear Brand name of rectified spirit For other uses, see, Everclear A bottle of 190-proof Everclear. TypeManufacturerLuxco Country of origin Introduced1922 60%, 75.5%, 94.5% and 95%120, 151, 189 and 190ColorColorlessWebsite Everclear is a brand name of (also known as grain alcohol and neutral spirit) produced by the American company (formerly known as the David Sherman Corporation).
Can I drink Everclear straight?
How to Drink Everclear Safely – Everclear is a high-test distilled grain alcohol spirit that has very high alcohol content compared to other distilled spirits. Typical distilled spirits are about 80 proof, or 40% alcohol by volume, but Everclear (which is a brand name) is can range from 120 proof (60% alcohol) to 190 proof (95 percent alcohol).
- The most important rule for drinking Everclear is this: never drink it straight or even with a mixer.
- Everclear is not produced and meant for cocktails; rather, it’s intended to be used to create lower proof alcohols, such as in making liqueurs or limoncello,
- Avoid using straight Everclear in cocktail recipes; it’s simply too strong and unsafe; the potential for alcohol poisoning from misuse is high. Instead, use it as it is intended by creating a lower poof liqueur with it, and then using that liqueur in the cocktails.
- Everclear is not the same as vodka. While it is relatively odorless and flavorless like vodka, you cannot use it to substitute for vodka in cocktails because it is more than double the strength of vodka.
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The recipes below allow you to make lower proof liqueurs with Everclear, and then offer cocktails you can make with those liqueurs.
What are examples of 190 proof alcohol?
Everclear – Everclear from Luxco is perhaps the leading grain alcohol and comes in at 95% or 190 proof or a lighter 151 proof version. Banned in several US states for its super-high alcohol content, Everclear is twice as potent as the strongest mainstream hard liquor.
Can moonshine be 180 proof?
We do moonshine the right way and it makes all the difference. – 
When most people hear the word “moonshine”, they think of a clear liquor that is 180 proof, which isn’t the case at all. Grandaddy Mimm’s makes moonshine from 40 proof all the way to 140 proof to appeal to all drinkers. Sure, there’s a bit of a burn on the heavy stuff, but it’s nothing too different from the warm tingle you get from a nice bourbon. 
The truth is, most women on our team can outdrink the men on staff and will show you if you ask. Our girls can throw down and our customers range in age, gender, sports fandom (GO DAWGS), and preference of drinking shine straight up, making a mixed drink, or taking a favorite shot.
- Shine is meant to bring people together and most of the time it does.
- The goal isn’t to prove something, it’s to sit back and drink something you enjoy.
- Did you know that most any drink that you mix with rum, vodka, or whiskey, you can sub with shine!?! Moonshine is called moonshine because, during Prohibition, it used to be made secretly at night only by the light of the moon.
When it was made illegally, there were no government regulations, and the same guy who married his sister could be in charge of cooking up your cocktail. This meant that people were drinking 180+ proof stuff and let’s just say there were definite health risks.
What percent alcohol is 190 proof moonshine?
This Whiskey is 190 proof (95% alcohol by volume), so it packs a punch. Try using it in a mixed cocktail; it goes down much smoother this way. Clear Spring White Moonshine Whiskey can be lethal and should not be consumed in shooters, used as a substitute for water, or ingested straight.