Minoc, Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – December 3, 2013 – by Victor Speranza – Minoc Moonshine is a little different than your regular drink. It’s thick, creamy, and you can even live off this drink alone for up to three weeks in the mines or on the seas. It’s high in protein, sugars, and even citrus helps keep those nasty illnesses at bay. Like all good brew recipes we recommend starting off by cracking open a nice cold beer before getting started. Don’t forget that before you start getting your ingredients together you need to sanitize all your equipment! Beer and liquors are living things and you don’t want them to be sick.
This drink requires two separate drinks to be mixed together. Get started with the body as it will take about three to four weeks to complete fermentation.
The Body:
- 5 stones of oatmeal (ground to a powder)
- 5 stones of wheat (ground to a powder)
- 1 stone of Malted Barley (ground to a powder)
- 4 jars of honey
- 1 jar sugar
- 5 kegs of fresh water
- Champagne Yeast (++)
First crack open a nice cold beer and start drinking. Take 2-3 kegs of water and put it in a big pot, use your still if necessary, and bring it to a rapid boil. Slowly mix in your oats, wheat, and barley. If you do it too fast it might boil over with foam and this can cause kitchen fires and lost product. We are going to boil this for about an hour while stirring it every now and again. About 10 minutes before the hour is up dump your honey into the mix. This magical mixture is often called a mash but we will be using it as beer wort. Once your wort is done you you should have a nice soupy mixture of what is basically beer gruel.
Time for another beer and get ready to make this puppy sing. Take your mash and cool it down to room temperature. The easiest way to do this is to take some copper pipe, submerged it in the mash and run cold water through the pipe, or just pack some snow around the outside of the pot whatever works best for you. Just keep it covered so it stays clean and nothing falls into it.
While this is cooling take one jar of water and bring it to a boil and mix in one jar of sugar. Set this to the side and let it cool down to room temperature. Once it’s cool pitch your yeast. No you don’t actually throw it… you just mix it in the sugar water. Make sure it’s a nice strong yeast like champagne yeast. Give it a few minutes and you should see the yeast start it’s magic. Now it’s time to mix your wort and your yeast together in your fermenter. In order to make sure it’s well mixed crack open another beer and pour in your remaining three kegs of water on top and seal it all up. Be sure your release valve or water lock doesn’t get clogged up! That puppy is going to be fermenting away and tons of gas is going to pour out of it and you don’t need a five keg bomb in your house.
After two weeks of this fermenting it’s about time to start on your flavor mix.
The Flavor:
- 2 bottle milk
- 2 bottles of corn whiskey
- 4 oranges (chopped with rinds)
- 1 lemon(chopped with rinds)
- 2 cups of sugar
Start off by grabbing some traditional moonshine from your still. Take this and mix it with the rest of the ingredients. Be sure to chop your oranges and lemons and keep the rinds on. Mix well and put in a small keg. Keep it sealed and in a cool dark place for about 10 days. Make sure to shake it up about once a day.
When it’s done you need to strain the flavor mix. Take some cheesecloth and simply pour the flavor mix through it. Pick up the cheesecloth and squeeze the liquid out. You can discard the solids, I hear some goblins might like them but I don’t recommend eating it. Interesting note here, you can continue to filter this flavor mix until clear and it makes a great creamy cocktail. Take out the oranges and add some grated chocolate and you got yourself a desert in a bottle!
Anyhow, time to crack open another beer and mix up your flavor and fermented wort. Start by siphoning the liquid out of your fermenter into your flavor mix. Don’t worry about keeping it clean, the sediment helps build character. Now you have yourself a classic Minoc Moonshine! Filled with all the vitamins and nutrients a hard worker needs you can serve it hot, cold, or even bottle it up and give it a little fizz. I prefer to have mine served in a coconut and poured over some crushed ice.