Easy Corn likker Recipe for Beginners: Step-by-Step Guide

Ready to make your first batch of corn likker? This video gives you a simple, beginner-friendly corn moonshine recipe, perfect for anyone new to home distilling! Follow along as we take you step-by-step through the entire process, from preparing the ingredients to fermenting and distilling your corn mash into smooth, classic moonshine. Along the way, you'll get tips on the essentials and avoid common pitfalls that beginners face. Whether you're here for your first taste of DIY moonshine or looking to perfect your skills, this complete guide will set you on the right path. Let’s get distilling!

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[rogerray]

My Dad made whiskey and brandy from the 1930's until about 1988 in North Georgia. I spent 20+ years helping him so have a bit of knowledge how to make good whiskey and brandy. We used to give the Sheriff and other officials a gallon of brandy for Christmas every year, lol. Dad raised 6 kids and sent 4 thru college on whiskey money alone. Those days are over now. I might make one more run just for the help of it. My Grandson wants to learn the craft and he is a cop! Might get us thrown in jail but that's part of the craft. Don't need no stinking license!!!! Love your vids.

[dennispenn]

Great video! I May borrow this recipe to help out a few newbie shiners. Great to know there’s fellow Arkansans enjoying this hobby! Shine on brother!

[thomasgarrett]

dude you have the best info out of anyone i have watched or read from. Super helpful for a first timer and or for someone just starting out!

[klmccune]

Complete joy of home brewing "easy mash" mixer!

[MrMann]

My dad told me stories of when he was a boy in the thirties when his dad made moonshine on the farm, i think thats why i find making spirits interesting. Thanks for the video, definitley subd.

[terrybaldwin]

Awesome Video Brother! Great content, Directed to the New distillers learning the art of distilling... Looking forwards to the next Live stream...

[RaceReadyA]

Heat you up 5 gallons of water to a boil, pour in 30lbs of sugar and add 1 oz of citric acid and stir with the drill until it goes from cloudy sugar water to clarified sugar syrup. That syrup has been converted to inverted sugar which takes all the extra heat and bad things that straight sugar adds to your liquor. I recommend you add it to you list of things for beginners and advanced moonshiners that watch you and ask for advice. It will give whoever is doing it a one up on the guys just dumping sugar into the mash…

[markcompton]

Howdy neighbor. I'm just outside Jacksonville. I've been distilling for a while now. My last run ended up being around 98%. But I cheated, because I didn't have a still and I didn't have the money to purchase one. So I used my pressure cooker. My first one I forgot to purge my lines, don't forget to mention that for the rest of the newbees. After it got done I put it in the freezer to chill, it tasted like water it was so smooth

[straightopoint]

My paddle mixer is made from a old ice-cream churn. Works great.

[DanaTobin-fmwm]

Now I'm from Newfoundland and we does it almost the same. We call it a sugar mash, cause you can add whatever you want for flavour. I love listening to the ol' thumpkeg drumming up a song. And always keep a jar of backin'. The jar of the last of the run. It's funny, wherever you go people always knows how to make 'shine. And it's handed down over generations. Kinda shows us that we're all related to each other. That's a good feeling, ain't it? Cheers me buddy.

[whateverthedaybrings]

I did my first run with this recipe and I forgot to take an SG. I let it go for about 10 days and ran it. My heads came out about 150 proof and I started getting tails around 115 and it started running at a drip. Along the way, I was going by smell and feel but I realized that it always felt a little slippery. Is that normal? At the very tail end I actually could see oils floating on top and it started to get a yellow tin, which I discarded. All in all, it turned out good and was much tastier than I expected.

[jwgrower]

I have the 20 g copper pot i love it 100PERCENT great video

[brianrightmyer]

Great video. Look forward to the results.

[WhiskyRebL]

Excuse me sir ! What was the SG ? Lol made the kit this evening and I’m at 1.087 noob here so no idea if it’s good or not . Shine on !

[Charles-ropw]

Where I make "likker " we call this a sugar wash you're not fermenting much corn. However it does make alcohol but the corn can add some subtle flavor, it is " still" a sugar wash. Get it??? Still?? Haha ! Good video!

[mathewweeks]

Your awesome be safe out there good luck to you 😎👍🙏🏻

[hillbillychrist]

I used to make a triple run with the finished product and make sure I got rid of all the heads and tails. The finished product was pure, so you could go from there for your apple pie or oak aging. I recommend distilled water to temper it before bottling.

[OutsideoftheGrid]

Fort Smith, Arkansas! That’s North to me! In Crossett, Arkansas!

[mattharvey]

u still need to distill to seperate the two Im guessing...cheers

[truthtalker]

Do you use a refractometor or a hydrometer to proof it? Great video! Thanks