MELONSHINE - MOONSHINE from MELON Wine!

After a lot of trial and error, here is my method for Melon Wine for bottling, or for distilling into MelonShine. RECIPE BELOW. It’s made from sweet Golden Honeydew and Cantaloupe melons to give you a taste of summer all year round. My first attempt was less than successful, so I ran some tests to make sure the recipe and ingredients below are going to give you a successful fermentation. *Options if you'd like to support Bearded & Bored:* Shirts & Drinkware - https://bearded-and-bored.creator-spring.com/ Patreon Monthly Contribution: https://www.patreon.com/BeardedAndBored Monthly Contribution through YouTube = click the JOIN button next to the Subscribe button. One Time Contribution to help me buy supplies: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=KZTPG73VX2DXC MelonShine Wine Base – 14.4%ABV Ingredients: 3 Golden Honeydew melons – peeled, seeded, cubed 3 Cantaloupe – peeled, seeded, cubed 1.5 pounds Roma tomatoes- cubed 1 lemon – juiced 10 pounds sugar Pectic Enzyme - https://amzn.to/2RVcivX Yeast Nutrient - https://amzn.to/2Ul8rdc Lalvin K1-V1116 wine yeast - https://amzn.to/2WADxyq OR Distillers Active Dry Yeast - https://amzn.to/2UqaCKX Water - to top up the fermenter The equipment I use: Hydrometer - https://amzn.to/2ZixC33Bucket Spigot - https://amzn.to/2IBceO5 StarSan - https://amzn.to/2P1XFqR Airlocks - https://amzn.to/2ADAQRg Grommets for Airlocks - https://amzn.to/2Rx9m7U Mini Siphon - https://amzn.to/2Df7fQz Shop at Amazon using these affiliate links to help support my channel without costing you anything extra. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Procedure: 1. Cut up melons and tomatoes, then squeeze the juice out through a mesh bag or use a cider press. Filter the juice through cheese cloth to filter before fermentation. 2. Put everything except yeast in a sanitized fermentation vessel, top up with water for a total volume of 5 gallons, stir in sugar until dissolved, blend the fruit if desired. 3. Take a hydrometer reading. OG should come out around 1.110 to give a potential alcohol of 14.4%. Your numbers may be higher or lower depending on the sugar content of the fruit. 4. Add yeast, then close up the fermenter and install airlock. 5. Allow to ferment for at least 1 month until your hydrometer reading is 1.000 or lower. Note: For wine you may need to use a clarifying agent like Bentonite to get a crystal-clear wine. For distilling it should be good to go. TWITTER - https://twitter.com/BeardedNBored Intro music - “Yes Ma’am” by Cullah is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License. Check him out. He's Awesome! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSj-fZZlBZTCTEBpiMwMWGg Background music: - Moonshine Town-JR Tundra-YouTube Audio Library Hoedown by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Outro Music - "I've got a Plan To Rule The World" - by Cullah is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License. #MelonWine #MelonShine #Distilling