WATERMELON-ELDERBERRY MOONSHINE BRANDY
For this watermelon elderberry brandy recipe, you will need, you will need:
32 Lb watermelon
1 1/4 Lb dried elder-berries
water to 5 gallon
juice and zest of 10 lemons
36 cups granulated sugar
1 bag of Vengeance yeast
Cut the rind off of the watermelon, cut melon into 1 in. cubes, remove seeds, and put the watermelon and any juice into primary (crock, plastic pail, etc.). Thinly grate the yellow off 10 lemons, then juice the lemons and add the juice and zest (gratings) to primary. Add dried elderberries. Add water to make up five gallons. Stir in sugar and stir well to dissolve. Cover primary with cloth, wait twelve hours and add yeast. Cover and ferment five to seven days, stirring daily. Strain juice into secondary (demijohn) and fit airlock. Ferment this small batch brandy for thirty days.
