Homemade Raspberry Infused Moonshine Recipe

Raspberry moonshine has got to be one of my most popular recipes, and one of my favourite to taste! And snacking on the raspberries while I make it definitely makes it more fun! Hehe

What You’ll Need:

5 pounds Raspberries
6 pounds sugar
2 tbps yeast

How to make Raspberry Moonshine

Step 1: Boil down the raspberries with about 1.5 gallons of water and then mash them up (they will smell amazing at this point!).

Step 2: Add the sugar and let simmer for 15-20 minutes.

Step 3: When they are done simmering, put them in your fermenting bucket and add 3 1/2 more gallons of water and wait for the temperature to drop and then add the yeast.

Step 4: Once the fermentation is complete (1-2 weeks), strain out solids and then distill using a pot still.

21 Responses to "Homemade Raspberry Infused Moonshine Recipe"

thomasedwin says:

January 11, 2016 at 10:15 pm

That’s not raspberry moon shine that is just some fermented raspberry water and sugar. Raspberry moon shine is when you take a quart mason jar and fill it with dry raspberry’s and then pour in 90% ABV corn liquor and mix it up good with a spoon then put on the lid and let it set for a month or longer and then drink the liquor. The best way is to put one raspberry in a shot glass and fill the rest with the liquor and drink it in one gulp.

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1. Earl says:
  
  January 12, 2016 at 2:17 pm
  
  lol thanks for clearing this up Thomas!! I like the raspberry infusion idea, I’ve done this with several fruits before haven’t tried Raspberries yet. Have to start some on the weekend. If you got any other recipe ideas feel free to post them!
  
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2. rep says:
  
  December 5, 2016 at 5:47 am
  
  actually, what you described is NOT raspberry moonshine, it is raspberry flavored moonshine. Difference, raspberry moonshine is fermented with the fruit in the mash or in the thumper. Real fruit moonshine should be clear from distilling. If your moonshine is not clear then the fruit was added after distillation, which basically makes it fruit flavored shine.
  
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  1. tomalock says:
    
    May 5, 2019 at 8:20 pm
    
    I’m 62, I was raised by my grandparents, grandpa was a moonshiner from the mnts of Va, grandma lived just inside of W. Va.
    
    I agree 100% with you and so would my grandpa.
    
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  2. Samuel Redden says:
    
    December 29, 2019 at 1:22 am
    
    What is being described is Schnapps or that is the way I make schnapps. I put the fruit for the flavor I want and then fill with a clear shine and set in a cool dark place to cure for a month
    
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    1. samuel says:
      
      December 29, 2019 at 1:30 am
      
      I 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water then the distilled wine brandy and store it for a month see post above
      
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Ed says:

January 18, 2016 at 6:14 pm

Actually the original recipe is raspberry brandy/shine. In order for it to be called a fruit shine the fruit is used in the fermentation process. Adding fruit to corn liquor at the end, just shows you made a crappy product that needs fruit added to make it drinkable. Fermenting fruit to distill takes much more skill at least if you want to taste the fruit. Not something the refluxx distillers will be able to achieve.

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1. thomasedwin says:
  
  January 19, 2016 at 1:30 am
  
  My Product is 180 proof corn and cane sugar liquor, It’s better quality than anything you can purchase at the liquor store. If you take any kind of fruit or fruit juice and ferment it and then distill out the alcohol at a concentration of over 150 proof or 75% alcohol by volume or better there will be very little or no fruit flavor left in this alcohol. To make something that would retain any fruit flavor from distilled fruit wine you would have to use a simple pot still and then only distill it to a concentration of about 80 proof or 40% ABV not only that but in the distilling process you would have to let a good amount of the tails of the wine pass over into the distillate to get this fruit flavor, this would not be moonshine this would be brandy witch is a hole different animal. For something to be legally called corn liquor or corn whisky it must be produced from at least 51% corn. The difference between corn liquor and moonshine is that moonshine is at least 100 proof or better and it is fresh, not aged in charred oak barrels. The cheap stuff you purchase in the stores called brandy is nothing more than high proof commercially produced alcohol diluted with fruit flavoring and sugar syrups. Real brandy is produced from fermented and then distilled fruit wines and then put back into the barrels the wine was fermented in and then let age for at least 3 years or much longer. The best brandies are 50 or even 100 years old. The same goes with bourbon. For fruit flavored moonshine you just add raw fruit of your choosing and let it set for a few months. I feel insulted that you said I needed to add fruit to my shine to make it drinkable.
  
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  1. Earl says:
    
    January 19, 2016 at 5:12 am
    
    Let’s keep the peace boy’s !! I could always change the title… Got a suggestion ? Maybe Raspberry Brandy Shine is a better description. What you think Ed
    
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    1. thomasedwin says:
      
      January 19, 2016 at 12:03 pm
      
      I have tried some peach brandy that the guy took 50 gallons of peach juice and added 50 lbs of sugar and fermented it till it went flat and then distilled it. He first discarded the heads and then kept the hearts and continued to collect the tails until it diluted itself down to 40% alcohol by volume. It had a good sweet peachy taste and smell but it wasn’t syrupy like the brandies that you buy at the store.
      
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    2. Craig Gothe says:
      
      December 22, 2016 at 12:42 pm
      
      Fruit flavored
      
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kuba says:

June 29, 2016 at 2:16 am

Is this a good base to use with all fruit?

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1. Earl says:
  
  November 13, 2016 at 11:49 pm
  
  Every fruit is different in that it contains more or less sugar within the fruit. The amount of sugar you need to add will vary depending on how much natural sugar is contained within the fruit and what your desired final alcohol content will be.
  
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Alex says:

December 21, 2016 at 4:54 am

I have some Romanian moonshine if anyone is interested to just try a quarter , it’s pure distilled twice.
I got the secret recipes of moonshining its original , probably might looking to setup a legal moonshine here in states, I’m still looking for a state that allows me to legally do this business.

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1. Earl says:
  
  December 23, 2016 at 8:41 pm
  
  Hey Alex any chance you would share your Recipe with us I’d love to try it !
  
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Christy Hovde says:

July 18, 2017 at 6:03 pm

I am new to moon-shining googled raspberry moonshine as I now inherited a still that is yes homemade but works awesomely I was told… I also have a plethora of raspberries this year so I thought I would find a recipe to use both. I am not real concerned with alcohol purity I just want to have a little fruity fun while learning… The older gentleman that is teaching me told me to through a bunch of berries or what every you have dead rats mice… (I think he was joking:{) in a trashcan with some water and let it set for a month… then he would show me the rest. My background is in engineering so you can imagine my stress at the thought of not having clear directions. Questions I had is what kind of trash can does metal or plastic make a difference? Here I see you need sugar he didnt think it was real important . I also wanted to know how much yeast and what kind. So any advice anyone might have on this site would be very much appreciated.

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1. Earl says:
  
  July 24, 2017 at 10:33 pm
  
  I’d suggest not using a trash can as it’s not food grade plastic. You can buy a plastic fermenting bucket or carboy from your local home brew shop. That said in my younger years I did use a trash can or two to make my own beer!! If you decide not to add sugar you will ferment only the sugars present in the raspberries. For Yeast I’d suggest EC- 1118 grab a few packs from your local brew shop and make a yeast starter before adding it to your wash !
  
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Scott says:

December 8, 2017 at 9:12 pm

With respect to all of the distillers, I do believe the proper name for the above recipe would be a “Raspberry Liqueur.”

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1. Earl says:
  
  December 10, 2017 at 3:54 pm
  
  I added “Infused” to the title to appease you 🙂 Could also call it a Moonshine Raspberry Liqueur Recipe I suppose ..
  
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Ponch says:

December 13, 2017 at 9:20 pm

Does anyone have a recipe for raspberry pie moonshine similar to the way apple pie is made. I’m looking for around 7 quarts. Also, not lemonade. Every recipe I see seems to be for making a mash or 1 quart. Thank you.

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Adam says:

June 23, 2018 at 12:28 am

Ok starting this recipe. Any tips for fermentation process. Do I need to stir it ? How will I know when it is ready to distill ?

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