so i read about making moonshine from horse feed and thought i would try it. so i went to the feed store and asked for sweet feed without pellets. what i was given was Nutrena vitality performance 12%. get home open it up and its sticky and wet (molases) and on closer inspection it had pellets in it. well i was disgusted and pissed and had my heart set on cooking up a new mash last night so i decided to make a small one (1 gallon) see how it ferments and consult you guys before i bother distilling it. the molases i think might actually be a good thing, but I had to remove sticky pellets by hand from 1.5 lbs of feed. i think i got them all but could have left a couple behind. heres my question to you guys.... if i distill it and drink it will i die? its fermenting quite nicely at the moment in fact i had to split it up between 2 gallon jugs because it was bubbling out the top. not even gonna bother with airlocks till it settles down. If i left a couple pelelts behind what could happen? whats the worst case scenario here?
Heres the website for the feed, it lists the nutritional analysis. http://www.nutrenaworld.com/products/ho ... /index.jsp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
the site doesnt list the specific ingredients so I'm gonna type them out
crimped barley, crimped oat, cracked corn, whole clean oats, dehulled soybean meal, yeast culture, wheat middlings, rice bran, soybean hulls, rice hulls, cane molasses, selenium yeast, Vitamins A, D, E, B12, Riboflavin, and folic acid supplements, , thiamine mononitrate, DL-methionine, Ascorbic acid (vit c... that much i knew) calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, salt, natural and artificial flavors added, Magnesium oxide, manganese sulfate, ferrous sulfate, ferrous carbonate, copper chloride, copper sulfate, zinc oxide, zinc sulfate, ethylenediamine dihydroiodide, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite, zinc methionine complex, copper lysine complex, manganese methionine complex, cobalt glucoheptonate, lactobacilus casei fermentation product dehydrated, bifidobacterium thermophilum fermentation product dehydrated, enterococcus faecium fermentation product dehydrated, corn oil, mineral oil.
whatever all that is, the yeast sure likes it a lot. thanks guys. and thanks to all who helped me out with my stuck mash post as well
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horse feed moonshine
This is kind of embarrassing but sometimes I like to smell my own backset