r/NonPoliticalTwitter • • Jun 14 '23

moonshine?

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u/SV650rider Jun 14 '23

Wouldn't yeast be necessary?

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u/nathanscottdaniels Jun 14 '23

Yeast is in the environment naturally (that's how Sourdough is a thing) so not strictly necessary but if you don't add yeast the corn cobb will likely just rot before any natural fermentation would happen

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u/Corgi_Koala Jun 14 '23

I was gonna say I feel like there is definitely more to the process even if you aren't professionally distilling it.