Need a recipe for peach shine that's not too strong, sweet, and easy to make. Can't seem to find one anywhere. The recipe for lightning peach and peach that's made from just covering peaches with strong proof are everywhere, but not the sweet easy drinking kind. Can anyone help?

"If you already have the shine and just want the flavor of the peach but not the fruit itself, you can order the peach schnapps essence from brewhaus. Each essence bottle is good for 750ml's. It might have you add sugar to the mixture which will sweenten it up a bit. If you want it sweeter, just add more sugar. Here is the link. http://www.brewhaus.com/Schnapps-Essences-C124.aspx . BTW I tried the banana essence with a high proof shine and it was a hit.
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Basically what you need to do is find a good peach wine recipie and run it through a still. I'd keep it between 80 and 90 proof because the alcohol strength can kill the taste of the peaches and if the alcohol isn't strong enough, the peaches can easily overpower the alcohol within a matter of 2 weeks. I found this out the hard way and drank too much one night. I also recomend using pectin which you can get in the canning isle at your local super market. This will keep the fruit from turning into vinegar during the fermentation process."

My recipe it basicly the same as NM's except I don't use brown sugar. Most times its done fermenting in around 10-14 days depends on temp. Since I live with people who seem to be hot all the time, I'm usually fermenting in the lower temp range. I add gelatin and help it clear all suspended bits to the bottom siphon it into my boiler through a coffee filter just incase I suck any junk outa the bottom.

LOL Whaler I try and get bulk cans like 1/2 and 1 gallon cans from restaurant supply chains as we buy a lot of bulk food from there. I don't know if retail stores sell any larger then 30oz cans least I haven't seen anything bigger in my stores. I try to use fresh fruit whenever possible we make syrups from them as well as hooch sometimes syrup in the hooch LOL

What would be the drawbacks of using too many peaches? I'm guessing that after a point, your not adding more flavor as much as bulk. Idk.... Maybe I'm wrong.

Good info there. I bought 3 1lb cans last night and I was hoping to do 2 15 gallon mash so as to come out with enough product to maybe age some. I'm sure I'll need more hahaha.

I'll try to avoid the peach overkill.

So should I use 4 big cans per 15 gallon batch? Do you think that would be too much? I want to do it right.

Hey wait. These are 6lbs cans. In light syrup. The syrup is just corn syrup so I figure I'm not missing much but sugar is sugar. So I got 18 lbs of peaches the other day...... Do I got enuff yet? LOL

I hadda go back and read your recipe earlier and I saw you edited it. The cans you speak of are 1lb cans and 4 cans per 5 to 6.5 gallon mash that equals 12 lbs of peaches for a 15 gallon mash. I'm not sure the way you talk about overkill, If 16 lbs won't be overkill. Although their in light syrup and their not the good name brand.... I'm not scared to just put 2 big cans for 12 lbs since you worked it down to that. I'm about the goodness above expeditionary exploring. I figure, do it to the letter. 30 gallons worth Hahahaha. I might get 4 quarts back on this one.... First I gotta mash some corn sugar for my buddy so I can get my equipment back heh heh heh.... Ol lady turned me into a territorial outlaw for a little while lol.