Watermelon Lime Moonshine Recipe

You can enjoy this homemade moonshine as shots or use it as an ingredient in making a variety of cocktails. My favorite way to enjoy it is as a Watermelon Moonshine Slushie. OMGosh is that ever delicious and refreshing!

The better the watermelon the better the Moonshine.

Sometimes you get a watermelon (or any fruit for that matter) that is so perfectly ripe, harvested in the peak of season. Bite after bite, it transports you to food nirvana.

And sometimes you take one bit and yuck! No-flavor-at-all. SO to combat that, I also use Watermelon Pucker in this recipe to ensure it has the flavor I want, no matter the season, no matter the watermelon.

Watermelons are hydrating, improve digestion, and they’re good for your diet because they contain plenty of nutrients for your body to absorb. They’re also a great snack to have after a trip to the gym because they’re known to relieve muscle soreness.

Watermelon moonshine is easy to make; all you need is watermelons, raisins, sugarcane, and yeast. All the ingredients will have to go through the process of standard moonshine making, such as mashing, fermentation, and distillation.

Ingredients

• 4 heaping cups of watermelon chunks about 1/2 a watermelon
• 1 cup Everclear
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice about 3 limes
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup-1 cup Watermelon Pucker

Instructions

Combine watermelon chunks and Everclear in a glass jar with lid.
In a small pot, combine lime juice, sugar, and water. Over medium heat, stir until sugar is fully dissolved (no need to bring it to a boil). Remove from heat and allow it to cool down.
Pour simple syrup into the jar.
Allow it to sit in the refrigerator overnight or up to 48 hours.
Pour contents of jar into a bowl and mash the watermelon with a potato masher, then strain mixture back into the jar.
Add in 1/2 cup of the Watermelon Pucker. Shake, taste to see if the flavor is to your liking. If not sweet enough or watermelon tasting enough add in additional Watermelon Pucker.
Store in your freezer until ready to enjoy.
Note: Always leave headroom in the jars for expansion. The mixture should not truly freeze up, however, err on the side of caution. Freeze overnight (or longer).