Many people wondered: what is sam? Everything is quite simple - such a word is commonly used to call the well-known moonshine. Sam has its own characteristics and nuances that you should familiarize yourself with before you start making or drinking a drink.
Beverage technology
A high-quality sam can be obtained only if its production technology is strictly followed. This process includes the following steps:
- Preparation of raw materials. The main raw material in the production of sam is malt. It is first germinated, which takes an average of 5-10 days, and then poured with water in a ratio of 1 to 2. Every few hours, the water should be changed so that it does not ferment and does not deteriorate. After this, the grains are laid out on a baking sheet and cleaned in a dry place. When the sprouts reach a length of 6 mm, malted milk is extracted from them.
- Fermentation. The process is started using yeast. The temperature at which it proceeds most efficiently is 20 degrees.
- Distillation. Distill Sam begin when the temperature of the mash rises to 68 degrees. The first drops of the drink will be very harmful, as they contain a huge amount of harmful substances.
- Cleaning up. Drink Sam clean with charcoal or potassium permanganate.
- "Improvement." Various additives are added to the brew to improve the taste of the drink (for example, honey, sugar syrup, tea, etc.).
The benefits and harms of consumption
Like any other alcoholic drink, Sam can bring both benefits and harm to the human body. Properly prepared sam can be taken with diseases of the stomach or duodenum - for this you should drink 1 tablespoon of the drink in the morning. Due to the high alcohol content, moonshine can be used as a disinfectant for open wounds - this significantly reduces the risk of infection or infection.
Quite often, Sam is used to make various tinctures. The most common of these is peppermint. To do this, moonshine is bred with freshly chopped mint in equal proportions and cleaned in a dark place for 10 days. It is worth noting that such a tincture is diluted in water - for 15-30 drops of tincture there are 100 grams of water.
With improper manufacture, brewing can become cloudy and cause severe harm to the human body. Turbidity is caused by the presence of toxic substances - the use of such moonshine is likely to lead to poisoning.
A photo of the Sam drink prepared using the wrong technology (in comparison with a normal product) is presented below.
Hazards in self-manufacturing
Self-made moonshine can not always be of high quality and be beneficial to the human body due to the following reasons:
- During the distillation process, many volatile and toxic substances are formed in the Braga. To remove them all, you need to make the perfect cleaning of the drink in the factory, which cannot be replaced by numerous chemical precipitations at home. As mentioned above, the first batch of distillation (2-8%) should not enter the human body at all.
- During distillation, a temperature equal to the boiling point of alcohol is maintained in the vessel. However, it is worth considering the fact that alcohol is able to evaporate at a lower temperature. Because of this, substances such as fusel and essential oils can enter the final product. Purification in this situation is carried out by repeated distillation or rectification.
Cooking recipes
It is also worth considering one of the most popular recipes for making a homemade drink of Sam, where the main role is played by potatoes.
For cooking you will need:
- 10 kg of potatoes;
- 4 kg of oats;
- yeast;
- water.
First, grind oats and mix it with boiling water. Then you need to grate the potatoes and add it to the oats with water. Then the mixture is left for 5 hours, after which yeast and water are gradually added to it. After that, the container is removed to a dark place - as soon as bubbles begin to appear in it, you can distill it.
There is also a recipe for making sam without the use of yeast. In this case, their role will be beer. To make a drink you will need 1 liter of tomato paste, 15 liters of water, 0.25 liters of beer and 5 kg of sugar. First you need to mix the paste with water, and then add sugar to the resulting mixture. Then the "pulp" is insisted in heat and distilled.