Recipe For Root Beer Moonshine

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar (white granulated)
• 1 cup corn syrup (light)
• 2 quarts water
• 2 packets dry yeast (bread yeast or champagne yeast)
• 2 bottles root beer (12 oz each, preferably craft or natural)
• 1 cup high-proof moonshine (or unflavored grain alcohol)
• 1 vanilla bean (split and scraped)
• 1 tablespoon molasses (for deeper richness)
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Zest of 1 orange (for a citrus twist)