now if you successfully made your moonshine alcohol here is how you can properly ensure that the process went well and that you in fact made good moonshine first smell it if you notice a weird chemical odor do not drink it and proceed to the second step second the best test is the burn test no matter if your moonshine smells or not this test needs to be done put some moonshine in a very small metal container like a spoon or aluminum cupcake pan and light the moonshine on fire if your alcohol is red there is lead in it so do not drink it yellow you risk getting blind so do not drink it blue best color to get as it means you achieved your purpose of making good safe moonshine alcohol