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Hmmm...how does one make ‘shine without metal for condenser pipes and kettles? I mean, I’m sure the right kinds of glass and stone will work, but...
Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
It's not moonshine but give me a plastic garbage bag and certain ingredients and I can make you some hooch you'll never forget.lol
Mad_Jack
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You can easily build a still out of all glassware... In Chemistry class sophomore year of high school, the teacher built a still on one of the lab tables to demonstrate the basic principles.
It's *rumored* that one or several *someones* were sneaking into the lab after school hours to use it.
I *hear* you can get some pretty decent booze out of a couple bags of apples.
And on a related note, there's another kind of redneck for you - New England farm folk.
There's a story told about some of my mother's cousins that when the family's pet pig got hit by a car and lost a leg, they cooked up the leg for dinner that Sunday.
Two years later, the pig got hit again, and the family just stuffed it in the freezer for Christmas dinner.
It's *rumored* that one or several *someones* were sneaking into the lab after school hours to use it.
I *hear* you can get some pretty decent booze out of a couple bags of apples.
And on a related note, there's another kind of redneck for you - New England farm folk.
There's a story told about some of my mother's cousins that when the family's pet pig got hit by a car and lost a leg, they cooked up the leg for dinner that Sunday.
Two years later, the pig got hit again, and the family just stuffed it in the freezer for Christmas dinner.
Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
Apples, pears, oranges, grapes do well. Bananas for some reason don't ferment right. It's the fermentation process that makes the alcohol. Some yeast and extra sugar to speed it up. Honey buns will do in a pinch. Better to use uncooked dough or plain yeast. But the idea is to use what you have on hand.
My great uncle Marcus made something called “cherry bounce” in the darkest confines of his closet. He gave me and my date a glass each before we were to leave for her med school formal.
It looked red like cherries. It smelled like cherries. It’s effects on my tongue and esophagus was not dissimilar from xenomorph blood on deck plating. So my date made me drink hers while Marcus wasn’t looking.
THEN- before we hit the formal- she took me to a daquiri shop! I think she was loosening me up so I’d dance with her later.
Good times, good times.
It looked red like cherries. It smelled like cherries. It’s effects on my tongue and esophagus was not dissimilar from xenomorph blood on deck plating. So my date made me drink hers while Marcus wasn’t looking.
THEN- before we hit the formal- she took me to a daquiri shop! I think she was loosening me up so I’d dance with her later.
Good times, good times.
Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
Sounds like your uncle and I are on the same page. His probably fermented longer. Did he do time? I had a chance to talk to makers and consumers of prison hooch, or "buck" as it's called in these parts. I even had a chance to try some. They make it from stuff in the chow hall and commissary in a garbage bag. Then they would sell it for a couple bucks in 20oz soda bottles. 2 bottles was enough to get me hammered. They said the stuff would smell up the place so they had to be careful when they made it. On the outside they could do it right. They told me they rarely had more than 3 or 4 days. It would also have settlement in it. What your uncle made probably was strained more. That was often a higher octane also. A shot went for 5 bucks I was told.
AFAIK, the only time he did was as a postal worker for several decades. But he grew up on a farm in rural LA, maybe an hour from New Orleans. He may have learned a few things about fermentation...
Family reunions on the farm always featured at least one of his spiked watermelons, for adults onl...mostly.
Family reunions on the farm always featured at least one of his spiked watermelons, for adults onl...mostly.
Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
I've gotten into Pokemon Go. It encourages you to walk. You earn more candy by walking. Also you can only hatch eggs by walking. It can be fooled by driving. I started walking more today. I installed Google Fit on my phone. It'll sync with Pokemon Go and count your steps toward candy and eggs. According to Google Fit I walked 41 minutes today. I did walk about 20 minutes early this morning. The other 21 minutes is from every day point A to point B walking. Mostly to the bathroom.lol I am about 19 minutes from its preset goal of 60 minutes a day. I should get it before midnight. I'm going to try to keep this up.
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