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"While individuals of legal drinking age may produce wine or beer at home for personal or family use, Federal law strictly prohibits individuals from producing distilled spirits at home (see 26 United States Code (U. S. C.) 5042(a)(2) and 5053(e)). Producing distilled spirits at any place other than a TTB-qualified distilled spirits plant can expose you to Federal charges for serious offenses and lead to consequences including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
. . . up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both, for each offense."
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My aunt used to make home made grape alcohol or wine in China. I don't know if its correct to say that they made it, they may have just mixed alcohol with grape juice. It was one of the best things I ever tasted cause she put a lot of sugar inside it. In Canada it's illegal for wineries to put sugar in their wine that isn't naturally occurring from the grapes you harvest so you can't drink that wine in Canada unless you pay lots of money for ice wine which is almost as sweet as the wine my aunt served me.
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I have got up to 8% with my beers using kveik yeast which is very tolerant with temperature. I'm not interested in making any style. I am entirely interested in productivity only. None of this aging bs and carbonation drops. I didn't mention cheap. I want it cheap and fast. I am gradually adjusting the recipe to my taste and if my taste evolves to what I can brew that is win-win.
I don't have ego about it and have no need for others to admire it. Besides as it is kveik yeast I can legitimately call it Norwegian Farmhouse brew and nobody has any expectations of that.
I did adapt an electric pressure cooker for distilling (internal heating element was convenient) but whats the point? OK the alcohol is concentrated but you will still get drunk on the beer, so it is a redundant process.
Simplicity, cheap and fast is where it is at.
I’ve taken grain alcohol and flavored it such as lemon drop and other flavors. I’ve had illegal moonshine at a party, there was a gallon of it. The word moonshine I think comes from the Scots or Irish. My father made applejack in the Navy on board his ship. And my great uncles made and sold bathtub gin during prohibition. It was called bathtub gin because you would make it at home and have it in the bathtub so if the Revenuers (today’s IRS) came, then you can pull the rubber stopper in the tub and let it go down the drain so you don’t catch a charge.
In sixth grade, I put grapes in a water bottle as a joke. I put it in my locker and forgot about it. Months later, when it was the end of the year and I was cleaning out my locker, I discovered the water bottle was still there. The grapes seemed to have barely aged. It smelled like wine. So yes, I made middle school hooch.
Twice, once I wanted to make moonshine, and didn't filter out the methanol. Another time I wanted to make absinthe and discovered that there is little difference between it and moonshine except tasting extremely bitter.
Well Poppy, yes, I did make alcohol, but you're not supposed to know ;0)
I make wine since decennia, and my wife and I were member during many years of an amateur winemaker's club. Sure enough, many winemakers also occasionally distill alcohol.No, but I assisted my high school girlfriend's dad do so.
He was a member of ECV, which is nominally a charity organization, but in reality is far better described as a drinking club for hard-core alcoholics, who do charity work a couple times a year.
I've never been a drinker myself.Yep, we make wine and vodka every year. It’s a family tradition for almost everyone in Georgia. But we make really good ones.
I have, but not on purpose.
It turns out if you leave Orange juice in the fridge for a really long time it ferments and becomes a very tasty alcopop.
**Disclaimer: Your mileage may vary; do this at your own risk**
Last time was a take-home lab assignment about fermentation in high school. I did brew a small amount of beer once.
I made a few gallons of honey wine and tried to distill it into a kind of mead moonshine. It was OK for a first go but absolutely needed some work. No idea what it was in terms of strength but it did what I wanted it to do
I've made apple pie moonshine several times. I have recipes for other flavors too but I haven't tried them yet. I usually make it in the fall. It warms you up nicely.
I brew cider and on occasion a drink called sima which is Finnish in origin. The cider can remove paint at 20 paces. Never tried to measure the content. Probably time I did.
Accidentally... yes.
I made a batter for yeast dumplings and forgot about it.
Stingy as I am, I made the dumplings anyway - 1 1/2 days later.
The Missus got tipsy :D
Nope.
I'd like to make some bourbon, but I also like being a free man.
I'll be buying my booze, at least until I move to the backwoods.I make wine often. And hard ciders which are really the same.
I made white Lightning onceI don't have the space for that, how much you willing to sell in bulk price? 🤔
Yes, I used to ferment fruit wine, made some mean strawberry
Yes, I've made wine (about 14%) and various beers, ales, stouts (usually 4% but I've made them up to 21%)
No... but if I did... lol... it would probably kill you...🤣🤣🤣
Yeah - a few home brews for sure. Not as good as the stuff in bars and pubs.
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