Moonshine
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iSmokeweed
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smoke weed EVERY DAY
gr4
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i've never made "moonshine" or any other distilled beverage but i do make beer/cider/wine. one problem with distilling is it's illegal, not that that means much. but the hard part is that you have to distill it which is very equipment intensive. basically if your not already experienced in fermenting it's not worth investing in.
from what i've read homemade liquor won't make you go blind, that was just rumor from the days when they used lead in their brew pots and stills.
if your just looking for a cheap and easy way to make booze try making some hard cider. put some apple juice in a satinzed container container with some head space and pitch some beer or campaign yeast. you can throw in corn sugar to boost your alcohol percentage. ive gotten ~8% abv this way but you could probably push 12% if you wanted to. sure its not moonshine but its a hell of a lot easier and it's a good way to get into fermented beverages. with a few extra steps you can resweeten it and make it taste like carmel apples and the girls will love it.
pm me if your looking for any beer/cider making advice.
from what i've read homemade liquor won't make you go blind, that was just rumor from the days when they used lead in their brew pots and stills.
if your just looking for a cheap and easy way to make booze try making some hard cider. put some apple juice in a satinzed container container with some head space and pitch some beer or campaign yeast. you can throw in corn sugar to boost your alcohol percentage. ive gotten ~8% abv this way but you could probably push 12% if you wanted to. sure its not moonshine but its a hell of a lot easier and it's a good way to get into fermented beverages. with a few extra steps you can resweeten it and make it taste like carmel apples and the girls will love it.
pm me if your looking for any beer/cider making advice.
On my way back from shambala last year we stopped in castlegar, bc and met this lady who made moonshine from her organic fruit orchard. She used the juice from all the different fruits she grew like cherries, apples, and a few others. She said it was around 50%, im not even all that big on liquor and i thought it was really good, especially when mixed with other fruit juices. Haha definitely not how i always expected moonshine to be.
Clark_Griswold
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On my 18th birthday my dad told me all about how him and his 3 brothers used to make Moonshine all the time together when they lived in Oregon, They also grew shit tons of pot. I questioned the legitimacy of the story and he proceeded to bust out a photo album of the house before they moved. Then opened the liquor cabinet reached all the way in the back and pulled out a dusty mason jar with a label on the lid that said "Feb 1997" He popped the lid just so I could take a whiff to prove it wasn't just water. He said I was free to try some anytime I please. My eyes started watering just from the smell. I say fuck that, just go buy ever clear it's essentially the same thing.
ONTerriible
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there are some distillers in the states that manufacture and sell it, you're not looking at the 60%+ backwoods hillbilly moonshine because there are federal laws that they need to follow. The highest alcohol content you can get i believe is 50%. Like said up above its good mixed with any fruit juice especially lemonade or iced tea.
Here are some Distillers.
http://www.olesmokymoonshine.com/
http://www.juniorsmidnightmoon.com/verify/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.juniorsmidnightmoon.com%2F
Here are some Distillers.
http://www.olesmokymoonshine.com/
http://www.juniorsmidnightmoon.com/verify/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.juniorsmidnightmoon.com%2F
Barefootin_Fiend
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interesting. you're better off buying everclear though at 95%.
i've had real backwoods moonshine a few times and the shit is fucking harsh. it's not even good, but get's you full on retard in no time flat. the hangovers are fucking brutal though....i've never had such a skull splitting headache before or since...
i've had real backwoods moonshine a few times and the shit is fucking harsh. it's not even good, but get's you full on retard in no time flat. the hangovers are fucking brutal though....i've never had such a skull splitting headache before or since...
PASKIINGSUCKS
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Good moonshine is very good and not what I'd call harsh in a taste sense. It does burn like hell though.
If you plan to distill do some research because it will make you go blind. It has to do with drawing off at the right temp or something like that.
My buddy got some from when he was working down in WV a couple months ago. He had a gallon of it and we drank much less than a quarter gallon the first night and it got about ten of us shit house loaded.
It will fuck you up mad quick, you will do stupid shit, you will most likely not remember it the next morning. Tread carefully young sir.
With all that said, I fuckin love moonshine.
If you plan to distill do some research because it will make you go blind. It has to do with drawing off at the right temp or something like that.
My buddy got some from when he was working down in WV a couple months ago. He had a gallon of it and we drank much less than a quarter gallon the first night and it got about ten of us shit house loaded.
It will fuck you up mad quick, you will do stupid shit, you will most likely not remember it the next morning. Tread carefully young sir.
With all that said, I fuckin love moonshine.
PASKIINGSUCKS
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I remember my first shot
Nurgle
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Ive attempted it before, shit takes awhile, and is very intensive. Your better off brewing vodka off the stove, or some cider. Or just make hunchpunch if your wanting to get drunk quick.
Moonshine is not something to just fuck with, you will black out after 5-8 shots, and do incredibly stupid things.
Moonshine is not something to just fuck with, you will black out after 5-8 shots, and do incredibly stupid things.
skithesprings
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With regard to your comment about the blindness issue, it's not from lead, it's from fermenting in wooden barrels and producing methanol, which is wood alcohol and will make you go blind. It's always wise to throw out the first jar of your draw, even if there is a small chance of methanol being present, just to be safe.
=M=
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it is A LOT easier than you think, not too difficult really. In the end though, unless you're willing to dedicate a lot of time effort and experimentation to it, it's not worth it.
Making things like cider, on the other hand, is awesome. It's easy, even easier than moonshine, because you don't have to distill, it tastes a lot better, and it's actually economically/timely viable .
http://homedistiller.org/
Making things like cider, on the other hand, is awesome. It's easy, even easier than moonshine, because you don't have to distill, it tastes a lot better, and it's actually economically/timely viable .
http://homedistiller.org/
Joebin
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I have never made it..... But if I were to have made it in a dream once, I would have a few things to tell you. That whole thing about going blind is mostly false, but has some validity. Its mostly an old wives tale that was started during prohibition to try and get people to stop drinking bathtub gin. Some people did go blind back then though because many people would distill through car radiators that had led pipes and all sorts of bad stuff still in them. Not really anything that you have to worry about now. Your still can give off methanol sometimes too while its heating up. General rule of thumb is throw out the first shot glass, but the amount is so minimal with a private still that you dont have to worry about in too much.
Its so damn easy to make though. Seriously. All you do is throw a bunch of corn, sugar, yeast, and water into a tub, seal it off, and wait a couple days, throw it into a pot at 173 degrees and boom. Wasted for days. If you want whiskey, all you have to do is sprout the corn and throw in a charred maple log. Want bourbon? Same as whiskey but you use natural spring water from Kentucky. Want rum? Use half sugar and half molasses. Do your research before you do anything though.
Man that dream got me wasted.
Its so damn easy to make though. Seriously. All you do is throw a bunch of corn, sugar, yeast, and water into a tub, seal it off, and wait a couple days, throw it into a pot at 173 degrees and boom. Wasted for days. If you want whiskey, all you have to do is sprout the corn and throw in a charred maple log. Want bourbon? Same as whiskey but you use natural spring water from Kentucky. Want rum? Use half sugar and half molasses. Do your research before you do anything though.
Man that dream got me wasted.
RedEyeTheJedi
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My friends brother who was in 10th grade was distilling some of that shit at his house with friends. For the amount of effort they put into it, I dont think its worth it. I heard it tasted like shit but got you super drunk. If you fuck up on the distilling you can seriously injure yourself.
Gnarbangalakazoo
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I can't imagine a 10th grader and his friends making good moonshine lol. Sounds sketchy as fuck.
corona
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go look through the literature coming from New Zealand on how to properly make it. It's legal there to distill your own alcohol so there are a lot of good books published on the subject.
the main thing you need to look out for is making sure you don't get a high methanol content. that will make you blind/kill you. methanol evaporates at a lower temp than ethanol so the main way to avoid it is to throw away the first stuff that comes off the still.
read into it though. there's a lot of good info out there
the main thing you need to look out for is making sure you don't get a high methanol content. that will make you blind/kill you. methanol evaporates at a lower temp than ethanol so the main way to avoid it is to throw away the first stuff that comes off the still.
read into it though. there's a lot of good info out there
RedEyeTheJedi
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Yeah they probably spent around $40+ on everything and the distiller to make a possibly sketchy shitty tasting alcohol. No one was poisoned, which I was surprised. I would much rather spend my money on some good alcohol, or beer.