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Stove top shine.
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http://www.ehow.com/how_5883322_make-distilled-stove-top-alcohol.html
Not much interest here. Probably just the board die. If someone wants to take over please let me know.
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Where I lived we had a lot of immigrants and I had many foreign employees. Sometimes they had travel issues and I used my own car to get them to work.
I got to meet mexican and Hmong families with home pot stills that made hard liquor on their kitchen stoves.
My grandpa made bathtub gin during Prohibition but died when I was a kid. Not from drinking it you joker!
Recipes or personal stories are welcome here.
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I may have posted this before but for all you grillmeisters a really great trick is to cut a whole geen pepper in half the long way and plop a big hunk of butter in the center. Put it on the grill and you can serve each guest a green pepper bowl filled with melted butter to dip their steak in. Amazing!
I suspect it would be excellent for grilled seafood too but have not tried it yet.
Yummy butter, can't go wrong!
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A few years ago there was a surplus of cranberrys in MN. I was able to get a bunch of pure cranberry juice for $1 a gallon.
I made 5 gal of a really nice light red wine by adding a lot of sugar and a few cans of frozen white grape juice. It was pretty strong and took a long time to settle but was very worth it. I brought it to family events for several years.
Of interest to some, I don't bother with fancy wine bottles. I just re-use empty liquor bottles with screw on caps. As long as you keep them sealed before using they stay sterile inside from the booze and the trace bit of Jack or whatever will not be detectable in your wine. {I do soak off the labels but don't let any tap water get in} BTW you can only re-use them once. I think the oldest bottles were about 5 years before they began to turn. If you can't drink 5 gallons of wine in 5 years you are on the wrong board, HeeHee!
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That trick won't work for beer though. Since it is carbonated beer will go flat.
Aaack! No my friend!
Assuming your carboy or fermentation bucket were clean the alcohol will prevent most problems. Heat applied in pasteurization after the fermentation will boil off the alcohol. It is not needed.
Pasteurization is just to store fresh juice for a long time. You can pasteurize before you start the wine making process but then you must add yeast since the wild yeast will be killed. Citric acid helps too as a squeeze of lemon prevents bacteria. Just for plain apple juice though not for making wine!
If you want carbonated wine you can add a tiny amount of new yeast at the time you do the final bottling. There will be very little sugar left but enough for the yeast to do do a secondary fermentation that will make it a sparkling wine. Just use a syringe and add a .5cc dose of active yeast. Caution is required there as well since the carbonation can make the bottles burst. That is why champagne bottles are so much thicker than wine bottles
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If you are looking for a dry semi-sweet but alcoholic cider do you still want to pasturize after fermentation? Also, is there a way to make the final product naturally carbonated? One of the most interesting wines I've tasted in a while was on the Hawaiian island of Maui in Ulupalakua, HI
http://www.mauiwine.com/
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Welcome to the board Sp,
Of all fruit juices apples are the most useful as they will will ferment into hard cider without adding yeast. I have described the freezing method of distilling in an earlier post. I have made excellent white wine from apple juice but added a can of frozen white grape juice to the fermentation tank.
If you just want to process apples into juice they simply need to be juiced and pasteurized at 160 degrees. Bottle and you are done. It will not make alcohol if you pasteurize.
Here's a .pdf
http://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/uga/makingapplecider_uga.pdf
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What do you know about bottling apple cider? Stinky_pinky
If you have a hand strainer and live in the cold like me you can set the mash outdoors and just dip the ice out as it forms. Alcohol freezes at a lower temp so you are are just skimming water. That is how we make Apple Jack. It should work with potatoes too but I never tried it. Please report if you do! Grandma used to make rumpot which was Apple Jack with a bunch of raisins and oranges soaking in it. Us kids never got any!
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When it is strong enough just pour into canning jars. They do NOT need to be processed. btw strain the mash or your Vodka will be cloudy and may spoil from the residue. Cheescloth or a bath towel work. Even a t-shirt but you will need a few runs to get it clean.
Potatoes for Vodka, Prepper Style
http://www.offthegridnews.com/2011/11/21/potatoes-for-vodka-prepper-style/
Nov 21st, 2011 | By John | Category: Food | Print This Article
With each passing decade, it seems we move further away from the simple, self-sustained lives that our ancestors enjoyed. The Industrial Revolution is where it really all began, and since then many traditions have either died out or are practiced by only a dedicated few. Reduced cost of labor, cheaper supplies, and mass production heralded a new age—an age where the convenience store replaced the local market and we increasingly relied on others to cater to our every need. It is not very often that we see those old traditions making a comeback, but when they do, we should fully embrace them. Not only are they part of our history, there are practical and social lessons we can learn that are still very relevant today.
One such tradition that has managed to stand the test of time is the practice of distilling potato vodka. It is not entirely extinct thanks to small distilleries in Russia and Poland keeping the tradition alive over the years. However, recently potato vodka has found its way onto the shelves of major retailers. That aside, potato vodka offers a number of benefits that are not shared by vodkas made from wheat, corn, rice, or other methods. When matching strength for strength, potato vodka contains considerably fewer calories than vodka made from other grains. Since potatoes do not contain gluten, potato vodka is a viable and healthy alternative for those with gluten allergies.
Finally, potatoes are extremely easy to work with. The actual distilling process involves very few tools, tools that anyone who is living off grid should already own. That means making your own potato vodka is only a few short steps away.
Do It Yourself
To make your own potato vodka, you will need a pressure cooker and distilling kit. Pressure cookers can be dangerous to use if you don’t know what you are doing. If you are not experienced in using a pressure cooker, you will want to learn from someone who is. Do not put yourself or others at risk of injury.
¦To produce a liter of vodka, you will need around two and a half pounds of potatoes. Ideally, you should use pure stream or spring water when making your vodka, as this will produce much higher quality vodka.
¦Peel and chop the potatoes into cubes. You can also mash up the cubes to speed up the process; however, it is matter of personal choice.
¦Using a pressure cooker, add enough water to completely cover your potatoes. Cook until the potatoes are dissolved in the water.
¦Leave the potatoes to cool, and then extract the juices using a strainer.
¦At this stage you will need to distill the juices in order to purify your vodka. It is a good idea to repeat the distilling process four times for best results.
i know i have bookmarked all your boards enjoy reading the good stuff,learning new things and reminding to keep it simple
cm
Thanks, simple stuff but that is what DTP and HB are for. We appreciate your posts too!.
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man you seem to come up with great ideas that if one would just stop and use some common sense they would know these things thanks for reminding eveyone to just use common sense.
you are the man in my book
cm
I took a can of soup from the pantry today and found it was covered with dust. No big deal it just took a wipe to clean
A simple trick that everyone should know for long term storage is to store canned goods upside down so the end of the can you will open will stay clean.
It might be your brewing malt or a can of tuna.
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Good for you! I also tutored a neighbor girl but she went off to college now.
I sure love those soup recipes! I never have the stuff but can taste them in my mind.
HeeHee. It is a half mile to my mailbox!
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Good question; since I could never drive, I would always live near a trolley and/or bus line. When I bought a house in 1978, I measured the walk to be eight minutes; my first criteria in purchasing.
The two large grocery stores have closed down and I have replaced them with local stores within walking distance or near the trolley.
Three years ago I met another gardener and he takes me shopping once every two weeks. I could go every week with him, but I take the "rain check" every other week.
I have a Costco card and I share it with the aforementioned gardener and another neighbor.
More recently my Chinese neighbors will pick up food for me any time I want, as they have access to harvest my entire garden, I help their daughter with her studies, and I help the parents with their financial documents. English, in other words, had been a asset needed by my neighbors.
Lastly, I have a special route on an aqueduct that I take to Whole Foods; I avoid the noise of the cars and trucks for most of my walk.
I do wear out shoes faster than most people, but that is better than having a car expense.
I help people with the gas expense when I get a ride.
400 miles round trip; you must have a complete shopping list for that foray into the city!
Eddie
If you care to share I find it very interesting how you get by without a vehicle. I go to town every few weeks and buy bulk food and try to do all my errands with one trip. About every six weeks I go to the city and that is 400 miles round trip.
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yes i agree but im like you i would like to know how to do it we had to you know
cm
ps you having a great day do you still have snow there
I have made beer and wine from kits. I have all the equipment including two stills I bought on Ebay. I have books but never made ethanol.
Like many things I am learning the skills for the future. Booze is still a lot cheaper at the store when you factor in time and labor.
do you have one of these they look cool wonder how much ethanol you can make with these units or alcohol wife says if we are in the mountains and its cold well have to drink lol thats may be a good idea lol
cm
Thank you sumisu. I am pleased.
Please feel free to post on other topics too that may not really fit your great boards. Home Brew is kind of an orphan that did not catch on. We have some followers though.
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Thanks to toddao
Custom Made Home Distillation
http://www.lnlprotekt.com/custom-made-home-distillation/
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I have also been storing pipe tobacco for several years. If anyone has an interest in that I will gladly share. This board did not catch on but it is a lost art. I can make fine beer and wine but so long as it stays so cheap the store is mostly cheaper and more convenient. Brewing is one of those skills that is important to learn even if you don't do it all the time.
Happy Halloween to all my friends.
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Baking bread tonight!
Not brewing but just as difficult and any tips are welcome!
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If I could save time in a bottle ♪
If I could make wishes come true
I'd spend every day 'til eternity falls
With my face in a nice mug of brew ♫
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Drunk Moose Gets Stuck in Tree
http://nation.foxnews.com/bizarre/2011/09/07/drunk-moose-gets-stuck-tree
The miracle of apples! They ferment all by themselves.
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This has some useful links for preserving yeast cultures.
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081010091952AAjt5WR
While you wait for your wine to ferment and settle you may be enjoying some hard liquor. I must visit the recycling center on occasion too.
Assuming your tastes are sophisticated enough to come in glass bottles then you are lucky.
Glass hard liquor bottles with their original screw tops are exceptional containers for wine.
I am sure experienced craft vintners will disagree but this site is for practical cheap solutions.
As long as you kept your empty liquor bottles sealed (and did not drink directly from the neck) they are sterile. Whether it was whiskey, rum, or vodka you can safely re-fill them with your wine. The few drops left in the bottle will not affect the taste of your wine.
Do not try to wash the bottles. You will just introduce contaminates. I have wine stored this way that has been 8 years old and in perfect condition. Those plastic screw top seals are very airtight but store the bottles upright instead of tilted like you would with corks.
Do not try this with beer though. The seal will not support the internal pressure.
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Here is a neat site devoted to alcohol fuel. Of course the making of potable alcohol is only slightly different. Mostly just issues of cleanliness. For the most part the distilling process cleans your alcohol.
The myth of going blind from moonshine is a government ploy based on Prohibition when some bootleggers would add stuff like anti-freeze for flavor.
http://alcoholcanbeagas.com/
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Wheat is difficult. Congrats on defeating the mold and other challenges!
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When I was in the Navy my 1st class PO drove us up to the hills were he was born in North Carolina.
It was kind of a dispersed village and hard to tell the population but it was small.
An old black guy served BBQ everyday on outdoor tables and all the moonshine you wanted for $1.25 with cornbread. We paid with store bought cigarettes.
Almost 30 years ago but I still regret not asking more questions.
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Great Koog and welcome! It always a blessing to find like minded people and you already shared that diesel project on the other board.
It is a grassroots uprising of independent folks.
I have 2 6 gal carboys and one 3 gal.
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Hi b4,
I'm a long time homebrewer. Later, when I get the time, I'll post my recipe for Doppelweisen. It's a very dark, very strong wheat beer that's incredibly tasty. Good luck with the new board.
Many years ago I had a Hmong employee who brought me to his parents home for dinner. His dad didn't speak English but had a small stovetop still that made vodka from extra vegetables.
It was kind of like a pressure cooker that he chisled a hole out in the top and fitted a hand carved wood spout that drained back into a cup inside. It was not Grey Goose but very palatable. His son said everyone can do that in VietNam.
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Thank you gem! It is a pleasure to see you on any board.
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Hello board! Welcome! I am not an expert though I have made homebrew and wine.
I hope some folks with an interest in this field will join up and share their experience.
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