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Moonshine Question
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GADAWGS
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My understanding is the first quart to come out needs to go
wranglerjoe1968
Senior Member
I have been watching that show and has me wanting to try my hand at making a little.
secondseason
Retired Administrator
Y'all are asking on an open forum viewed by LEO's how to make unlicensed liquor that is illegal to make in any amount. FYI
wranglerjoe1968
Senior Member
I may be doing this for a research project
dawg2
AWOL ADMINISTRATOR
I've got a hydrometer, where you can measure alcohol content, and they make even fancier ones to get it measured just right. That's not my question. My question is how much of the first runnings need to be discarded. It's an important question because the first runnings are high in methanol, which is deadly. It can kill you before you even know there is something wrong. It's not just superfluous hillbilly tradition, it's literally life and death if you get it wrong.
Fletch, would you please point us to the law that legalized the distillation of spirits in some amount for personal use?
Thank you.
Can't find it. I was lied to. A moderator on HBT said they were allowing distillation talk on their site after a very long ban, because the law had changed in some way, but I can't find anything on TTB site. There are bills introduced every session of congress to legalize it, though. Perhaps they were talking about freeze distillation... ?
More information than I feel comfortable knowing...
http://homedistiller.org/dtw.htm
To give a brief answer to my own question, for posterity:
http://homedistiller.org/dtw.htm
To give a brief answer to my own question, for posterity:
takamineman
Senior Member
I've always heard the first 10% and last 10% of the batch.
pstrahin
Senior Member
Uh OH!
southernboy2147
Senior Member
IDK what it is but if u drink that first percentage... it will make ur stomach cramp for dayssssssss. dont ask me how i know
rydert
Blue Heeler man
never heard of throwing any of it away.........but i'm not very familiar with it either
j_seph
Senior Member
It's called Methanol
takamineman
Senior Member
x2 on the methanol...it's not good at all.
mickbear
Senior Member
you discard the first 100-150 mil. of a 20Gal batch +/- .the reason is temp. ethyl alcohol turns to a gas @ or about 175-76 Deg.methyl alcohol turns to a gas @ or about 167-68 Deg.
there's no magic to making liquor. all your doing is seperating two liquids that have diffreent boiling points by turning one to a gas before the other.
if i was going to make some i would be sure to use a reflux still that had a 2 foot column with copper scowering pads or marbles inside,two thermometers one at the top of the coloumn and one at the begining of the worm or condencing coil.a recirculating pond pump to transfer my cold water from a five gallon bucket thru the cooling chamber.the reflux column has taken a lot of the work out of making liquor.the ol thump kegs,puke pot days are gone in my opinion.you can go to lowes pick up the materials and buil a small still fairly cheap.
straight corn meal,turbo yeast, sugar and water and you in business
now thats just my guess, i dont realy know for sure so dont hold me to that.
there's no magic to making liquor. all your doing is seperating two liquids that have diffreent boiling points by turning one to a gas before the other.
if i was going to make some i would be sure to use a reflux still that had a 2 foot column with copper scowering pads or marbles inside,two thermometers one at the top of the coloumn and one at the begining of the worm or condencing coil.a recirculating pond pump to transfer my cold water from a five gallon bucket thru the cooling chamber.the reflux column has taken a lot of the work out of making liquor.the ol thump kegs,puke pot days are gone in my opinion.you can go to lowes pick up the materials and buil a small still fairly cheap.
straight corn meal,turbo yeast, sugar and water and you in business
now thats just my guess, i dont realy know for sure so dont hold me to that.
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