tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post932222653376847092..comments2024-03-29T09:04:21.893-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: Making LikkerPawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-17361004494517748822019-09-23T10:54:16.297-05:002019-09-23T10:54:16.297-05:00pjk: The stuff I drank was in a bar in Philly, so ...pjk: The stuff I drank was in a bar in Philly, so it was (I assume) commercially produced, not moonshine. <br /><br />Also, I assumed when he gave the capacity that that was the output, not the input. Apparently what I know about distilling could be put in PawPaw's Dad's still and still have plenty of room for 15 gallons of beer.<br /><br />Mark DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-3453400832041433352019-09-23T09:44:13.538-05:002019-09-23T09:44:13.538-05:00Mark,
A good distiller will discard the foreshots ...Mark,<br />A good distiller will discard the foreshots and heads when running the still - that will remove all the methanol from the process. That is the main chemical that will give a headache when consumed. The heads will contain various esters that will also contribute to your headache. You apparently get your shine from a producer more interested in the money than the quality of the product. I doubt very much that PawPaw's dad would have mixed the foreshots into his production.<br /><br />Also, a 15 gallon still will produce probably 1.35 gallons of full proof spirits (if you could fill it all the way, which you couldn't).pjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684606070855590599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-5764069225695279122019-09-23T07:09:52.992-05:002019-09-23T07:09:52.992-05:00It amazes me sometimes how DIFFERENT the various p...It amazes me sometimes how DIFFERENT the various parts of the country are.<br /><br />When I moved to PA almost five months ago, the local volunteer ambulance squad was doing a gun raffle as a fund-raiser (they're doing another one right now in fact), the guns include several handguns and an AR-15. Back in NJ where I moved from, even in my fairly Conservative (by NJ standards) town people would've retired to their fainting couches over such a thing, and they'd have been accused of trying to drum up their own business by causing more bloodshed thru the guns they were raffling off.<br /><br />Also back in NJ, my wife and I were talking to one of her friends and her husband about scotch, and I said I buy pretty good scotch because I don't drink that much of it, maybe four or five bottles (750 ml) a year. Her friend replied (all wide-eyed) "Oh, that's a lot!" Now we have a candidate for Sheriff admitting, publicly and under his own name, that his father made 30 gallons of 'shine a year. I doubt it'll do your campaign any harm and may help.<br /><br />Personally, I experienced grain alcohol exactly once. The headache started while I was still drunk. I'll stick with scotch or bourbon if I want something harder than beer, thankyouverymuch.<br /><br />Mark DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com