This might be true for beer and whine, but distilling alcoholic beverages will set the revenuers on your trail!http://homedistiller.org/wiki (Unless your in...
The only thing that I can honestly say former Prez Jimmy Carter did was to get legislation passed allowing citizens to distill 500 gallons of ethanol a year....
I made the type of integrated pot stand and windscreen out of aluminum flashing and bicycle spokes that you have probably seen on the web. But my spokes bend...
Unless the law changed in the last 15 years (doubtful, but possible), you may make wine/beer to drink (with limitations, rarely enforced). you may make...
... Here's the form: http://www.ttb.gov/forms/f511074.pdf Here's the info packet: http://www.ttb.gov/applications/small_alcohol_fuel_plant_packet.shtml On that...
A few friends of mine have made distilled beverages, and the revenuers never showed up.Not my cup of tea, but you can definitely drink it! I don't recall the...
I do understand they have not canned anyone you know especially if you do not sell it. But it happens all the time in many states. BTF LOVES to find guys doing...
I wish to clarify, if anyone missed it before. I have no desire to make any for consumption. I only wish to make a better alcohol fuel for my stove. I have...
Here, shellac thinner is much less expensive (7 bucks a quart) than the quantity of wine that would have to be distilled to make the equivalent quantity of...
One would not distill wine, one mixes cheapest suagrs around with water pitches sherry yeast and waits a week, then distill. Undrinkable slop but the Pepsi G...
What you distill rather depends on the purpose of the end product. If you start with some truly execrable product like MD 20/20 or Thunderbird (do they still...
Who could forget the Great Boston Molasses Disaster! Good info. 180 proof, I'd like to try that (in my stove, of course!) On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:34 PM,...
Realistically, if you're not making tons (literally) and not selling it without a license, they won't care. I know the limit for beer/ale is 60 gallons a year;...
... I tried making one of those but the crosspieces stumped me. I eventually gave up on that and made a windscreen out of heavy-duty aluminum foil ( a cut-up...
Terry, I use 1/8 inch steel rod stock that I get from Home Depot. Not too heavy - about 1/3oz for each 6 inch rod. They last about a season for me before they...
I use tent pegs that serve as both pot holder and structural component for my 2 piece, flashing built, integrated stand and wind screen. I got the idea when I...
Reflux stove looks good. If I'm looking at this clearly, this is a high tech version of what 'shiners called a thumper, that runs the process back through...
Try 3/32 stainless rods from Ace Hardware. The come 12 in long, 2 per package, for around $2.00. I use them cut 6 in long and they never bend (or rust)....
30 years ago when I made my own beer it was 200 gallons, same for wine, and that is a rip off cause it takes a lot less wine then beer to get the desired...
People throw out stoves all the time, take racks, cut them up, also old grills and mangled grocery carts that supremarkets give up on, or the rods from Ace as...
... I don't know where JohnF's information comes from, but: Section 5092 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) defines a brewer as a person who brews beer...
Reflux doesn't increase the volume, it increases fractionating. this results in more separation between the various distillates, ie heads and tails. resulting...
Speed shops are not as all as good as in TX where my buddy took my advice and cut the tab in half, here on LI ny SK Speed shop in Lindenhurst will sell 5...
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