Recent content by benjaminearle

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only crazy who sees the Tang and says - let's make some hooch. I'm on a 93-octane Ginger Beer kick right now but on a lark I've decided to make some straight up carbonated Tang hooch. Funny, there's not many threads of people talking about such things. I even went...

Never mind the massive amount of CO2 production trying to convert sugars so fast in a sealed environment.

48h, yes, but that's still not quick enough to work during the cook-off. Now, since this is actually a beer forum - anyone try the 48h stuff in beer? I've never made any but teh process (on it's face) seems simple enough - make a yummy malt soup, add yeast to make some alcohol in it, after...

I spake only of making a mash, not distilling.

You can't use :ban: peels or (generally fruit) seed as they are too woody and priduce methanol, which you want to keep OUT of your mash. Methanol is cooked off in the heads and tossed but you still want to minimize their overall production. It's just a waste of yeast, fuel and on a smaller...