Not all LEOs are self-respecting. Some are thinking ahead to a career in politcs and might just 'crack down' on someone in the name of some polictically popular 'zero tolerance' policy after they stumble across your little operation as they pull you over for speeding or responding to a burglary call or coming to the door selling tickets to the Police and Fire Association Dance/Fair/Dinner/whatever.Keln said:I highly doubt any self-respecting law enforcement officer would care unless you were selling it.
Lets say you made a BIG beer, lets say 13% and it's unhoped . . . .
Trean72 said:I read about water distillers. Can't you just use one of those? Freezing sounds a little too complicated. I'd much rather pour some hard cider in a water distiller and have apple jack instantly. Don't know if that's actually possible though.
Pumbaa said:got a quick sort of off topic but in the same line topic kinda question . . .
Lets say you made a BIG beer, lets say 13% and it's unhoped . . . .
Now lets say you freeze that beer and suck off the liquid like you were making applejack . . . .
Anyone see where I am going here?
O come on we all know they just call ya on the phone while your eating dinner to beg for $$$..LOLkornkob said:or coming to the door selling tickets to the Police and Fire Association Dance/Fair/Dinner/whatever.
OdinOneEye said:Shtupid law. Just like not being allowed to fire a gun off during a moment of passion with your lady in Wisconsin.
landhoney said:What's complicated about freezing, and then slowly thawing?
But, isn't moonshine made by the light of the moon?mfalco said:...moonshine is moonshine, no matter how you make it...
Trean72 said:Is that really all there is to it? could I just throw a gallon of cider in the freezer and pour out the alcohol? I don't think that will work. Slowly thawing it sounds okay, but at what point am I pouring apple jack and what point am I just pouring thawed cider?
Trean72 said:Is that really all there is to it? could I just throw a gallon of cider in the freezer and pour out the alcohol? I don't think that will work. Slowly thawing it sounds okay, but at what point am I pouring apple jack and what point am I just pouring thawed cider?
LouT said:I thought there was a legal limit to the amount each person over 21 can "distill" for personal use -- just like beer...
You cannot produce spirits for beverage purposes without paying taxes and without prior approval of paperwork to operate a distilled spirits plant. [See 26 U.S.C. 5601 & 5602 for some of the criminal penalties.] There are numerous requirements that must be met that make it impractical to produce spirits for personal or beverage use. Some of these requirements are paying excise tax, filing an extensive application, filing a bond, providing adequate equipment to measure spirits, providing suitable tanks and pipelines, providing a separate building (other than a dwelling) and maintaining detailed records, and filing reports. All of these requirements are listed in 27 CFR Part 19.
JohnBarleycornATL said:I have a question. I remeber doing and experiment in elementary school in which we froze water in a mason jar and, because it is a polar molecule, it expanded and broke the glass. I was wondering if I would run into the same problem in this case, and if so how do I avoid it?
OdinOneEye said:What I want to know is, if you aren't distributing your apple jack, how would the feds know if you were freezing it in the first place? Unlike stills, everyone with a fridge has a freezer, I'm assuming, and noone's going to notice the electrical fluctuation it takes when you add a gallon of cider to the freezer.
Shtupid law. Just like not being allowed to fire a gun off during a moment of passion with your lady in Wisconsin.
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