Notice the gasoline can in the foreground. White lightning baby!
Posted on 12/02/2004 3:24:13 PM PST by quidnunc
Who makes whiskey? A laconic Scot tending a still in the Highlands? A good old boy nursing his sour mash in Kentucky? A moonshiner brewing sneaky Pete up yonder in the holler?
They're not the only kinds of whiskey makers anymore. Lately there's been an explosion of handmade whiskey here on the West Coast. Forget Scotland and Kentucky — we have a crop of eager Western dudes who want to create a distinct Western style of whiskey.
They're taking this nouvelle whiskey idea in wildly differing directions — rough and powerful, sweet and fruity, gnarled and smoky, mellow and harmonious. The result is whiskeys with very distinct personalities, whiskeys you don't find anywhere else.
In the last few years six distilleries have started making and selling whiskey in California and Oregon, and two more will join them in the next year or so. An equal number of outfits up and down the coast are eyeing the idea. Already we have three times as many (legal) pot-still distilleries as the rest of the country combined.
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Only in California would someone make a 'sweet and fruity' whiskey.
Disgusting.
No law says you can't make whiskey. The problems is when you want to sell it. I forget the rules for hard liquor, but I know you can make up to 200 gallons of beer or wine without any government interference as long as you don't sell it.
The way they act out there on the left coast, I would have guessed there was a whiskey distillery in every town!
Unnngh. :-)
Guess California doesn't have time or patience for aging.
I volunteer to be the taste tester.
Ummm, aren't those Irish?
Those are both Irish whiskeys.
yeah... I realized my fault after typing it... I should really be ashamed to, because in my tour of Dublin in 2000 I spent several hours at the distillery. (of course after the visit things were very fuzzy after the tasting.)
I'll buy a bottle when they can make it taste better than Pappy Van Winkle.
Good Luck!
Gotta try the Millenium Reserve if you get a chance. Un-freakin'-believable!
Check it at http://www.classicwhiskey.com/whiskey/sbsmbushmill.htm
You can neither distill nor sell booze without the proper licensing from the Alcohol, Tobacco, Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)...
S3: I've seen ads for home distilling equipment in catalogs ("turn wine into brandy," "make your own essential oils"). Is it legal to buy and use a still like that?
Under Federal rules administered by TTB, it depends on how you use the still. You may not produce alcohol with these stills unless you qualify as a distilled spirits plant...
If you are 18 years old (or other age required for the purchase of beer in the locality), you can ferment up to 100 gallons of beer or wine. If two or more individuals living together are over 18, you can make 200 gallons.
Popcorn Sutton and his book, "Me and My Likker".
Watch out for the revenuers!
Amendment XXI
Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Incorrect. Distilling is more tightly controled than brewing. The medical dangers are significantly greater. Recently, Representative Bart Stupak of Michigan sponsored a bill that would have legalized home distilation, but it failed.
Anybody got a recipe for corn squeezin's? I had some real home-made stuff once- it was delicious. Sweet like Karo corn syrup and smooth and fiery at the same time.
I wish I could get some more...
100 gallons per adult, up to 200 gal per household, per year.
It's a means to determine if someone has advanced beyond fermentation into distillation.
My father used to be in charge of a lot of purchasers for chemical companies and always had to deal with some sort of tracking or other.
Them thar guys are revenooers!
I thought the rules on hard liquor were still (no pun intended) ludicrously intrusive.
You'll go blind!
Pretty amazing how a federal law could apply to a still for one's own use.
I bet there are a startling number of BATFags drawing a salary from your tax money to keep it that way.
Without moonshine, there would be no nascar
"Does that mean I can reassemble my still? I have got a great mash recipe that turns out a daylosing product."
I used to make gin as a hobby but getting juniper berries out of Sequoia in California has got down right impossible. It was a little harsh but would burn in a zippo (pleasent smell) and kill any GI tract parasite known to man.
So you do like your whiskey a bit sweet and fruity.
It's called a zippo now? OK, I hope your zippo is feeling better.
I'm a big bourbon fan.
The Olympic Club in Centralia, WA distills an excellent whiskey. It has just the slightest hint of Scotch, bourbon and Irish whiskey. Very hard to explain, but a delicious whiskey.
If you're ever in the area, it's worth a trip in. It's the only place you can get, except for in Portland, OR where I believe it is actually distilled. Apparently, it's legal for most eateries/breweries to distill whiskey, just not to ship it or bottle it and sell it outside of their establishment. I hope the trend continues.
"would burn in a zippo (pleasent smell) and kill any GI tract parasite known to man
It's called a zippo now? OK, I hope your zippo is feeling better."
Have I dated myself once again? My zippo lighter was given to me by my oldest brother in 1968. Tried burning Bombay Gin in it but just not enough alcohol. The problem I found was that alcohol produces a flame that you can't see most days, lighting one of my stubby cigars solved solved all mustache trimming problems.
best regards
the dozer
Interesting.... there are some books at http://www.home-distilling.com/ available. Might experiment myself in '05
D-
Bushmills and Jamison's are Irish whiskeys. I have both of them in my liquer cabinet, but tend to drink real 12 and 15 year single malt scotches I have instead (Glenmorangie, Balvenie, Glenfiddich, Macallan). I only pull out the Irish stuff for mixing drinks.
I'll try again....
I usually use metamucil, but I've never gotten the pleasant smell.
(I guess the first attempt was a bit too ...ummm, obtuse?)
Hmmmm.........
Isn't that kinda the idea for makin' mixed drinks? To sorta change the taste......
"I'll try again....
I usually use metamucil, but I've never gotten the pleasant smell.
(I guess the first attempt was a bit too ...ummm, obtuse?)"
Oh you preying on us dated people. BUT not bad not bad at all. A new data point. Thanks
the dozer
ezra brooks.
the last drink my pop and i had together a week before ol, cancer got the old goat was ezra. what a good night that was for both of us ;-D
both irish whiskeys.
good catch HIc' Hic'
Well I like a good 12 year old Glenlivet on the rocks.
Hills of Connemara
Chorus
Gather up the pots and the old tin can
The mash, the corn, the barley and the bran
Run like the devil from the Excise man
Keep the smoke from rising Barney.
Keep your eyes well-peeled today
The big, tall men are on their way
Searchin' for the mountain tay
In the hills of Connemara
Mountain breezes as they blow
Hear them echo in the valley below
The excise men are on the go
In the hills of Connemara
A gallon for the butcher, a quart for Tom,
A bottle for poor old Father John
To help his prayers and hymns along
In the hills of Connemara.
Stand your ground, now don't you fall
The excise men are at the wall
Jesus Christ, they're drinking it all.
In the hills of Connemara.
Swing to the left and swing to the right.
The Excise men will dance all night.
Drinking up the tay 'til the broad daylight
In the hills of Connemara.
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