I took up the hobby of making my own moonshine for about year for personal consumption. All the equipment to make it was legal to buy under the guise of making ethanol for use in the gas tank of your car.
Truthfully; I don’t like hard alcohol at all so 99% of the shine I made went through the lips of friends. I just wanted to see if I could do it. It’s far easier than making beer or wine. Darn near foolproof really. Even if done wrong; there will still be some alcohol made.
I had my fun with it, satisfied my curiosity about it all, then got rid of the equipment.
If someone ever wants to give it a try; just get one of those table top one gallon water distillers that will turn one gallon of mash into one pint of shine. Want it stronger than 110 proof? Run it through the distiller again. I wouldn’t do it though. At 110 proof or 55% alcohol; you are at a good level for both taste and potency.
I agree; it should be legal for personal consumption which is probably why the authorities turn a blind eye to those who do it for the most part. It might be different where you live.
My thought, as a sorta Prepper, was that it would come in handy as a bartering item. Then I thought about all the sugar it would require and realized the sugar would probably be even more valuable as a bartering item. I didn’t want to store all the sugar I had so I gave it up with the equipment. Seemed fair to me.
Deer corn is 5 bucks for 30 pounds at WalMart. Just satin’.
“Then I thought about all the sugar it would require and realized the sugar would probably be even more valuable as a bartering item.”
Ethanol can be made from many more things other than sugar.
Plenty of people doing it where I am - or once was - or will be - I don’t recall