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Apple pie "moonshine"

Posted on 04/21/2013 4:20:37 PM PDT by YankeeMagic

I have been experimenting with making my own apple pie "moonshine". I am using 190 proof Everclear..looking for advise or maybe a recipe.


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KEYWORDS: alcohol; homebrew
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

You’re officially added!

Please introduce yourself to the list and share which felonies you would most like to confess.


81 posted on 04/21/2013 7:31:50 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international, gone independent. Gone.)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Bacon flavored Vodka!

I have some. Makes a mean Bloody Mary.

82 posted on 04/21/2013 8:07:16 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Salamander
Many years ago, I drank bourbon.

Southern Comfort, specifically.

Southern Comfort is some New Orleans bartender's idea of what a whiskey-flavored liqueur should taste like. It has more in common with Rock & Rye than with bourbon.

83 posted on 04/21/2013 8:20:06 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Charles Martel

Before that, it was Jack Black.

Later, it was gin and tequila.

But that was all decades ago.


84 posted on 04/21/2013 9:36:21 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: YankeeMagic; quantim; spinestein; 5Madman2; DTogo; Horatio Gates; Ribeye; decal; B Knotts; ...

Ping to the Homebrewers and Winemakers List


85 posted on 04/22/2013 4:37:06 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Beat you to it, I posted reply 29!


86 posted on 04/22/2013 6:42:40 AM PDT by knews_hound (Reading without commenting since 2001.)
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To: Salamander

I would be a little suspicious. The federals absolutely hate any food product that has not been pasteurized. In Europe, the bacteriophobes in the government are so extreme that they for a time demanded that cheeses like Brie be pasteurized, which of course would destroy them.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10049198

In 1996, some unpasteurized apple juice was found to be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, normally associated with meat, but attributed to a herd of deer that inhabited a large apple grove.

(N.B. Normal strains of E. coli are essential in the lower intestines, but very bad anywhere else in the body.)

As of now, the FDA only requires that unpasteurized juice be clearly labeled as such and tested frequently. Here is an interesting and detailed explanation of the rules. It even mentions ultra-pasteurization, which many healthy food types regard as an abomination, but for example results in milk that can last for months without refrigeration.

http://www.dairyengineering.com/applejuice.asp


87 posted on 04/22/2013 6:59:09 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: Salamander

Oh, and Simply Apple *is* pasteurized.


88 posted on 04/22/2013 7:00:57 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: YankeeMagic

I have a most excellent recipe for this. Two gallons of apple juice boiled down to about one gallon. Some raisins. I use Bacardi 151 instead of everclear and also 100-proof cinnamon schnapps. Will try to post later.


89 posted on 04/22/2013 7:43:50 AM PDT by Rio (Tempis Fugit.)
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To: S.O.S121.500
Federal law allows the individual to distillate products, albeit NOT FOR SALES.

You cannot distill alcohol legally without a permit from the feds, regardless of whether or not you sell any. To do so, means you are operating a distilled spirits plant.

http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/faq.shtml#s3

You may own a small still for water distillation, or to extract essential oils, and those may be up to state and local laws, but for alcohol, that's big brother.

90 posted on 04/22/2013 10:23:32 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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